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Like the nursery rhyme character, Chicken
Little, some people are yelling "Y2K ... the sky is falling, the sky is
falling." The Upcreek Chicken Little Club is a webpage to help
neighborhoods or other groups of friends and family take cooperative steps for the common
good to minimize the impact on their lives of the Year 20000 (Y2K) computer problem
... just in case a piece of sky actually falls. Society at large probably will come
to grips with most problems by February, 2000. If we assume a neighborhood group
equivalent to 30 people (about 10 households, we need a 30-30 plan to sustain a worst-case
scenario of 30 people for 30 days even if the sky really is falling, Chicken Little. If
not, the Chicken Little Club will have strengthened friendships and benefitted us all by
giving us a neighborhood plan for earthquakes, floods, or future falling sky. Henny Penny Planning Party
Ducky Lucky Stamp Licking Party
Foxy Locksy Failsafe Party |
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Perspective
A favorite cartoon from our days working at a bank shows Chicken Little
running into the office of a prosperous financier, yelling "The sky is falling, the
sky is falling!"
The balloon over the banker's head says:
"Buy sky."
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Henny
Penny Planning Party |
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Examples are from Mt. Vernon, Washington, in Skagit County |
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Henny Penny was the first person Chicken
Little told the sky was falling (after a seed fell on his tail). The first step
should be to sit down and make a plan, just in case, instead of running around crazily
like the nursery rhyme characters. Have a planning potluck party and brainstorm, sharing
info on people's talents, needs, concerns, etc. Whose house will stay warm? Where will we
store toilet paper? What if somebody breaks a leg? |
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Ducky
Lucky Stamp Licking Party |
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At the Henny Penny Party, make a list of
everybody's banks, automobiles, and other critical equipment like wheelchairs, nebulizers,
etc. Then separately, have a letter writing party, where a smaller group gets
together for coffee and looks up addresses, writes and sends out letters asking our banks,
government, and companies what is their Y2K compliance status, plans, etc. (computer will
make this process pretty easy, so lots of visiting can take place). This way busy
lives and procrastinating on the part of individuals won't prevent them from getting
needed info. When responses come in, have another Ducky Lucky party (now you know why we
are the "lucky" group) to copy compliance responses and distribute them to
neighbors' mailboxes and to the local newspaper via letter to editor. |
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Foxy
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The Foxy Locksey party is held AFTER a
24-36 hour simulated Y2K day test where everyone turns off power, water, etc. and tries
out the plan by actually LIVING as if the sky were falling. Remember, it was
in Foxy Lockseys den where the nursery rhyme folks ended up. Here we share experiences and
fix problem areas ... before January. |
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Compliance Form Letter
mm/dd/99
Dear ____________________________,
(letter will go here soonwhen I have written
it.)
Sincerely,
Justin Case
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