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To: Alex who wrote (22815)	11/10/1998 5:40:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116759

'SEC:Job Has Just Begun;Stevens sy2k.com By Roleigh Martin @tc.umn.edu Friday October 30, 1998 05:01 PM PST Good posting! Originator: cpsr-y2-@cpsr.org Sender: listserv-reply-error-@snyside.sunnyside.com From: "N.Wells" <simpso-@email.msn.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list cpsr-y2-@cpsr.org" Subject: SEC:The Job Has Just Begun;Stevens X-Comment: CPSR Year 2000 problem discussion list X-Info: For listserv info write to listser-@cpsr.org with message HELP X-Message-Id: <1284159854448.ltk.02-@cpsr.org> From: Dan Stevens <vivanau-@mindspring.com> Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 6:15 PM Subject: SEC: The Job Has Just Begun The Y2K remediation motor has gotten started in many places, but progress is not deemed worth reporting by most. I've been reviewing the SEC database, looking for companies that are compliant or near-compliant that I can add to my investor list. In the 85 10-K and 10-Q filings filed between 10/16 and 10/21 that I've just reviewed, 38 companies did not even mention their Year 2000 exposure, even though the SEC has asked them to do so. What is one to make of this? Another 21 were very general. They did not describe a structure, a target compliance date, nor did they contain an assertion of compliance. Generally these responses were of the form, "Your mother and I have decided that this will have no significant impact on us. Now, go back to sleep..." 13 had a working program, but a target date after 3/31/99. Typically, this was "mid-1999". Very optimistic. 10 expect to be completed by 3/31/99. I've added them to my investor list at sy2k.com You see the clarity of their language for yourself, as I've excerpted the really nifty parts. Some ring like a bell. 2 - two! - ONLY two companies - were compliant. They're on the list as well. It is getting really easy for me, looking at these reports, to see who is stonewalling, who is fluffing, who doesn't really know what's happening and doesn't care if the world can see that they don't know - and who, bless their hearts, see it as their duty to tell the world about their programs and their progress. Can one assume that the fluffers and the stonewallers have made no progress? Not necessarily, but one cannot avoid inferring that they have made no progress they wish to tell about. I could not imagine investing in a company that provides neither a statement of compliance nor an anticipated compliance date. Check the Edgar database at sec.com for yourself. If you see a company I can list, let me know. I'll add it to SY2K. Dan Stevens sy2k.com -- Phone: 888-237-7925 Dan Stevens 425-814-5629 Marvelmatics Inc. 718-832-3569 Stevens Techmark LLC 5401 South Hyde Park Blvd #1206 Email: inf-@sy2k.com Chicago, IL 60615 USA Email: vivanau-@mindspring.com ===== The Stevens Register of Year 2000 Compliant Organizations ====== sy2k.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Roleigh Martin ourworld.compuserve.com ( easy to remember alias is: webalias.com ) (A Web Site that focuses on Y2k threat to Utilities, Banks & more!)

To: Alex who wrote (22815)	11/10/1998 5:49:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 116759

NERC's 10/1998 Suggested Credible Worst Case Scenarios NERC's 10/1998 Suggested Credible Worst Case Scenarios By marti12-@tc.umn.edu @tc.umn.edu Thursday October 29, 1998 07:25 PM PST Hello, Check out this page of slides at NERC - North American Electric Reliability Council at nerc.com Preparing the Electric Systems of North America for the Year 2000 WORKSHOP October 6-7, 1998 NERC, along with co-sponsors APPA, CEA, EEI, EPRI, NEI, and NRECA, held a two-day workshop to discuss the Y2K readiness of electric power systems, to set industry priorities and targets, and to share information about Y2K. The workshop addressed critical issues for Y2K Program Managers at organizations that own or operate power production, transmission, and distribution systems. Materials used to present information during the workshop are available to download, below. Right click each link and save the file to your local machine. File Name File Type Y2K Workshop Minutes Acrobat 3.0 Y2K Agenda Acrobat 3.0 Breakout Session Summaries Power Point 7 Breakout Questions Acrobat 3.0 Nuclear Contingency Planning Guide Power Point 7 DOE Report Presentation Power Point 7 NERC Contingency Planning Power Point Banking Y2K Power Point Contingency Planning Guide - Draft 9/8 Acrobat 3.0 Dupont Year 2000 Project Overview Power Point Year 2000: Impact of Telecommunications Power Point ***************** Check out some of these slides -- the breakout session summaries had a few great slides, the one I liked best was slide 44: (ftp://www.nerc.com/pub/sys/all_updl/docs/y2k/breakoutsummaries.ppt) Suggested Credible Worst Case Scenarios ************************************* Unplanned islanding of interconnection Combinations of facility losses result in area blackout Black start without communications or full SCADA; units wonÆt start Sustained period of power outage; impact on restart capability (batteries, etc.) Longer term fuel supplies Extended loss of communications --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Roleigh Martin ourworld.compuserve.com ( easy to remember alias is: webalias.com ) (A Web Site that focuses on Y2k threat to Utilities, Banks & more!) ----- Free e-mail group hosting at egroups.com ______________________________________________________________________ Subscribe, unsubscribe, opt for a daily digest, or start a new e-group at egroups.com -- Free Web-based e-mail groups.