I can't imagine what the implications of this CSpan coverage will be. Please submit your opinion as to how many people or percentage rates of the country that saw it as compared to the percentage of people who heard it.. I'm not a numbers person, just concerned. And, yes,KOS, i've already mudwrestled you twice.

-- susan (reaper1@mindspring.com), November 23, 1999

Answers

Gawd, I don't even get a chance to ask anymore!!!

-- King of Spain (madrid@aol.cum), November 23, 1999.

Whys do you want peoples opinions??? Maybe I should change my name to Paranoia instead of Psychotic. But the first one is harder to spell.

-- Psychotic (y2k@doom&gloom.com), November 23, 1999.

I would say less than 5,000 nationally give it their full attention, and probably half of those already KNOW anyhow.

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), November 23, 1999.

I just hope some city, county and state officials saw it and will take action starting tomorrow morning.

-- Russ (aa2gs@isoc.net), November 23, 1999.

You won't see any part of it on NBC Nightly News, that's for sure! Don't want to upset the people during their dinner you know.

-- franko (franko@home.com), November 23, 1999.

Phycho, my question RE: your opinion is because the conference was unexpected as to their references to global failure. Sure, I suspected and ultimately believed,, but never was it confirmed by anything other than the participants in this forum and the usual "y2k awareness sites. Video taped confessions are so much more convincing than anything that I have experienced. Maybe I'm way too paranoid, but I think I heard what they said and am just interested as to what you heard.

-- susan (reaper1@mindspring.com), November 23, 1999.

Susan

Not very many but probably more than the 20 or so that were in attendance. C-Span can be very boring unless you have a real interest in the material. Can't imagine anyone who would be glued to that cable channel all day, every day. My wild-ass guess...1/1000th of 1% of tonights TV viewing audience. But I could be wrong...it could be worse!

Again, my thanks to Paul, for his alert on a lower thread. I thought it was a great snapshot of where we are with only 38 days to get everything y2k compliant...ready...ok....whatever.

-- rb (ronbanks_2000@yahoo.com), November 23, 1999.

Susan,

I cought just the last half hour Q and A. What I saw was an impressive collection of talent...my wife walked by, assumed it was a public forum and said "Looks like nobody is interested in Y2K."

Do you know if they intend to repeat it, perhaps on C-SPAN II??

-- K. Stevens (kstevens@ It's ALL going away in January.com), November 23, 1999.

well, the symposium had an audience of about 10. That shows the level of complacency on the part of EVERYBODY on this matter. I think the TV audience might evem double and triple that amount. GI's get it, others don't and won't.

People are reactive in nature, and have been weaned on the idea of not having to worry about anything, and that somebody ot something will pacify and protact them. We are indulgent by nature, and are preoccupied with maximising our returns on investment and pursuing wealth.

Pay day is only 30+ days ahead

Bob P

-- Bob P (Rpilc99206@aol.com), November 23, 1999.

I'm sorry to say that noone at work even watched the nbc movie, which at least presented the semblance of action/plot that is acceptable to the mainstream. I'm certain that noone in my personal/professional circle saw the cspan broadcast. I think maybe our low incomes prohibit meaningful preparations, so we get discouraged and "tune out". As a mental health worker, my clients on food stamps spend more monthly on food than my staff. It's ironic. We're slowly building our little 30-day pantries, but rest assured our purchases don't raise eyebrows.

-- Pluggin' along in (newportnews@va.com), November 23, 1999.

KStevens, at the end of the broadcast, they were offering a copy of the broadcast at a great price, like a richard simmons exercise video. I don't think re-broadcast is going to happen

-- susan (reaper1@mindspring.com), November 23, 1999.

Well,I did not see it.Can someone fill me in Please.I see no link to it on c span as of yet. Thanks

-- me (y2kme1@hotmail.com), November 23, 1999.

Is there a web site for C-Span? I have cable but do not get c-span.

-- Carol (glear@usa.net), November 23, 1999.

