[sac-board] Re: 2008 Meeting Dates

While I will no longer be a Board member in 2008, I endorse Steve's attempts to 
avoid conflicts with EVAC meetings.  I know that there are very few of us who 
attend both meetings, but it is nice to have EVAC meetings open as an option.

I went to the USNO Data Services site to find out how much dark time we would 
be missing wth Steve's proposed changes.  Listed below are moon rise or set 
times for the 8 meetings that would not conflict with EVAC dates.  In 
parenthesis is my estimate of how many dark hours would be missed on these 
meeting nights.  In every case but one, the dark hours are after midnight, 
since Steve rescheduled to First Quarter, and the maximum number of dark hours 
is 3 1/2.

So at least from an astrnomical standpoint, there's no reason to have a problem 
with Steve's schedule changes.

Tom
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22-Feb   Full,  Rises at 8:10 PM (0 hours)
11-Apr   1Q, Sets at 1:35 AM (3 1/2 hours)
23-Mar   Full, Rises at 10:10 PM (2 hours)
13-Jul    1Q, Sets at 2:14 AM (2 hours)
11-Jul    1Q, Sets at 12:47 AM (3 hours)
12-Sep   Full, Sets at 3:21 AM (1 1/2 hours)
10-Oct    1Q, Sets at 2:06 AM (3 hours)
14-Nov   Full, 6:41 PM (0 hours)

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