Important Note: The Y2K scene is constantly changing. I have chosen to focus on finding and creating materials to help people use Y2K for personal and social transformation. I have found that trying to keep general Y2K pages like this one updated takes a tremendous amount of time. Since there are dozens of sites that do that job better than I ever could, I've decided to refer you to them and to spend my time on what I do best -- collecting materials on transformation. Good sites to keep up with current genral Y2K information include: Wild2K, Douglass Carmichael's site (see especially his archived weekly newsletter), the Napa Valley, CA community group's site, Alan Lewis' Y2K Pages: Y2-KO or Y2-OK?, Westergaard, Peter de Jager's year2000.com site and the comprehensive news source Y2Ktoday. I wish you good luck in your explorations. (I know of no good Y2K event site. There's need for one, should someone be inspired...) -- Tom Atlee
On this page I will put announcements of various gatherings related
to Y2K community preparedness, Y2K social change, or other gatherings
I think will be of interest to users of this site. Due to lack
of time/help, I will just post the items as I get them, without
neatening them up or activating the links. I will archive announcements
when they are a month or so old.
Guidance for creating local Y2K events and activities can be found
on the Y2K Awareness Days and
Holidays page.
May 14, 1999
From: Wendy Tanowitz
If you have or know of an event that folks in BAY2K might be interested in please go up to the web site http://www.egroups.com/list/bay2k/ and post it in the calendar...you can even have it send email announcements about it automatically.
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Marin Y2K Action
1000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. #18
San Anselmo, CA
415-460-0925
Planning meetings take place at 7:30 p.m. on 2nd & 4th Tuesday
of each month at the above address.
May meetings: Tuesday, May 11, and Tuesday, May 25
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AFFORDABLE ENERGY ALTERNATIVES FOR THE YEAR 2000... AND BEYOND
Affordable Energy Alternatives For the Year 2000and Beyond One-Day Workshops With Daniel Drasin, designer of small renewable energy systems, and webmaster of www.y2kcentral.org.
CONFIRMED DATES Sunday, May 23 Sunday, June 6
TENTATIVE DATES (Depending upon demand) Sat. 6/19; Sun. 6/20; Sat, 6/26 and Sun.6/27
Cost: $30
Registration/info: 415-339-7820. Admission is by pre-registration only
9:30AM-1PM (partial list of topics)
How Y2K may impact the availability of electricity and fossil fuels; Introduction to Alternative Energy options; Why not candles and flashlights? Wind and hydropower options; How to Choose "Micro-Power" options: Inexpensive, safe, simple, off-the-shelf systems that can power small lights, communications, entertainment, small appliances and laptop computers; The best-kept secret of affordable emergency power backup; pros and cons of generators.
2PM-6PM How to Choose "Mini-Power" options ($1,000 to $5,000); Packaged solar-electric and backup systems; Solar water pumping; Non-electric options for heating, cooking, pumping, food preparation, laundry, etc.; Refrigeration: Affordable, low-power-use options; Building a back-packable solar electric system; Turning your car into a solar-boosted mini-power plant; The ten worst Alternative-Energy mistakes, and how to avoid making them
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FIELD MEDICINE WORKSHOP: JUNE 4,5,6
The Field Medicine Workshop will be held in Windsor (just north of Santa Rosa) on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 4,5, and 6. If you have not already done so, please contact Donna Jones at Seraphima@aol.com, or (707) 527-8509 for registration information, as the class is almost full and you must register by May 10.
Curriculum: * Field Dentistry: Fillings, broken teeth, abscesses, recementing crowns, denture repair * Fracture Management: Hands-on casting, diagnosing, setting, and placement * Field Surgery: Suturing, incisions, wound cleaning, removal of foreign objects * Field Sterilization: How to manage sanitation in a field setting * NBC: Nuclear, Biological, Chemical: masking, shelter, containment etc. * Pharmacy: Medications, first aid and other medical supplies.
