From wb6yru at aenet.net Fri Feb 1 01:07:49 2002 From: wb6yru at aenet.net (Gary Mitchell) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:14 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Slides Message-ID: <3C5A5AE5.1B63@aenet.net> In the ASP catalog (available at the last meeting) there are many slide sets. They have everything from planets to deep space stuff, even multi-wavelength. They've even got one slide set on just the Great Orion Nebula. Have you guys looked through the list? The SJAA education fund now has almost $1500, thanks to another donation of $750 from the Andrah Foundation. Since we have money for these things and since we hold astronomy classes, we should seriously look through these and pick out some. These would not only be good for our astronomy classes, but we could show them during slide and equipment night or if we don't have a speaker during a general meeting. They've got a web site: http://www.astrosociety.org. (I just tried it, hoping they'd have thumbnails of the slides, but the site seems to be down at the moment.) Each slide set comes with a detailed caption booklet with background information. Gary From jvn at svpal.org Tue Feb 5 17:01:34 2002 From: jvn at svpal.org (Jim Van Nuland) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:14 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] ATM class, Thursday Feb.7 Message-ID: <3C60806E.74DF@svpal.org> Hi, All, Just chatted with the fellow that schedules Houge Park. There is a class/meeting in the hall that is expected to end by 7:15 to 7:30. We'll need to give them time to vacate, but it also means we can't come early. After the first meeting we'll have a better understanding. There's no restrooms, no water. We'll need to bring a few containers of our own, and some brooms. Also old newspaper to work on. Clear Skies! -- Jim Van Nuland, San Jose (California) Astronomical Association JVN's web site From jvn at svpal.org Tue Feb 5 22:39:05 2002 From: jvn at svpal.org (Jim Van Nuland) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:14 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Re: ATM class, Thursday Feb.7 References: <3C60806E.74DF@svpal.org> Message-ID: <3C60B729.EC3@svpal.org> Hi, Tom, Jane just pointed out that you are probably not on the SJAA board mailing list. So here's the latest news regarding the hall. We will not have conflicts on the other days, just on the 3 Thursdays. We'll work with them to find the best way to do things. Jane also suggests using a large plastic tub as a grinding station. All the sludge stays in the tub, and it can be hosed out as needed. This would contain the mess, otherwise we may have to mop the floor. If you have something suitable, you might bring it along as a sample. Jim Van Nuland wrote: > > Hi, All, > > Just chatted with the fellow that schedules Houge Park. > > There is a class/meeting in the hall that is expected to end by 7:15 > to 7:30. We'll need to give them time to vacate, but it also means we > can't come early. After the first meeting we'll have a better > understanding. > > There's no restrooms, no water. We'll need to bring a few containers > of our own, and some brooms. Also old newspaper to work on. > > Clear Skies! > -- > Jim Van Nuland, San Jose (California) Astronomical Association > JVN's web site > > _______________________________________________ > SJAABoard mailing list > SJAABoard@sjaa.net > http://www.sjaa.net/mailman/listinfo/sjaaboard From bhavner at earthlink.net Wed Feb 6 21:56:26 2002 From: bhavner at earthlink.net (Bob Havner) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:14 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Sched. Update Message-ID: Karin Avila had to reschedule to March 30th. Please update calendar. I'll make an appropriate announcement at the meeting as she is already in the Ephemeris for Feb. Bob -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 1516 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.sjaa.net/pipermail/sjaaboard/attachments/20020206/785426db/winmail.bin From mojo at whiteoaks.com Fri Feb 15 00:02:08 2002 From: mojo at whiteoaks.com (Morris Jones) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:14 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Ephemeris gone to press Message-ID: The March Ephemeris is off to the printer. Preview copy here: http://ephemeris.sjaa.net/0203/EphMar02.pdf Dave, let 'em know the print quantities. Mojo -- Morris Jones <*> San Rafael, CA mojo@whiteoaks.com http://www.whiteoaks.com From north at znet.com Fri Feb 15 09:52:34 2002 From: north at znet.com (Dave North) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:14 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Ephemeris gone to press References: Message-ID: <3C6D4ADB.463BF4D1@znet.com> Mojo: >>Dave, let 'em know the print quantities.