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Y2K Experts Issue Open Letter to Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan
This morning, many of the nation's leading experts on the Y2K problem issued
an open letter to Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan. The letter
requests that he assist them in their efforts to inform the public about how
Y2K could disrupt our lives, and how to prepare in order to minimize the
consequences of any problems that do occur. The letter was signed by
technology experts, emergency management experts, policy analysts,
academicians, community organizers and ordinary citizens. Many of the
signers have been participating for over a year in a group which assists the
President's Council on Y2K's Sector on Civic Preparedness. The technology
experts signing the letter include the Society for Information Management
(SIM) Year 2000 Working Group. Several community based Y2K groups signed the
letter, including Coalition 2000, a network for community preparedness.
Chairman Greenspan has recently given speeches about Y2K that were
interpreted (perhaps misinterpreted) to imply that it is socially
irresponsible to prepare for Y2K by stocking up on essential goods.
"Unfortunately, evidence continues to mount that indicates that many
remediation projects are not as complete as they should be so close to the
end of the year," the letter states. "Given the uncertainties surrounding
Y2K outcomes, the only reasonable action for businesses is to develop
contingency plans for potential disruptions. A key element of many such
plans is the stockpiling of essential components and raw materials.
Implementing such plans will assure that, should disruptions in those areas
occur, the consequences will be an inconvenience rather than a crisis. The
same logic applies at the household and community level."
"With precious little time left before the end of the year, it is important
to focus our energies on those areas that still pose the greatest risk," said
Leon Kappelman, Co-Chair of the Society for Information Management's Y2K
Working Group. "For example, by all measures, the financial sector moved
early and aggressively to deal with its Y2K vulnerabilities. However, risks
to the public still remain from small and medium sized businesses that handle
hazardous materials. Also, not enough information is known about the
readiness of municipal water and sewage facilities. As a nation, we should
be directing our efforts towards dealing with these important issues, and
preparing for the inevitable disruptions that will occur, rather than basking
in the successes we've had so far."
On the issue of community preparedness, the letter states, "Clearly, the more
prepared communities are, the less severe any emergency will be.
Furthermore, to the extent that others have already provided for their own
needs, greater attention can be placed on restoring services and providing
goods to the most severely affected areas. In the remaining weeks of 1999,
we want to build up sources of strength around the country so that, when the
inevitable Y2K problems hit us, we have fewer sources of need to deal with,
and greater ability to deal with them."
The letter closes by asking the Federal Reserve Board Chairman to "join us in
our important mission of making our country aware, prepared and unified to
deal with the coming challenges." The full text of the letter and the full
list of signers is attached.
Chairman Greenspan's recent speeches on Y2K are available on the Federal
Reserve Board's Web site at:
http://www.bog.frb.fed.us/boarddocs/speeches/1999/19991015
The Northern Virginia Year 2000 Community Action Group (NOVA Y2K) is a
volunteer group of Northern Virginia residents who are concerned about the
Year 2000 problem. NOVA Y2K's goals are to:
1) Increase public awareness and understanding of Y2K;
2) Facilitate community-based Y2K contingency programs; and,
3) Encourage individuals and families to prepare for possible Y2K
disruptions.
Jay Golter, the Acting President of NOVA Y2K can be reached at (703) 971-8641
or by email at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
The Society for Information Management's (SIM) Year 2000 Working Group has,
since its creation in the Spring of 1996, had the following objectives:
1. To increase the focus and awareness of the year 2000 computer date problem
throughout the information systems/information technology (IT) industry as
well as in the business community in general.
2. To create a sense of urgency for organizations to start planning and
implementing their year 2000 date conversions immediately.
3. To provide guidance to SIM member organizations (and other organizations
who wish to participate) as they attempt to solve their year 2000 problems by
offering insights into key issues, leading practices, service providers, and
tools.