Susan,

Do you have a number where the exercise video can be ordered??

Thanks in advance!

-- K. Stevens (kstevens@ It's ALL going away in January.com), November 23, 1999.

Part of the reason the conference had so few people was that a couple were in the second auditorium for the family and community preparedness panel. I was on it.

One of the C-Span camera men told me that the event would be rebroadcast. I was fussing because I didn't get to see it.

www.y2kkitchen.com

-- Sally Strackbein (sally@y2kkitchen.com), November 24, 1999.

Sometimes a real video version of a CSPAN program is available online for a few days after the program airs. I don't know if that is the case with the GW University program. You might check out http://www.cspan.org.

The following is a duplicate of a message that I have posted on other threads about the GW University program on Y2K broadcast over C-SPAN tonight:

You can see a first replay of tonight's panel program at GW University on C-SPAN 2 at 3:30 AM Wednesday morning, 11/24/99. You can also order a copy from C-SPAN by calling 1-800-277-2698.

I suspect that it will be played several more times during the next week.

My guess is that they will play it many more times if you call C-SPAN viewer services and request it.

Thanks for all the interest in the program.

By the way, here is the full website that I referred to:

http:www.gwu.edu/~y2k/keypeople/gordon

-- Paula Gordon (pgordon@erols.com), November 24, 1999.

I stick by my 14 including the three audience members.

You can get a pretty good number by taking the neilson share and add a million (rounding up from 950,000 +). 1/2 share means 500,000. The tapped all our TV's for a couple years, yes they don't make up the numbers (or at least they put on a good show).

When you call CSPAN asking for a repeat suggest some other time than 3:30 am. No 3:55 am would not be acceptable.

-- squid (Itsdark@down.here), November 24, 1999.

Sorry, I see that the URL in my note above is incorrect. It should be http://www.gwu.edu/~y2k/keypeople/gordon

-- Paula Gordon (pgordon@erols.com), November 24, 1999.

i saw it last night on cable. loved the attendance. really a hot issue, huh? it will be!

i am so upset--i can't remember if i told you already (forgive me for repeating myself) i work a govt y2k hotline and have had several calls (which likely means there are many many more--since we get very few calls anyway) from nursing homes/small medical facilities that have done NOTHING--I REPEAT NOTHING--TO PLAN FOR Y2K!!!! it is almost impossible to try to take them through a list of what they should be doing for contingency planning at this late date.

for two of these calls, it was someone like an admin person or supply manager, to whom the ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FACILITY WOULD HAND THIS CRYPTIC NOTE (likely spurred by the recent Dear Healthcare Provider letter from the White House and HHS) saying "do something about this". I AM REALLY MAD. had the white house been honest with the public and pro active with the health care industry a long time ago, maybe this nursing homes would have a prayer.

-- tt (cuddluppy@nowhere.com), November 24, 1999.

Cuddluppy,

Thanks for your comments.

Regarding health care and nursing homes, I find that Norman Dean's organization is very helpful. Margaret Anderson, Director of Policy for the Center for Y2K & Society, has been focusing here attention on health-related issues. There is an excellent video of her talking about such issues at the July GW Y2K conference. If you go to my website at http://www.gwu.edu/~y2k/keypeople.gordon, you will see more details about that and other videos from the July Conference.

Regards,

-- Paula Gordon (pgordon@erols.com), November 24, 1999.

Y2K + healthcare ~ ~

As worker bees who have slaved in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, adult foster care homes, retirement facilities, assisted living complexes, convent nursing wings, hospices, and boatloads of home care, we can say this:

Any disruptive jolt lasting more than 2 weeks to the carrying capacity of the acute/chronic medical conveyor belt will result in MANY DEATHS. Period.

-- Ashton & Leska in Cascadia (allaha@earthlink.net), November 24, 1999.

See links on this thread. Email C-span for possible rebroadcast today, Wednesday 11/24.

-- Linda (lwmb@psln.com), November 24, 1999.