Organizing Your Neighborhood for Y2K

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8. Fill in the skills worksheet.

9. Have the group respond to the questions on the second page of the neighborhood physical survey. What third party information do you need to respond to the questions?

10. Ask who is interested in getting the information needed to help the group make informed decisions. Assign names and deadlines for information to be brought back to the group.

11. Decide when the next meeting is.

12. As you all are busy doing your work, some of you might begin talking to your neighbors on an adjacent block to help them get a meeting started and share what you have learned.

It's all building blocks, one at a time with a solid foundation to make sure no one falls, no one is left out, and everyone is successful.

Other Thoughts

The neighborhood might look at what trainings they might put on, that is, how to talk to your neighbors/community. What about specific task forces on food prep, utilities, and so forth. How about setting up a series of town meetings covering issues that would effect the entire community? We suggest that town meetings set the tone of partnership with utilities, government, business, not one of opposition. We are all in this together.

Will the lights come on?

What about food, water and heat?

How can I take care of myself and my family?

How can I help my neighbors?

Y2K

INFORMATION

MEETING

Discussion on:

* the causes of the year 2000 computer problem;

* possible consequences

* ways to prepare yourself, your neighborhood, your city

Date:

Time:

Location:

For more information call:

'Individual preparedness is for those who can ...

Community preparedness is for those who cannot'

A Possible Speech

Hi! My name is _________________. I am helping prepare the community for possible disruptions by the year 2000 issue. How many here know what the year 2000 issue is? (Solicit comments) We abbreviate this issue by calling it Y2K. Y for year, 2 for two and K for thousand.

It is not just a simple computer problem as some people seem to think. It is a systems problem caused when '00' indicates a year in software used by computer chips throughout the world. There are an estimated 20­60 billion of these computer chips, with only 5 percent containing the year problem. However, we do not know where this 5 percent is located. You remember the old Christmas tree lights where if one bulb went out all the others went out, and you had to test each one of the bulbs to see which one was bad? Well consider doing this with 20­60 billion chips. We have run out of time to fix this problem, and are attempting to fix critical systems only. (Show a video or other visuals if you have them.)

Wow. I don't know how you are feeling, but I was ______________ when I first heard about this issue. How are some of you feeling? (Open for discussion.) Let's take a 10-minute break and come back together again.

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