<< Print order is in for 325 (current mailing list is around 285. Is that about the right number of extras?), and it is expected to be done Wednesday -- at which time I will take it to Lew's. Dave From jvn at svpal.org Fri Feb 15 23:07:44 2002 From: jvn at svpal.org (Jim Van Nuland) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:14 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Ephemeris gone to press References: <3C6D4ADB.463BF4D1@znet.com> Message-ID: <3C6E0540.317A@svpal.org> Dave North wrote: > Print order is in for 325 (current mailing list is around 285. Is that > about the right number of extras?), It'd be nice to have a few to hand out at the general meeting and other public events -- say, 10? I know that they are brought to Orion (excellent idea!), but how many are left over at the end of the cycle? Clear Skies! -- Jim Van Nuland, San Jose (California) Astronomical Association JVN's web site From north at znet.com Sat Feb 16 08:22:37 2002 From: north at znet.com (Dave North) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:14 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Ephemeris gone to press References: <3C6D4ADB.463BF4D1@znet.com> <3C6E0540.317A@svpal.org> Message-ID: <3C6E874D.E5935226@znet.com> Jim: >>how many are left over at the end of the cycle?<< That varies. They try for overs, but if there's a problem in the folder sometimes it's a little tight. Bottom line is, there are usually quite a bit more than 10... but Lew is really the guy to answer this question. Dave From jvn at svpal.org Tue Feb 19 19:36:05 2002 From: jvn at svpal.org (Jim Van Nuland) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:14 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] May Calendar material, April Ephemeris Message-ID: <3C7319A5.51CD@svpal.org> Here are the details for May, for use in the April Ephemeris. May 2 -Th- ATM Class VII. Houge Park, 8 pm. 3 -Fr- Astronomy Class V 3 -Fr- Houge Park star party Sset 7:59 pm, 51% moon rise 2:40 am. 4 -Sa- Deep-Sky weekend. Sset 7:58 pm, 42% moon rise 3:12 am. 9 -Th- ATM Class VIII Houge Park, 8 pm. 11 -Sa- Deep-Sky weekend. Sset 8:04 pm, No visible moon tonight. 17 -Fr- Houge Park star party Sset 8:11 pm, 32% moon sets 1:22 am. 18 -Sa- General Meeting at Houge Park. Tim Castellano on the Transit Search project. 24 -Fr- RTMC to May 27. Full moon on Sunday 30 -Th- ATM Class IX. Houge Park, 8 pm. 31 -Fr- Astronomy Class VI 31 -Fr- Houge Park star party Sset 8:22 pm, 68% moon rise 1:13 am. OUTSTANDING: Starting times for the Auction, needed Real Soon Now, for publicity to other clubs. -- Jim Van Nuland, San Jose (California) Astronomical Association JVN's web site From north at znet.com Wed Feb 20 15:05:17 2002 From: north at znet.com (Dave North) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:14 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Membership Figures Message-ID: <3C742BAC.CF8F7CC7@znet.com> There are currently 276 paying members, plus sixteen that get freebies for a total of 292. Of those, 11 have requested "electronic only" membership (not on the mailing list) so the current mailing is 281 total. Three were dropped this month for nonpayment since November. (Email bounced). Approximately the same amount were added, for a roughly stable list. Nothing much has changed for the last three months or so, but this does represent a drop of about 60 since last March (we topped out at a total of slightly over 350 -- the mailing numbers were smaller of course). There are no obvious patterns, nor have any reasons been given for the decline. Some people moved away, but only about 10, and there have been quite a number of joins since then. I can't offer any obvious analysis. Dave From bhavner at earthlink.net Thu Feb 21 17:32:41 2002 From: bhavner at earthlink.net (Bob Havner) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:14 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Ken Lum talk Message-ID: Ken Lum just confirmed for July 27th. 2002 SJAA Speakers Schedule Jan. 26 Mike Bennett SOFIA Feb. 23 Tim Thompson Stellar Evolution March 30 Christopher Mauche A "Pro-Am" Study of Dwarf Nova Outbursts Karin Avila Project Astro Introduction May 18 Tim Castellano Planet Transit Search Project June 22 Robert Naeye The Great Pluto Debate July 27 Ken Lum Bernhard V. Schmidt talk Bob Havner San Jose Astronomical Association bhavner@earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I was hoping to help encourage both these speakers to speak at our club with free air travel. However, the board was not interested in pursuing this since we have been getting speakers from here in the bay area for free. Of course, we would love to have them speak at a meeting and you are welcome to invite them. Our first available speaker date is Aug 24. Currently, Oct 19 and Nov 16 are open but we are currently working to get Brother Guy Consolmagno of the Vatican Observatory on one of those two dates. (He's also the author of Left turn at Orion and Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist) See you tonight and we will talk some more about this. Mike On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Robert Armstrong wrote: > Mike, > At a star party about 1-2 months ago, I had mentioned I had met James > O'Meara and