Dear RN list, Aug. 8 I nearly overlooked this message, but it is very pertinent... I look forward to hearing from people as we let this news sink in... all the best, Jan ***************************************************** Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 12:33:31 -0700 From: "Candice Mitchell - General Manager" <•••@••.•••> (by way of Connie Fogal <•••@••.•••>) Subject: Y2K&MAI Hello Connie, It was a pleasure chatting with you...Here are some interesting links that definately point to a Global Free Trade Agreement (MAI) being put in place during Y2K disruptions. This site is the Pentagon Think tank....have a look at who was and is involved with the think-tank and the "M" curve. When I first came across this site I was blown away, so I called Dr. Thomas Barnett and had a lengthly conversation with him regarding the info he was presenting. I sent a copy of this site to all the members of the House of Commons about 3 months ago <http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Thinktank/6926/y2kproj.htm>http: //www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Thinktank/6926/y2kproj.htm This is the official World Bank Y2K web-site, talks about the vulnerabilty of developing nations and Y2K <http://www.worldbank.org/y2k/pages/english/elinks.htm>http://www.worldbank .org/y2k/pages/english/elinks.htm The site below is interesting because it is based in Washington DC and the Head of the Advisory Committee is Sen. Robert Bennett who is also the head of the US Senate Committee on the Year 2000 <http://www.y2kcenter.org/>http://www.y2kcenter.org/ This is the CIA map of the world and the Y2K risks <http://www.msnbc.com/modules/Y2KInternational/map_nestframe.asp>http://www .msnbc.com/modules/Y2KInternational/map_nestframe.asp The United Nations Working Group, also discusses the vulnerability of developing nations. <http://www.un.org/members/y2k/y2k2nd/>http://www.un.org/members/y2k/y2k2nd/ This is the state of California info site ....the matrix pretty well describes what kind of disruptions may happen <http://www.oes.ca.gov/oeshomep.nsf>http://www.oes.ca.gov/oeshomep.nsf This statement is from the December 1998 Auditors General Report on the Year 2000. 20.117 Embedded systems and devices are emerging as a significant concern. Numbering in the billions, they perform a vast range of duties serving many domains such as science, engineering, manufacturing and health care. Experts have estimated that only a small percentage of these micro processors are date-sensitive. Even so, an estimated 20 million to 250 million could fail as a result of the millennium bug. <http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/domino/reports.nsf/html/9820ce.html>http://www.oa g-bvg.gc.ca/domino/reports.nsf/html/9820ce.html I will have the Bio to you over the Weekend and Y2Kit has been put in the mail to your office. Our Web-site is <http://www.homecheck.net>www.homecheck.net Candice Mitchell General Manager SKF Millennium Sales Inc. 250-833-1970 work 250-832-7492 home