The true value of this book is helping you reduce the impact of the Y2K computer-based errors on your life, assets, and sanity. How? By using that old Scout motto: Be prepared.
And just what strategy is suggested to accomplish this? Be able to prove that you really do exist, have property and other assets, own a bank account, or otherwise have things. And you need to be able to re-establish whatever relationships you have with organizations, companies, schools, or govermental agencies. Documentation and proof, the author calls this.
What specific steps and procedures should you use to protect yourself:
* Set your priorities regarding your protection strategy actions for specific organizations.
* Start early and keep up with the Y2K news.
* Use certified mail and return receipt services as an integral part of document and prove.
* Retain exact copies of all correspondence you send and originals of all received correspondence.
* Maintain your information in a specific location -- file it away.
* Create a diary of your activities, making notes about what you are doing and when, including any verbal and written communications.
* Create a calendar of what should happen and when, as a tickler to keep you ahead of the problems.
* Assign a level of importance to everyone with whom you've had or will have dealings.
* Develop a specific plan of what you will do -- and communicate this with your family.
Morris then goes on to discuss specific things to do with the IRS, Social Security, governmental records, passports, identification cards, military records, memberships, employment records, banks, credit cards and debit cards, stock brokers and fund managers, mortgage companies, taxing authorities, legal records, health care, insurance companies, credit reporting agencies, schools and universities, automobiles, pets, personal computers, utilities, and more.
The author says that problems will occur due to Y2K errors. How many and to what extent? No one knows. But it's ! better to be prepared than to react.