Personal Invitation to all Y2K Grassroots Community Organizers

Please plan to attend the First (and Last) Annual National Y2K Community

Organizers Work Weekend, October 15 - 17, in Denver/BoulderColorado. Web site:  http://www.critt.com The weekend is designed to equip you with the tools andresources that you need to continue your work efficiently and effectivelyin the remaining months of 1999, and into the year 2000. Itshould be noted that this is a *work weekend* where we will roll outa plan of our combined best practices for our national network of organizersto utilize in a methodical and organized manner. The tangibleresults will include a national Y2K preparedness resource list that will be made available to anybody in the country. Topics of the weekendmay include (but are not limited to): *  Engaging the Media in Y2K. *  Creative Funding Solutions. *  Understanding The Psychology of Various Y2K Coping     Methods of the General Community andOvercoming Them. *  Understanding Small Business as a Mini-Communityin Preparedness. *  Strategies by Which to Reach Individuals ViaSmall Business. *  Writing a Press Release That Gets Noticed. *  Using Non-profits to Spread the Y2K Word. *  How to Introduce State Legislation. *  Approaching the Police/Fire Department AboutPreparedness . *  Local/Municipality Contingency Planning. *  Retaining Great Volunteers. *  Contingency Planning for Small Business. *  The Roles of the Y2K Activist After Dec 31, 1999. *  How to Manage Business Failures After Dec 31,1999. *  How to Recover From Y2K Burnout.

*  Silly Y2K Awards Dinner All peaceful preparedness organizers are welcome! Thereis no charge to attend. Please see the web page for specific information. www.critt.com Feel free to post this letter to all appropriate lists, boards, and individuals. Appropriatesponsorship welcomed. To email questions or ideas, please contactJennifer at jen@bunkergroup.com. Event hosted by: Boulder County Y2K Kathy Garcia www.y2kboulder.com Northern Utah Y2K Jennifer Bunker www.bunkergroup.com/y2k Cassandra Project Paloma O'Riley www.cassandraproject.org  

-- Daren Henderson (TryChange@aol.com), September 16, 1999