Tom Atlee and Jay Earley interviewed by Michael Toms, focusing
on Y2K as an opportunity for social transformation. The interview
will be broadcast on New Dimensions Radio's worldwide network
during the week of 4/5/99 to 4/11/99 -- and will be available
online at the New
Dimensions Radio website from April 12th for an additional
three weeks.
RUY2KOK? Uncle Sam Readies Y2K Week
The Federal Government will launch its Y2K Action Week October
19-23.
Using the slogan, "Are You Y2K OK?" the campaign has
many components,
including nationwide newspaper advertising, Y2K posters in every
post
office and thousands of government offices, educational sessions,
and even
a postage cancellation mark. More than 100 private-sector organizations
support the government's push to Y2K correctness. Down the road,
the
campaign, which is organized by the President's Council on the
Y2K
Conversion, is expected to add a 1-800 number and a Y2K component
to
"consumer.gov," the Federal Trade Commissionís
link to federal consumer
information. The campaign is intended to help the nation's 23.6
million
small businesses take action on the Y2K issue. Learn more at
http://www.y2k.gov/new/y2kaction.htm.
Satellite Broadcasts
Local Government and the Year 2000 Bug
October 7, 1-3 P.M. (EST)
The National Association of Counties, The National League of Cities,
the
International City/County Management Association, and Public Technology,
Inc. are co-sponsoring a satellite broadcast from Washington,
DC on the Year
2000 Problem. The broadcast has implications for all communities.
It is free
of charge to downlink sites and attendees.
October 7, from 1-3 P.M. Eastern Time (Adjust for Local Time).
Site technicians can check for bars, tone, and title at 12:30
PM Eastern Time.
This is a satellite broadcast program, designed to meet your
needs. It
features John A. Koskinen, Chairman, the President's Council on
the Year
2000 Conversion, and the nations' most sought after speaker on
this topic.
Also, representatives from Federal and state agencies, and local
governments
will answer your questions on the air. The program will include
the following:
Part I- Clarifying Roles
Part II- Finding Solutions
Defining the Problem
Montgomery County, MD
Leaders', Managers', and Technicians' Roles
Lawrence, KS
San Joaquin County, CA
All local officials and local government employees, especially
those
involved with information technology or reliant upon information
technology
processes and functions, as well as interested citizens.
County and city elected officials
Taxing, licensing, department heads
IT and other managers and administrators
City and county attorneys
Financial personnel
Local business leaders
Anyone wishing to set up a site in his or her community is
urged to do so.
Check with community colleges, universities, USDA Extension offices,
and
community cable stations for a steerable KU or C Band satellite
dish. They
often lend their sites for free or charge a small fee for use
of the dish,
room, and technician. NACo also has lists of past sites that you
may try.
Info and sign-up form for the local satellite broadcast can be
found at http://pti.nw.dc.us/membership/y2k/
In the San Francisco Bay Area, this event will be held at 3220
Sacramento St.
between Presidio and Lyons, 3rd Floor, from 10 am - 1 pm. For
a faxed
announcement call (415) 931-2593. (No invitation needed to attend.)
>Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:06:34 +0200
>Reply-To: leal@tu-harburg.de
>Sender: Listserv Forwarder <VMUTIL@CLVM>
>From: "Prof. Walter Leal Filho" <leal@tu-harburg.de>
>Organization: T U Hamburg Harburg /TU-TECH
>Subject: Millenium Bug and the Environment
>X-To: "eeen@realworld.de" <eeen@realworld.de>
>To: <gfriend@IGC.APC.ORG>
>
>As part of a special issue of the British journal "Environmental
>Management and Health"
>(http://www.mcb.co.uk/portfolio/emh/jourinfo.htm)
>dealing with the millenium bug and its possible implications
to
>environmental conservation and to environmental projects,
we are
>looking for colleagues who are doing research in this field
and who
>would like to submit papers on the topic. Perhaps members
of the list
>would like to contribute or know someone interested on the
topic? If so,
>please get in touch with me so that I can put you in touch
with the
>special issue4s editor. Thank you.
