[SJAAboard] School star party summary thru March 19

[Jim Van Nuland]

School star party summary thru March 19

Hi, All,

   Here are the tallies for the 2007-8 school year, as of the end of 
March 19.  There are no more events scheduled in March, so it's 
expected that the "partial" numbers will not change.

   The tallies for future events are changing rapidly, as teachers try 
to cram in a star party, or in one case, cancelling due to a conflict 
at the school.

   Not included in Coming Attractions is a request for a date that is 
also a Houge Park moonless Public Night (Apr.25).  I have not decided 
whether to accept it.  I may go by myself, or ask one or two others to 
come along.  It's a small group, a few dozen, perhaps.

HOUGE VS. SCHOOLS --
   I do not schedule school events on Houge nights, except for those 
in Morgan Hill and Gilroy.  There are 4 people who live down there and 
usually support those events, so those who usually support the Houge 
event can freely do so.  These are always moony nights at which 
several TAC members come to Houge Park, so I feel that I'm not harming 
the Houge event.

   The list <http://www.sjaa.net/school/current.htm#free> of available 
dates omits any on which an SJAA event has been scheduled.  That does 
not prevent someone for asking anyway, and some do.


Without further delay, I present THE LIST --


   Cumulative list of school events for 2007-8 school year

Completed events as of March 19

     Total  Good Part. Cloudy Cancel
     sched  sky  succ.  fail  at noon
Jul   1     1     -     -     -
Aug   3     3     -     -     -
Sep   2     1     -     -     1
Oct   9     4     2     1     2
Nov   9     7     -     2     -
Dec   4     2     -     -     2
Jan   6     3     -     1     2
Feb   8     7     1     -     -
Mar   9     7     1     1     -  Partial month
-----------------------------------
Tot  51    35     4     5     7


Coming Attractions as of March 19

     Total  Firm Makeup  Negotiating
Mar   -     -     -     -  Partial month
Apr   7     7     -     -
May   -     -     -     -
June  1     1     -     -
...
Aug   1     1     -     -
Oct   1     1     -     -
Nov   1     -     -     1
2009
Mar   2     -     -     2
-----------------------------------
tot  13    10     0     3

   "Makeup" are pre-scheduled make-up dates and are firm.
They will be dropped from this list if the primary event
is successful.  If primary fails, the makeup event will
be moved from 3rd to 2nd column, and the name of the school
will be added to the list on the Current Events page.

Clear Skies (35 out of 51 times!)
-- 
Jim Van Nuland, San Jose (California) Astronomical Association
<http://www.sjaa.net/school/indexs.htm> School star party site