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Purpose
Objectives of the OIC Y2K Compliance project
Fees for Membership
1800 Contact Numbers
Information for your organisation
Y2K Compliance Manual
Assistance on Y2K Conformance
Developing Y2K Website techology for your organisation
Members that are involved with Electronic Commerce
Y2K Compliance Consortium Membership Registration
Y2K Link to Projects
Y2K Link to The OIC Links Page



Purpose

This is an application form for membership of a consortium of organisations to assist Medium and Small Enterprises to ensure that their electronic information systems are Year 2000 Compliant.

The Objectives of the Y2K Consortium

  1. Provide a 1800 number for organisations Australia wide to call on Y2K issues

  2. Provide a questionnaire to be completed by the organisations' members on their current hardware and software systems

  3. Provide a Y2K Compliance manual for each organisations' member that requests a Y2K Compliance Manual

  4. Provide access to expertise to advise and assist organisations members' to become Y2K Compliant

  5. Provide Web site technology expertise for those organisations that wish to provide an electronic information service to their members.


Fees for Membership

The Membership fees are $0.10 per member per month or 12 months paid in advance for $1.00 per member. Membership is a minimum of 12 months.

No of members Monthly Fee Annual Fee
a 5 - 250$25 $250
b 250 - 500 $50$500
c 500 - 1,000$100$1,000
d 1,000 - 2,500$250 $2,500
e 2,500 - 5,000$500$5,000
f 5,000 - 10,000$1,000$10,000
g 10,000+$1,250 $12,500


In the event of one organisation being an umbrella for members with multiple organisations, the OIC reserves the right to vary subscription fees from those quoted above. This will be done to ensure an equitable fee basis in the spirit for raising awareness of the importance of the Year 2000 Compliance.

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1800 Contact for Telephone and Fax

The 1800 will be available for organisations to publish regularly in their newsletters

There will be 3 people to man the 1800 number. This call centre will take the details of each caller to send a questionnaire. Those details will include the Association and Membership Number.

Information for your Organisation

Your organisation will receive a monthly print out of members who register for Y2K assistance. There will be a charge of $ 4.50 for each member of your organisations that calls the 1800 number.

Each caller will receive a questionnaire for completion by return 1800 fax number or by e-mail if they have an e-mail address.

There will be a charge to your organisation of $4.50 for each fax sent and received or $2.50 for each e-mail sent and received. Your organisation will receive a copy of the fax response sheet.

The OIC will collate and analysis the responses for your organisation. This information can be posted to your Web page if you would like to make the information available for your members.

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Y2K Compliance Manual

This includes a Year 2000 Compliance Manual that your members may wish to purchase from your organisation. This manual will enable your member to show Directors, Customers, Suppliers and Shareholders that their company has carried out due diligence to ensure that the company is Y2K Compliant.

The OIC has developed a series of 3 standard letters to send to each supplier of hardware and software to confirm Y2K compliance. These letters are sent to the suppliers identified in the hardware and software Y2K inventory questionnaire There is a schedule of dates for each letter to confirm the status of Y2K compliance for that product. See assistance on Y2K Compliance for further information.

These manuals can be purchased from the OIC at the following discount rates:

No of ManualsCost
10 - 25 $ 50.00 each
25 - 50 $ 40.00 each
50 - 100 $ 30.00 each
100 + $ 25.00 each


Assistance on Y2K Conformance

The first level of assistance for Y2K conformance is to determine whether the hardware and software your members use is Y2K compliant.
The OIC has developed an information process as follows:

  1. Inventory hardware and software

  2. Identify the suppliers and support organisations

  3. Send letter 1 requesting confirmation of conformance

  4. If no reply after 4 weeks send letter 2

  5. If no reply after 3 weeks send letter 3

  6. If no reply after 2 weeks send letter 4 to Association asking them to act on members' behalf

  7. The Association can maintain a register of confirmed compliant software and a register of non-confirmed compliant software for its members.

This register can be made available on the Association Web page.

The OIC has members who can provide to assistance to Association, Society, Institute and Foundation members at special affiliation rates particularly if there are several members within that organisation that are using the same software packages.

A key issue is to identify your organisation members who may be using software that was supplied by a company that is no longer in business or does not have the resources to ensure that the software is Y2K compliant.

Your organisation may want to negotiate on behalf of your members with the OIC member for a Y2K services fee.

Links

The OIC is building links to relevant sites.
Click to go to The OIC Links Page.
Information about Y2K issues and other links can be found here.

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Developing Y2K Website Technology

There are OIC members available to assist you to develop your Website to provide the information on the Y2K compliance status of software used within your industry.

The fee will be negotiable between your organisation and the OIC member.


Members involved with Electronic Commerce

Y2K Compliance for members involved with Electronic Commerce is a very important issue. If your members are involved with Electronic Commerce or considering using it over the next 12 months it is important to ensure that all participants in the Electronic Supply Chain Management Cycle are Y2K Compliant.

The OIC has a number of members and contacts available to assist your members who use or wish to use Electronic Commerce to be Y2K Complaint. They would be able to discuss with your members how to assist their electronic trading partners to be Y2K Compliant.

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Y2K Compliance Consortium Membership Registration

Click here to register as a member of The Y2K Compliance Consortium