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LETTER AFFIL = To: The Staff
From: Richard K. Rein
Y2K Preparedness
Our emergency preparedness committee has completed its
studies and presented it report. We now have in place a plan that
I believe will successfully carry us through the new millennium and
beyond. Let me share with you the strategic elements of this plan:
1.) The U.S. 1 Publishing Company — unlike PrincetonUniversity — will remain open for all business operationsthroughoutthe Millennium weekend. While we believe every step has been takento minimize major or even minor disruption, we believe that our entireteam should be on alert in case of any unforeseen Y2K glitches. AsGovernor Whitman has stated, part of preparedness is being preparedfor the unexpected, as well as the expected.2.) As part of our standby force, Preview editor NicolePlett will be deployed at an undisclosed location in the UnitedKingdomon December 31, monitoring Internet and other communications mediaat that location, with a six-hour lead time that will afford U.S.1 a Distant Early Warning if needed.3.) Security at our Internet firewall will be tested ona random basis from undisclosed remote locations by editors BarbaraFox and Melinda Sherwood.4.) Production editor Kathleen McBride Sisack, assistedby Vivian Sudhalter and Katie Payne, will apply virus-proof filtersto all incoming E-mail messages and files commencing Thursday,December30, at 11 p.m. and continuing forward until Sunday, January 2, at8 a.m. In that period any inquiries concerning the transmission ofdigital files to U.S. 1 should be answered as follows: U.S. 1 istemporarilyprevented from accepting GIF, JPEG, TIF, or EPS files. All filesshouldbe transmitted in the DCX format, which can be created by insertionof any materials into a Y2K-compliant facsimile machine, directedto the U.S. 1 fax number.5.) Since the Y2K period could serve as a veil for otherpotentially disruptive activity, advertising representatives DianaJoseph-Riley and Martha Moore will monitor our opposition.6.) Our physical perimeter will be patrolled on a 24-7basis by a team led by Brenda Fallon and including — but notlimitedto — Aaron Thayer, Antonio Leon, Bob Hiel, Catherine Gayle, DanNoonan, Diane Fernandes, Howard Appledorf, Jack Sternberg, JackThomas,John Mitchell, John Symons, Marie Rendine, Mary Ann Davison, MichaelBindi, Michael Pogorzelski, Norman Reines, Paul Scharf, Peter Burt,Robert Eveleigh, Robert Predhome, Robert Yuell, Stanley Cheek, TheresaMarzarella, Thomas G. Pichcuskie, Tori Uhler, and Victor Sandford.7.) The rest of our team will be deployed at the commandpost at 12 Roszel Road. In the spirit of Dell Computer, Intel, andAT&T, we will keep all of you supplied with club soda andheart-healthysnacks as you maintain this vigil.8.) Production adviser Lawrence L. DuPraz has agreedto be on standby with a CompuGraphic 7700 photo-typesetter, availableto set any and all type in the event of a mission-critical PC failure.8.) I, of course, will also be on 24-7 standby, at anundisclosed location (due to security concerns) but availableconstantlythrough secure land-based telecommunications. All members of our teamshould be ready to call me immediately at the slightest sign oftrouble.For security purposes, of course, the phone will be answered by ananalog answering machine. But rest assured, I will receive yourmessageand I will react.On a personal note, let me thank you and assure you that weare not likely to ask you again to curtail your New Year’s partyingin this fashion. Frankly I have had it with this Millennium business– next time we will ignore it altogether.Top Of PageTo the EditorAS A “SUDDENLY single” bachelor I read Melinda Sherwood’sarticle on the singles scene with interest (November 24). While not,strictly speaking, singles groups, there are twodivorce/widowed/singleself-help groups that might be of interest to your readers. One meetsMonday nights at 7:30 at St. Gregory’s in Hamilton (call Judi at609-585-2037)and the other meets at 7:30 Wednesdays at the Hopewell PresbyterianChurch.Incidentally, I think it was Groucho Marx, not Woody Allen, who coinedthe phrase about not wanting to join a club that would have him fora member.Robert Kenny Esq., CPA212 Carnegie CenterPrevious StoryCorrections or additions?This page is published by PrincetonInfo.com— the web site for U.S. 1 Newspaper in Princeton, New Jersey.
