There have been so many threads on this today, IMHO we should organize them into one, because we are bordering on information overload.

Perhaps this can be the one.

'Hoping those who can post hotlinks in their sleep will bring it all together, on this link along with a synopsis of each link. (Diane? Pshannon?)

I'm back to the grunt work of transcribing the live version of the hearing.

Visits to the "cheering section" are appreciated at:

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=000s2R

:)

-- FM (vidprof@aol.com), May 25, 1999

Answers

Ooops. 'Should have been: "On this thread."

:)

-- FM (vidprof@aol.com), May 25, 1999.

Ask and...

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000s2R

;-D

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), May 25, 1999.

The above was the "Cheering Section"

Next...

Verbal Testimony transcripts (courtesy of FM)...

Senate Y2k Community Preparedness Hearing--Synopsis and Partial Transcripts

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000s3L

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), May 25, 1999.

Oral Remarks Posted for May 25 Senate Y2K hearing (Ed Yourdon)

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000s62

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), May 25, 1999.

Senate Testimony is now posted (Ed Yourdon)

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000rzF

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), May 25, 1999.

Senate Testimony: "Community Y2K Preparedness: Is There News They Can Use?"
(Full-Text Witness Statements Available)

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000s3z

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), May 25, 1999.

Interesting quotes from statements made to the U.S. Senate Special Committee

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000s50

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), May 25, 1999.

Gang,

One more thing in the interest of accuracy:

I blew it royally when I described Ed's spoken testimony today as "verbal testimony."

I should have dusted off my brain and remembered what F. Lee Bailey (Yes, folks, I know him. For better or worse. . .) taught me years ago.

For the purpose of official proceedings (as in hearings and court cases):

"Verbal" testimony can mean either written or spoken testimony.

"Oral" testimony is only spoken.

'Sorry.

("Ah feels myself gettin' old." And speaking of that. . .WHERE'S OLD GIT?)

:)

-- FM (vidprof@aol.com), May 25, 1999.

It's on right now - C-Span Extra (Chuck's comments)

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000s12

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), May 25, 1999.

To Ed yourdon y2k the most inportant speech of your life

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000ryg

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), May 25, 1999.

Ed's speach...hear U go folks! (Wrong One)

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000rrH

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), May 25, 1999.

Anti-Yourdon reaction. . . (*Sigh* See we can offer the link).

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000s5e

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), May 25, 1999.

And for those who missed the live event but still want to view the video in person click here ..

-- Ron Rodgers (RonRodgers@Resilience2000.com), May 25, 1999.

Huff, puff... I was gettin' there.

Video of Senate Y2K Committee available now

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000s3Y

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), May 25, 1999.

I Need a Thread Title for My Final Synopsis/Transcript of the "Live Version" of the
5/25/99 Senate Hearing on Y2k Community Preparedness and the Media's Role in
Reporting That: Suggestions appreciated (FM)

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000s7v

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), May 25, 1999.

The beginning salvo of the news media reactions...

Newsbytes coverage of today's Senate hearing

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 000s4u

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), May 25, 1999.

Has anybody heard anything about that Senate Y2K stuff today?

(sorry, couldn't resist) <:)=

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), May 25, 1999.

Y2K activists say take it seriously

Tuesday, 25 May 1999 19:12 (GMT), (UPI Spotlight)

WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) - A panel of small-town Y2K activists told a Senate committee today that not enough people are taking the Y2K problem seriously.
The committee, led by Utah Republican Robert Bennett and Connecticut Democrat Christopher Dodd, is pushing Congress to quickly consider legislation to prepare the country for possible disruptions caused by the computer glitch.
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-- Leska (allaha@earthlink.net), May 25, 1999.

WorldNetDaily:

PANIC IN THE YEAR ZERO
Y2K senators
get earful in hearings
Activists angry at president,
press over preparedness

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/ bluesky_exnews/19990526_xex_y2k_senators.shtml

[snip]

Pamola O'Reilly, director of research for the Cassandra Project, an influential center for community Y2K preparations, told the senators "there is too much 'happy talk' coming from our administration, government agencies, corporations and institutions."

This "happy talk," O'Reilly noted, is excused as necessary to prevent "panic." "But when I ask them what they mean by 'panic,'" she said, "they define it as people pulling their money out of the bank or selling off stock. With few exceptions, their concern seems not for our families' health, safety and welfare, but with not rocking the economic boat."

[snip]

Liza K. Christian, former executive director of the Rogue Valley (Oregon) Y2K Task Force, voiced similar sentiments. There's "an orchestrated public relations campaign designed to tranquilize the American public," she asserted, "but such misleading and artificial restraint will breed an even worse panic later. Adequate preparation prevents panic."

[snip]

Kerry Brock, director of broadcasting at the Media Studies Center in New York City, noted that "the government's own Y2K czar, John Koskinen, advises journalists continually to drive toward the facts." Unfortunately, she asserted, "Mr. Koskinen seems to avoid facts. Always in a calm and low-key presentation, he tells us the power industry nationally has done well -- but he's concerned about local power companies. He thinks the national telephone systems will work -- but he is concerned about the 1,400 small telephone companies. He indicates we should not worry -- but we should worry."

"These are not facts, but public valium," Brock proclaimed.

"Unfortunately," she added, "journalists on the beat tell us they now find information that looks suspiciously like a cover-up." ...

[snip]

James Adams, another member of the media panel, was chief executive officer of United Press International and managing editor of the London Sunday Times before becoming chief executive officer of Infrastructure Defense Inc. "The media are only as good as the sources that are available to them," he told the senators, "and in the case of Y2K the political leadership has abrogated its responsibility and left the stage empty."

[snip]

"In this vacuum," Adams said, "it is not surprising that the media have been doing a pretty shoddy job."

[snip--to end]

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), May 26, 1999.