David Levy. I thought that either or both might be willing to > come talk to our club at some point. I wasn't sure how you wanted to > proceed, other than you I agreed that we would be especially interested in > having either of them come at some point. > I'll try to talk with you at the meeting tonight. > Robert Armstrong > > > _______________________________________________ > SJAA-chat mailing list > SJAA-chat@sjaa.net > http://www.sjaa.net/mailman/listinfo/sjaa-chat > From koopm at koopm.best.vwh.net Sat Feb 23 16:19:47 2002 From: koopm at koopm.best.vwh.net (Michael Koop) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:15 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] New Board Members Message-ID: Dave Smith and Steve Nelson both have agreed to join the board. From bill at nineplanets.org Sun Feb 24 00:36:35 2002 From: bill at nineplanets.org (Bill Arnett) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:15 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] new boardies Message-ID: <9CF6075B-2901-11D6-8424-0030655A4BEC@nineplanets.org> I need the email addresses and phone numbers of our new board members. -- Bill Arnett bill@nineplanets.org Redwood City, CA USA http://nineplanets.org/ 37 27 38 N 122 16 11 W From bartolij at POM-EMH1.ARMY.MIL Mon Feb 25 10:13:21 2002 From: bartolij at POM-EMH1.ARMY.MIL (Bartolini, Jim) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:15 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Minutes from 2/23/02 Message-ID: <7FFFE5F732B8D511B89E00306E00F0A93DCDBE@POMMAIL1> Here are the minutes from the last Board Meeting. Add/change/delete to your hearts' content....... ;-) Clear skies! Jim .............. :-) ================================================== Jim Bartolini ================================================== -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Treasurers Report: the Charity Status form has been sent in. Our account balances are as follows: $2,797.71 in the Money Market account; $394.51 in the Savings Account; $6,801.40 in the Checking Account (as of last month); $1,473.00 in the Andrah Fund; $784.28 in the Equipment Fund. We have 18+ APD's left, plus perhaps a dozen Observer's Handbooks. It was decided to obtain 20 of each for next year (don't recall the status of the calendars). A number of slide sets were purchased with money from the Andrah Fund. A number of eyepieces for loaner scopes were obtained with money from the Equipment Fund. B. Membership Report: we currently have 276 paying members, 16 Freebies and 3 members dropped. C. Loaner Scope Program Report: we have lots of loaner telescopes out at the present time. The mirror from the 13" Dob is being re-aluminized; it is also getting a new mirror cell and spider. The Orion XT-8 Dob is turning out to be a very popular scope. It was decided to purchase another one, perhaps with proceeds from the sale of a loaner scope at the next Auction / Swap Meet. D. Observational Astronomy Class Report: Mike gave a constellation talk. He handed out copies of the Evening Sky Map to the participants. Akkana also gave a good planetary talk. Mike obtained a slide-to-video transfer system so that we could create slides for future classes. E. ATM Class Report: this was reported to be rather successful; there were 25 attendees on the first night. Currently 15 mirrors are being ground. Mike is looking into obtaining some material to put under the work areas to prevent ruining the tables. F. Houge Park Star Party: they were pretty much clouded / fogged out on Feb. 22. Only Jupiter and the Moon were visible. G. General Meeting Programs: we have Ken Lum to speak at the July meeting. H. There are many more school star parties left in the season; 10 events are scheduled for March; 3 for April. I. Calendar: there is a Yosemite trip planned for the nights of July 5-6. NEW BUSINESS - *. Elections: there are 2 nominees for the board: Dave Smith and Steve Nelson. A. Auction: it will be held on April 28th. We will open the doors at 12 noon and begin the auction at 1pm. We will be putting big-ticket items on the website. There was a discussion as to whether or not to put an item limit per person; some suggested 5, others 10. I believe it was resolved to be a discretionary matter left to JVN. The idea is that those items that don't sell at the auction would be available for sale at the Swap Meet. Kevin Medlock will be the auctioneer. We need to obtain equipment donations from retailers and members. B. New SJAA Star Parties: the annual Messier Marathon will be held at Henry Coe SP on March 16th. We will be handing out viewing lists. Bob Havner will be sending out e-mails as a last-minute announcement of the event. C. SJAA Speakers: Mike suggested giving 1-year memberships to all future speakers. This was approved by the board. A desire was expressed to try to get big-name speakers (e.g. David Levy, James O'Meara); but -- from a budgetary perspective -- this may not be feasible. D. Andrah Foundation: we discussed some of Mike's thoughts on how to spend the money and