4. To create a forum for sharing approaches, practices, and issues for
dealing with the year 2000 computer date problem. Leon Kappelman, Co-Chair
of the SIM Year 2000 Working Group is an Associate Professor of Business
Computer Information Systems in the College of Business Administration at
the University of North Texas, Associate Director of the Center for Quality
and Productivity. He may be reached by voice at (940) 565-4698, by Fax at
(940) 369-7623 or by Email at:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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The letter is attached. Signers of the letter include:
Information Technology Professionals:
Society for Information Management (SIM) Year 2000 Working Group
http://www.year2000.unt.edu/
Leon A. Kappelman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Business Computer Information Systems
Associate Director, Center for Quality & Productivity
College of Business Administration, Univ. of North Texas
Marsha Woodbury, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Dept. of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
William Ulrich
President and Founder
Tactical Strategy Group, Inc
Soquel, CA
Roleigh Martin, M.A.
Technical Journalist
Edina, Minnesota
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rick Barry
Director, Mid-Atlantic Region
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Arlington, VA
Kris Gandillon
VP of Systems, CIO
WorkNet Communications Inc.
St. Louis, MO
Karl Vogel
Analyst/Programmer, System Administrator
BS, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University
Sumaria Systems Inc.
Onsite support at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steven P. Elwart, P.E.
Past Chairmen and Current Member, Computer Applications Committee
Past Member, Issues Committee
National Petrochemical and Refinery Association
Washington, D.C.
Lane Core Jr.
Programmer/analyst
Roscoe, Pennsylvania
David Hall
Hall Associates
Robert Roskind
President and Founder
2K Solutions Group, Inc.
Chapel Hill, NC
Scott P. Overmyer, Ph.D.
Drexel University
Director, PA Governor's School for Information Tech.
Associate Professor, College of Information Science and Technology
Philadelphia, PA
Mark LeBlanc, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Wheaton College
Norton, MA 02766
Leille Sussman
Oregon Y2K Statewide Task Force
Celia A. Murray
New York State Office of Real Property Systems
Dr. James Cappel
Assistant Professor, Management Information Systems
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Norman Kurland, Ph.D.
Co-moderator
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) Y2k Online Forum
Delmar, NY
Alan Russell, Ph.D.
CPSR Y2K Working Group
Dr. Ronald E. McGaughey
Professor of MIS
Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, AR
Clarence Bill Williams
Y2K Technology Consultant
C. Bill Williams & Associates
San Diego California 92108
Michael T. McKibben
CEO, LEADER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Columbus, Ohio
Ray Strackbein, MBA
Information Systems Consultant
Reston, VA
Policy Analysts and Academicians:
Charles Perrow
Professor of Sociology
Yale University.
Paula D. Gordon, Ph.D. Public Administration
Consultant, speaker and Y2K author
http://www.gwu.edu/~y2k/keypeople/gordon
Washington, D.C.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bud Hamilton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Management
Robinson College of Business
Georgia State University
Atlanta Georgia
Reynolds Griffith
Professor of Finance
Dept. of Economics & Finance
Stephen F. Austin State Univ.
Nacogdoches, TX 75962
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stephen E. Krulin, Esq.
Editor, Computer Law Journal of The Florida Bar.
Vicechair, Computer Law Committee of The Florida Bar.
Managing Director, Law and Technology Partners, Inc., Miami, Florida.
Team leader, North Miami CERT (Community Emergency Response Team).
Miami, Florida
Governmental and/or Bar title/affiliation listed for identification purposes
only.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dr. Douglass Carmichael
President
Shakespeare and Tao Consulting
Debbie Trent
Chairperson, Environmental Task Force
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church
Bethesda, Maryland
Gary Allan Halonen
Y2K Policy Analyst
Co-founder:
New Millennium Salons -a community preparedness resource site
Robert Althauser
Professor of Sociology
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
Emergency Management Professionals:
Alan Clegg
System/Network Administrator,
Volunteer Fire Fighter/Medical First Responder/HazMat Technician
Apex, NC
Y2K Community Activists:
Steven C. Davis, M.P.P.
