Notice to Members
Notice No. 295
06/04/2008
2008 Industry-Wide BCP/DR Test
The New York Mercantile Exchange will again be taking part in the fifth annual industry-wide disaster recovery test event planned for October 25, 2008. NYMEX will be participating with several other exchanges for this event. To continue improving the emergency preparedness capabilities of the Exchange and clearing member firms, your firm is encouraged to participate in this event.

Preliminary symposiums in New York and Chicago will be held to promote this test and attendance at these meetings requested. During the meetings the test organizers and participating exchanges will discuss the scope of the disaster recovery test, what resources will be involved, and where the firms can get or request additional information regarding the test.

Registration for this test is required. A centralized registration process has been created for this test and is available at the FIA website located online at https://www.futuresindustry.org/june-2008-bcdr-pretest-briefings-.asp. Information from the participating exchanges regarding the test, test protocol, and test plans will also be available at this centralized location. So, please register and check back frequently for updates.

Additional important information:

A central repository for information regarding this event is online at http://www.futuresindustry.org/business-continuitydisaster-recovery.asp. Please visit this website to keep up-to-date with the event planning and dates.

Some important dates:

Symposiums

There will be four test symposium dates; two in New York and two in Chicago. They will run from 10:00AM until 12:00PM local time. The NY symposiums will take place in the 10th floor seminar room.

June symposium dates:
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 Chicago (CME Group)

Thursday, June 5, 2008 New York (NYMEX)
September symposium dates:
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 New York (NYMEX)

Thursday, September 18, 2008 Chicago (CME Group)
NYMEX Technical Test Conference Call
September 16th, 2008 at 1:00PM EDT
NYMEX Ping Testing
September 27th, 2008

October 18th, 2008
Industry-wide DR Test Date
October 25th, 2008
This will be the fifth annual industry-wide disaster recovery test and we are looking forward to making this test as successful as the past four tests have been. Thank you for participating. If you have any questions regarding the specifics of NYMEX's involvement in the test, test plans, or pretest "ping" testing you can send your questions to bcp@nymex.com.
Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact exchangeinfo@nymex.com