This article fits in well with the revised USMA mission statement that our
Vice President, Paul Trusten, has been working on, and which I have
strongly advocated. Instead of constantly harping that the U.S. is one of
three unmetricated countries, it recognizes instead that the U.S. is well
on its way to becoming metric.
We are in fact no different from England or Canada in this regard, which
have not completed the conversion to metric. Why are they considered
metric countries, and the U.S. is not? The USMA is trying to raise
awareness of that fact with the proposed new mission statement.
Thanks to Paul Trusten for taking this revision on for the USMA. It will
be the first re-evaluation of the USMA's stance in quite some time. It
will recognize the fact that much progress has already been made toward
metrication in the U.S. It is a positive message (we've come this far;
let's complete the conversion) rather than a negative one (the U.S. is one
of three unmetricated countries).
http://www.sunherald.com/2013/02/28/4498933/the-metric-system-makes-better.html#disqus_thread#storylink=cpy
