March 11, 1999 | Read Time: 1 minute
A new publication is available to help charities determine if their computers and software programs may be affected by the year-2000 problem.
The year-2000 problem arises because much of the computer hardware and software still in use today identifies years by only the last two digits, and those older systems may malfunction when faced with the year 2000, which they tend to confuse with 1900.
The CompuMentor Year 2000 Workbook explains the problem in simple, non-technical terms and guides non-profit groups through a step-by-step audit of their organizations’ computer equipment and software to identify year-2000 problems that need to be fixed.
CompuMentor, a non-profit organization in San Francisco that matches volunteers who have computer skills with schools and non-profit groups in need of help, has made the manual available free on line and in print as a workbook that can be purchased.
The James Irvine, David and Lucile Packard, and Peninsula Community Foundations financed the development and production of the publication, which the foundations are distributing to their grantees.
To order a print copy: Contact CompuMentor, 89 Stillman Street, San Francisco 94107; fax (415) 512-9629; e-mail y2k@compumentor.org. Each copy costs $17.50 for non-profit organizations with annual budgets of $500,000 or less and $35 for groups with annual budgets greater than $500,000.
To get there: Go to http://www.compumentor.org/y2k
