That's great AJ, thank you. You make work fun! Good summarization and synopsis of important dates, now we can fill in the blanks and work on the knotty problems like settling the meeting dates in the early part of the year. The Moon seems to be playing tag with us, hovering around the start of the month. GCU needs the dates now that we will be using the meeting room thru March. Jack > > I don't know if anyone is working on a SAC calendar of events for > > meetings, star parties and other events for 2002, but here is a draft > > version for review. There are conflicts, both major and minor, that > need > > to be resolved. > > > > For the following table; Meeting dates are the Friday closest to new > > moon; Star Party, Saturday closest to third quarter. The comments > column > > contains other dates of interest. > > > > Areas of concern and or conflict are noted in their appropriate places > > and include a question mark. > > > > Month Meeting Star Party Comments > > Jan 25 5 > > Feb 22 2 28 Deep Sky > > Mar 29 9 ? Sentinel dates > > Apr 26 6 13 Marathon > > May 24(Memorial?)4 2 Deep Sky > > ? RTMC dates > > ? TSP dates > > June 21 1 27 Deep Sky > > July 26 6(July 4th?) > > Aug 23 3 29 Deep Sky > > Sep 20 28 ? NASP dates > > Oct 18 26 24 Deep Sky > > ? AASP dates > > Nov 15 30(Thanksgiving?) > > Dec 21(Party?) 28 26 Deep Sky > > > > The following dates need to be supplied: Sentinel, RTMC, TSP, NASP and > > AASP. > > > > Other dates of concern are: > > May 24th is the beginning of Memorial Day weekend. > > July 6th is the end of Independence Day weekend. > > November 30th is the end of Thanksgiving weekend > > December 21st is very extremely close to Christmas. > > > > AASP = All Arizona Star Party > > NASP = Northern Arizona Star Party > > RTMC = Riverside Telescope Maker's Conference > > TSP = Texas Star Party > > aj >