>Sincerely yours,
>
>Prof. Walter Leal Filho
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 08:11:31 -0700
From: Mike Darling <mdarling@pacinfo.com>
To: cabeal@efn.org
Subject: Y2K Family Preparedness Conference set for Sept. 8
Y2K Ready Group
883 Greg Way, Eugene, Oregon 97404
(541) 688-8742 or mdarling@pacinfo.com
Press Release #001
August 26, 1998
Y2K Preparedness Conference set for Sept. 8
There are less than 500 days left before the Year 2000 computer
bug bites every piece of hardware, software, and imbedded chips
systems in computers all over the world. Many will experience
failures or crashes unless they have been replaced, upgraded,
or otherwise made Y2K compliant by midnight, Dec. 31, 1999. Experts
agree many will not be ready by the one deadline in history that
can never b
e extended. What impact might this have on you, your family, and
your way of life? Find out at the Y2K Family Preparedness Conference
to be held Sept. 8 at the Double Tree Inn at 3280 Gateway Road
in Springfield, Oregon with meetings at 2 and 7 p.m.
Highlights from the nationally acclaimed video documentary on
Y2K called The Millennium Bug will kick off the four hour conference.
Ed Bell, president of Y2K Research Company, which specializes
in Y2K awareness and contingency planning, will address the potential
magnitude of Y2K. Bell, author of Privileged Information: The
coming Millennium/Computer Breakdown, has spent the past two years
examining the Y2K phenomenon, and says it has the potential to
become the greatest disaster in human history.
Rocky Cowie, of Medford, Oregon, one of the nation's leading emergency
preparedness experts, will present food and water storage and
preparation techniques with an emphasis on nutrition. Cowie has
been involved in food storage since 1974 and has assisted many
groups, private organizations, and individuals in their preparation
needs. He has lectured on the subject of food storage since 1981.
An eight hour Y2K Family Preparedness video series and a Y2K Family
Prepareness National Yellow Pages will also be available at the
conference. Tickets are $8 for those who pre-register and are
$12 at the door. For information and registration, call Collins
Survival Supply at 1-800-521-2661 or visit the store location
at 1055 South Bertleson Road #3 in Eugene. Seating is limited.
>
>Hosted by
> * Rogue Valley Year 2000 Task Force (RV-Y2k Task Force) and
> * United States Senator Gordon H. Smith,
> Member of the Senate Special Committee on the
> Year 2000 Technology Problem
>
>Date: August 6, 1998
>Time: 3:30 -- 5:00 p.m.
>Location: DoubleTree Hotel
> 200 North Riverside Avenue, Medford
>Format: Presentations followed by a Q & A
>
>United States Senator Gordon H. Smith, member of the Senate
Special
>Committee on Y2k, will be at the Double Tree Hotel in Medford
Oregon on
>August 6 for a Y2k SUMMIT to address the Year 2000 problem
and its
>potential impact to area citizens. In his remarks, Senator
Smith will
>summarize the latest news from Washington, including Y2k Senate
Hearings,
>and provide a "status" report regarding compliance
in government agencies.
>
>Rogue Valley government and community leaders along with members
of the
>Rogue Valley Y2k Task Force will present an overview, specific
to potential
>Rogue Valley Y2k problems and solutions.
>
>Both Senator Smith and the Panel of Presenters will be on
hand to answer
>questions.
