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SUBJECT: MAJCOM Y2K OUTREACH PROGRAMS

1. THIS MESSAGE FOLLOWS UP OUR CORONA TOP DISCUSSION REGARDING THE

IMPORTANCE OF Y2K OUTREACH EFFORTS. PRESIDENT CLINTON'S FEDERAL

OUTREACH PROGRAM IS TARGETED TOWARD 12,000 COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE.

THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN IS TO LEVERAGE FEDERAL ACTIVITIES NEAR THOSE

COMMUNITIES TO SERVE AS FOCAL POINTS FOR TRANSMITTING THE UNGARBLED

WORD REGARDING YEAR 2000 PREPARATIONS. DOD INSTALLATIONS ARE

EMERGING AS THE CENTERPIECE OF THAT PLAN.

2. OUR INSTALLATIONS HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN COMMUNITY Y2K

PREPAREDNESS. THOSE COMMUNITIES ROUTINELY PARTNER WITH OUR BASES AND

WILL LOOK TO OUR BASES WHEN Y2K FAILURES OCCUR. ALTHOUGH TIME IS

SHORT, WITH OUR HELP COMMUNITIES CAN STILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE

THEIR Y2K READINESS. TO THAT END, AIR FORCE INSTALLATION COMMANDERS

SHOULD INCLUDE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES IN THEIR Y2K PLANNING EFFORTS AND

EXERCISES. THOSE COMMANDERS SHOULD USE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THE

AIR FORCE Y2K PREP STORY TO BUILD CONFIDENCE IN OUR SERVICEMEMBERS

AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND TO CREATE A REALISTIC EXPECTATION FOR Y2K

EFFECTS IN ADVANCE OF ANTICIPATED SENSATIONALISTIC, NEGATIVE HYPE.

IN ADDITION, COMMANDERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO AGGRESSIVELY CONTACT KEY

SUPPLIERS OF GOODS AND SERVICES TO ASCERTAIN THEIR Y2K PREPAREDNESS.

3. INSTALLATION COMMANDERS' GREAT CREDIBILITY WITH THEIR LOCAL

COMMUNITIES MAKES THEM THE LOGICAL FOCAL POINT FOR Y2K COMMUNITY

OUTREACH EFFORTS. BGEN GARY AMBROSE, THE AIR FORCE'S Y2K PROGRAM

DIRECTOR, DSN 332-2211, AND HIS STAFF WILL PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE YOU

REQUIRE.

-- (wastedeep@inthe.bigmuddy), September 06, 1999

Answers

Humm.

Link please.

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), September 06, 1999.

whoa...any more info you can share wastedeep?

Mike

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-- Michael Taylor (mtdesign3@aol.com), September 06, 1999.

Hmm. I suspect this is authentic.

"OUR INSTALLATIONS HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN COMMUNITY Y2K PREPAREDNESS. THOSE COMMUNITIES ROUTINELY PARTNER WITH OUR BASES AND WILL LOOK TO OUR BASES WHEN Y2K FAILURES OCCUR."

That makes perfect sense to me. Frankly, I wouldn't mind living next to say, Camp Lejeune if the Wheels starting coming Off. And a base commander would want to prevent local "troubles" if he could.

The problem is: if locals hear the "3 day storm" mantra from a base commander, I would say that they are probably more likely to believe it. However if TSHTF, those base commanders will bear the politcal heat from the local suffering citizenry, their credibility permanantly undermined. (Sheesh. if you think .mil has no use for Clinton NOW, just imagine if .mil is left looking stupid about Y2K...) And the fact that base commanders have been instructed to do contingency planning assuming self-sufficiency for 15 days....

As usual, it's a slick idea

but risky.

-- Lewis (aslanshow@yahoo.com), September 07, 1999.

Thanks Lewis for "your take."

Lot of friends and families live in the surrounding areas off-base too. Bet they "chat" about the local situation.

Diane

(Still would appreciate a link wastedeep@inthe.bigmuddy)

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), September 07, 1999.