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Y2K
Help for Nonprofits - Now in Spanish Release of a Simple-to-Use Assessment Manual and Task List in Spanish San Francisco, California, August 27, 1999 CompuMentor, a San Francisco-based technical assistance nonprofit, has just launched a Spanish version of their Y2K Workbook for Nonprofits. Spanish-speaking nonprofits can now access step-by-step instructions on how to do a Y2K audit and fix Y2K problems, by downloading the workbook free of charge from the CompuMentor website. To complement the workbook, CompuMentor offers a free bilingual Y2K Email Help Desk to answer any questions nonprofits may have as they prepare for Y2K. CompuMentor helps nonprofits across the country use computer technology to improve their services. Its Y2K program, launched in January, has been widely successful. CompuMentor has distributed 16,000 copies of its English version of the Y2K Workbook for Nonprofits throughout the United States and Canada. It is now able to offer downloads of the Spanish and Portuguese versions of the workbook through a collaboration with The Nature Conservancy. The workbook enables nonprofits to undertake their own plan of action to identify and mitigate potential disruptions resulting from the Y2K bug. The problem is caused by some computer programs' inability to distinguish between the years 1900 and 2000 because they use just two digits to identify years. The more serious failure modes for computer applications, including the refusal to start up or to accept input data such as dates on checks, pledges and grant reporting, could disrupt any organization severely. The CompuMentor action plan, designed to be used by anyone with a basic knowledge of computers, was developed with startup funding from the Peninsula Community Foundation and additional support from the James Irvine Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the New York Community Trust, the Hewlett-Packard Company, and AirTouch Communications. The Workbook includes an Audit Task List that takes the user through the steps necessary to complete a thorough review of all systems. It not only provides guidelines for internal meetings, inventory and analysis of equipment that might be affected, and the completion of an Audit Report, but it also gives directions for an examination of external organizations that send or rely on the nonprofit's data and services. For more information, and to download the Y2K Workbook for Nonprofits in Spanish or English, see www.compumentor.org/y2k. Send email and questions in Spanish or English to our Y2K Help Desk at y2k@compumentor.org |
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