>That is the point of this discussion. We are talking about a party next
>year...14 months from now.

Why not do it now and then.  If we want to be technical about it, the real
millennium isn't for about 4 years or so.  No one really knows for sure
exactrly when the real AD 0 was.  We are going on an assumption that most
authorities agree is wrong by about 4 years.  So what really matters to us
locals is that we must start numbering our checks at the beginning again,
as in 1/1/00 after 12/31/99.  That is the big change for me, so I say this
is the big year.  And if I feel like it, next year can be big too!  And,
heck, why not 2001 for the Space Odyssey, or 2002 for symmetry...