BAY2K * Bay Area Year 2000 Community Forum 3220 Sacramento Street * San Francisco, CA 94115 bay2k@3220.com * T: 415-931-2593 * F: 415-931-0948

BAY2K is an independent organization formed in August 1998 to develop resilient and sustainable community responses to the Year 2000 computer problem by providing information, contacts and dialogue.

Northwest Regional Facilitators and Washington State University present

Common-Sense, Common-Ground: Preparing for Y2K

A live satellite videoconference Thursday, April 8, 1999, 9:00 am - 12:00 noon 3220 Sacramento Street, second floor, San Francisco $10 per person, no one turned away due to lack of funds

The second program in a three-part series, "Resilient Communities," brings together activists who are making waves in their local communities and internationally by promoting preparedness and sustainability practices in the face of Y2K.

-- Robert Theobald, futurist, author and socioeconomist -- Cynthia Beal, an Oregon grocer and international advocate for community preparedness -- Rachel Bagby, poet, vocal artist and ecological activist

This program will address the need for spiritual resiliency in chaotic times. It will provide you with competent, common-sense advice about food and water storage, electricity concerns, availability of money, medicine, etc. It will also look at how higher levels of sustainability can emerge from the immediate requirements posed by Y2K challenges.

-- Meeting basic needs -- How to talk with others about Y2K and Resilience -- Looking beyond January 2000 towards deeper changes -- Avoiding "Y2Kitis" -- Keeping your own balance as you work on these issues

-- Jean Wasp (jean@sonic.net), April 06, 1999