National Coordinator, Coalition 2000
Y2K Risk Management Consultant
President, DavisLogic, LLC
Co-author, "Y2K Risk Management"
Shaunti Feldhahn
President and Founder,
Joseph Project 2000
Atlanta, GA
and 120 chapters nationwide
Jay Golter
Acting President
Northern Virginia Year 2000 Community Action Group (NOVA Y2K)
Springfield, VA
(and 15 additional members)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michael Dowd,
Portland-Metro Citizen Y2K Task Force (and 135 members)
Portland, OR
Kathy Garcia
Executive Director
Boulder County Y2K Community Preparedness
Boulder, CO
Kris Gandillon
Executive Director
Y2K Community Action Group of Wildwood Missouri
Bayard Stockton,
Leader
Santa Barbara Y2K (SBY2K)
David Goldberg
Pennie Opal Plant
Richmond (CA) Neighborhoods Y2K Resource Network
Ronnie Free
Chairman
Shreveport Bossier Y2K Preparedness Group (and 200 members)
Rachel Windsong, Chairwoman,
Humboldt County Y2K Preparedness Task Force,
Eureka, Ca.
Tom Osher
Founder, non-commercial Website for Low-tech Sustainable Ideas/Methods
http://bagelhole.org <http://bagelhole.org>
San Francisco
David Sunfellow
Director, Sedona Y2K Task Force
Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA
Coordinator
Western Nevada County (Calif) Y2k Preparedness Network
Joose Hadley, Chairman
Citizens for a Stable Community
Clearwater, FL
(plus 200 members)
Jeanette Thomas
Y2Kids
Becket, MA
Bruce Kneuer
Organizer
Lakes Region Y2K Community Network
Sanbornton, NH
Wayne Schumacher
Community Activist,
Creator: Cygnus Emergency Response Triangles
Ashland, OR
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dr. Richard Murray
on behalf of Pacific Grove's Y2K Task Force
Pacific Grove, California
Halim Dunsky
Executive Editor
Y2K Community Project
Langley, Washington
Sharon Joy Kleitsch
Coordinator
Tampa Bay Y2K and
Suncoast Community Institute of Noetic Sciences
David LeBeau
Monroe County (IN) Y2K Action Group
Bloomington, IN
James Crawford
Executive director
Southern Maryland Millennium Action Committee
Waldorf, Maryland
Andree Duggan
Producer, Getting On Target With Y2K
Home, Neighborhood and Community Preparedness
PBS Online
http://www.pbs.org/y2kontarget <http://www.pbs.org/y2kontarget>
Killingworth, CT
David Floyd,RN
Jim Tull
Coordinators
Y2K Prepared Rhode Island (plus 100 members)
Chuck Elkins
Co-Chair
Northwest DC Year 2000 Group
Washington, DC
Stephen Brown
Public Member of State of Maine Year 2000 Task Force
Freeport, Maine
Joy MacNulty
Infoperson
Paonia Citizens y2k Preparedness Group
Paonia, CO
Lysa Leland, Coordinator
Cape Ann Community Preparedness Project
Gloucester, MA
Private Citizens:
Jan Nickerson, MBA, CPA (1974 - 1999), CFP (1990 - 1997)
President, The Prosperity Collaborative, Inc.,
Founding member, Business for Social Responsibility
Wayland, MA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michael S. Hyatt
Author, "The Millennium Bug," and "The Y2K Personal Survival Guide"
Nashville, TN
Nancy J. McKibben,
Author, "The Chaos Protocol"
Columbus, Ohio
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sally Strackbein
Programmer and Author, "Y2K Kitchen"
Reston, VA
Dido Miranda
Carson/Torrance, CA
Michael Redman
Columnist
The Independent
Bloomington, IN
Michael S. Robbins
Proprium Enterprises, Inc.
President
New York, NY
J. Douglas Stewart, Ed.D.
CEO, TechTouch Systems
Santa Fe, NM
Outreach Coordinator,
Eldorado Y2K Group
PJ Wylie
Author, "Power Your Way through Y2K"
Fullerton, California
William L. Seavey
Author
Santa Maria, CA.
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Leon A. Kappelman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Business Computer Information Systems
Associate Director, Center for Quality & Productivity
College of Business Administration, Univ. of North Texas
Co-chair, Society for Info. Management Y2K Working Group
Steering Committee, YES Volunteer Corps (www.iy2kcc.org)
Voice: 940-565-4698 Fax: 940-369-7623 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Website: http://www.unt.edu/bcis/faculty/kappelma/
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