>
>
>AGENDA
>
>WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION:
> Liza K. Christian, Administrative Coordinator RV-Y2k Task
Force
>
>OPENING REMARKS:
> The Hon. Gordon H. Smith, United States Senator
>
>PRESENTATIONS:
> Overview of Y2k and Potential Impact to Rogue Valley
> Will Reishman, Chair of RV-Y2k Task Force
> Contingency Planning, Jackson County
> Sue Slack, Assistant County Administrator, Jackson
>County
> Contingency Planning, Josephine County
> Gordon Anderson, Mayor, City of Grants Pass*
> Food Acquisition, Storage, Distribution
> Patty Claeys, Executive Director, Access Community
>Action Agency
> Overview of Business Awareness and Economic Impact
> Cary Cound, Engineer, Sweed Machinery
> Impact to Health Services and Facilities
>
> Nick McCarroll, Administrator, Medford Radiology
> Brief Overview of Oregon State Compliance and Impact to
>Oregon's Citizens
> Barbara Jensen, Manager, Oregon Year 2000 Project
>Office
>
>Principle areas of concern: Personal/Community Readiness;
Cross-Agency
>Contingency Planning, Risk Management, and Disaster Recovery
Protocol; Food
>(availability, storage, distribution); Impact of Critical
Infrastructure--
>Health-Care Delivery, Medical Supplies/Services, the Power
Grid,
>Transportation, and other Critical Services.
>
>
>Q & A: 35 minutes
>At the conclusion of the presentations, questions from the
floor may be
>addressed to both Senator Smith and the Panel. If you would
like to
>register your question in advance of the Y2k Summit, please
e-mail to:
><countdown@rv-y2k.org>
>
>
>THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND. THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THIS
EVENT.
>
>The Rogue Valley Y2k Task Force is a community-building organization
>developed for the purpose of creating awareness--alerting
to
>action--regarding potential Year 2000 disruptions; and making
resources and
>tools available for personal and community preparedness.
>
>
>SPECIAL NOTE:
>As a community service, the DoubleTree Hotel
>is providing this meeting space at no charge.
>
>
>
>
>RV-Y2k Task Force operates under the sponsorship of ICARE,
>a 501c-3 non-profit organization. Our goal is to alert our
>community to the potential risks of year 2000 problems and
>to create tools for contingency planning, risk management
and
>disaster recovery protocol. We are deeply concerned about
our
>entire community, but especially the most vulnerable among
us.
>
>Our web-site (in its birthing stage) can be found at
> <http://www.rv-y2k.org>
>Reach us by e-mail at
> countdown@rv-y2k.org.
>Call for meeting times and places at:
> 541-608-9265
>
>Tax deductable donations may be mailed to
> P O Box 4247,
> Medford OR 97501.
August 20-23, 1998
University of Colorado, Boulder, Room Chem 140
THURSDAY/FRIDAY, August 20/21
5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Nationally recognized speakers:
Joel Ackerman, Rick Cowles, Steve Davis, Jim Lord, Roleigh Martin,
and
Paloma O'Riley will provide an overview of the problem and discuss
"Y2K"
impacts on finance, electricity, health care, the economy, and
telecommunications.
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SATURDAY/SUNDAY, August 22/23
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Special presentations by: CU Faculty Panel and Margaret Wheatley
Workshops:
Learn how to prepare both personally and on a community basis
for
potential disruptions to utilities, telecommunications, food
distribution and other vital services.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
-- ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED, as seating is
limited!
To reserve a seat, registration should be received by August 13.
Website registration is preferred at http://www.millennia-bcs.com.
To register by mail, send a self-addressed stamped envelope with
your
Name, Address, Phone, and which days you will be attending to:
Y2K, 302 Pearl St., Boulder CO 80302.
-- For up-to-date information and scheduling, e-mail to
august@millennia-bcs.com or call 303-939-8463, #5.
-- There is no charge for this event.
-- Additional Y2K information is available on The Cassandra Project
website at
http://www.millennia-bcs.com.
-- Free parking and handicapped access is available.
-- Additional co-sponsors: CU Boulder Office of Community Relations,
All Seasons Chalice, Boulder County Healthy Communities Initiative,
Solstice Institute.
--
Ben Levi | Ph:303-546-0679 | Fax: 303-473-0489
2800 Kalmia, #A-327 | Boulder, CO 80301 | ben@dimensional.com