Nonprofits offered help with Y2K bug problem

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Seattle http://www.amcity.com/seattle/stories/1999/05/03/newscolumn1.html?h=y2k

Seattle-based NPower debuted March 1 with a mission to help charitable organizations become more computer literate.

The group's first big project is a day of crash-course Y2K preparation, scheduled for May 22. NPower hopes to serve as many as 200 local nonprofits, helping them assess their Y2K readiness and teaching them how to recode any noncompliant systems. The group has gotten three programs donated that volunteers will be working with -- Express from WRQ, VeriDate from ClickNet, and Eon2000 from Double E Computer Systems. *snip* The group offers discounted computer consulting and training, with even lower rates for organizations who become members of NPower. Membership is on a sliding scale, ranging from $50 to $300, based on the size of a group's operating budget. *snip*

The issue of Y2K compliance has apparently been a low priority for many nonprofits, particularly smaller ones with few resources and limited in-house computer expertise. In a recent study of more than 550 nonprofits nationwide conducted by The NonProfit Times and Gifts in Kind International, 225 responded that they had yet to look into the matter. Only two had completed their Y2K system overhaul. --

-- Cherri (sams@brigadoon.com), June 08, 1999

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Yup. They'll need all the -bleep-ing help they can get. tsk,tsk,tsk

-- Will continue (farming@home.com), June 08, 1999.

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