In article "Weekly Post of C.S.Y2k Charter" of Sun, 14 Jun 1998 
18:02:51 in comp.software.year-2000, phystad@computerpro.com wrote:


CHARTER: comp.software.year-2000

This newsgroup will be open to all aspects of the year 2000 century
conversion, including:

* Project-management issues - suggested phases in year 2000 projects;
  how to get projects budgeted; experiences with "offshore
  consultants"; cost estimating; test strategies; contingency plans;
  checklists; expected staffing demands.

* Technical discussions - year 2000 problems and solutions on various
  computer systems and networks.  "What we're doing in our project";
  suggestions on test setups for specific systems.  Programming
  solutions.

* Software tools - for inventory and/or conversion of affected code.
  Rating of/experiences with specific tools.  Pitfalls to watch out
  for.  Pointers to relevant products and vendor documentation.

* Announcements - upcoming or recently published newspaper or magazine
  articles, TV spots, etc. on year 2000 issues.  Notice of lectures,
  classes, conferences.

* Legal and corporate-level year 2000 software issues - liability for
  problems, insurance coverage, officer/director responsibility,
  software vendor responsibility to customers.

Language shall not be restricted to English.

All posts shall be directly related to the subject of year 2000
compliance.  Topics of a political, philosophical or religious nature
shall not be posted in comp.software.year-2000.

END CHARTER.

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Thanks.   JRS - jrs@merlyn.demon.co.uk