generally had positive reactions to all possibilities (see bottom of last month's minutes). F. Gregory Award: no news to report. It was suggested that past Gregory Award winners assist the Board in discussing / determining the next recipient. The meeting adjourned at 7:55pm. -- Bill Arnett bill@nineplanets.org Redwood City, CA USA http://nineplanets.org/ 37 27 38 N 122 16 11 W From jvn at svpal.org Mon Feb 25 15:31:38 2002 From: jvn at svpal.org (Jim Van Nuland) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:15 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Addition to Minutes Message-ID: <3C7AC95A.7D0B@svpal.org> Since business was conducted at the General Meeting, it must be added to the Minutes. The term "Annual Meeting" is a legal requirement. ANNUAL MEETING, February 23, 2002 At the Annual Meeting, the membership elected the Board of Directors. Candidates were David Smith and Steve Nelson (new), and Gary Mitchell and Mike Koop (returning). There were no nominations from the floor, so the slate was declared elected by acclimation. They will serve two-year terms. In addition, Jim Bartolini, Jim Van Nuland, Paul Mancuso, Bill O'Shaughnessy, and Bob Havner all have an additional year to go. As there was no other business presented, the business meeting was closed, and the speaker took the floor. -- Jim Van Nuland, Secretary, San Jose Astronomical Association From wb6yru at aenet.net Tue Feb 26 02:46:03 2002 From: wb6yru at aenet.net (Gary Mitchell) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:15 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Minutes from 2/23/02 References: <16EC0834-2A3A-11D6-8424-0030655A4BEC@nineplanets.org> Message-ID: <3C7B676B.4901@aenet.net> Bill Arnett wrote: > > On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 10:13 AM, Bartolini, Jim wrote: > > > Here are the minutes from the last Board Meeting. Add/change/delete to > > your > > hearts' content... > > OK, here's a plain text version with one typo fixed. Otherwise looks > good: Thanks for that, Bill. I don't know about the others, but I had trouble opening Jim's attachment. I have just a few comments... > Minutes of the meeting of the SJAA Board of Directors > February 23, 2002 > > The meeting was called to order at 6:35pm in the meeting room at Houge > Park. > All directors were present except for Bob Havner, who arrived at 7:13pm. > > OLD BUSINESS - > > A. Treasurers Report: the Charity Status form has been sent in. > Our account balances are as follows: > $2,797.71 in the Money Market account; > $394.51 in the Savings Account; > $6,801.40 in the Checking Account (as of last month); > $1,473.00 in the Andrah Fund; > $784.28 in the Equipment Fund. > We have 18+ APD's left, plus perhaps a dozen Observer's Handbooks. Half a dozen handbooks. > It was > decided to obtain 20 of each for next year (don't recall the status > of the calendars). Sold out of the calendars the first day. > A number of slide sets were purchased with money from the Andrah > Fund. One slide set. > A number of eyepieces for loaner scopes were obtained with money > from the Equipment Fund. One eyepiece. [snip] > D. Observational Astronomy Class Report: Mike gave a constellation > talk. He handed > out copies of the Evening Sky Map to the participants. Akkana > also gave a good > planetary talk. Mike obtained a slide-to-video transfer system so > that we could create > slides for future classes. I believe it only lets you produce a video of slides, it doesn't actually create slides. (The idea being with a video of the slides, we'd have a better handle on what we have.) The rest looks OK. Gary From bartolij at POM-EMH1.ARMY.MIL Tue Feb 26 07:36:41 2002 From: bartolij at POM-EMH1.ARMY.MIL (Bartolini, Jim) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:15 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Addition to Minutes Message-ID: <7FFFE5F732B8D511B89E00306E00F0A93DD06E@POMMAIL1> Thanks, Jim, I'll add this to my copy. Jim .............. :-) ================================================== Jim Bartolini ================================================== > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Van Nuland [SMTP:jvn@svpal.org] > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 3:32 PM > To: SJAA Board > Subject: [SJAABoard] Addition to Minutes > > Since business was conducted at the General Meeting, it must be added > to the Minutes. The term "Annual Meeting" is a legal requirement. > > ANNUAL MEETING, February 23, 2002 > > At the Annual Meeting, the membership elected the Board of Directors. > Candidates were David Smith and Steve Nelson (new), and Gary Mitchell > and Mike Koop (returning). > > There were no nominations from the floor, so the slate was declared > elected by acclimation. They will serve two-year terms. > > In addition, Jim Bartolini, Jim Van Nuland, Paul Mancuso, Bill > O'Shaughnessy, and Bob Havner all have an additional year to go. > > As there was no other business presented, the business meeting was > closed, and the speaker took the floor. > > -- > Jim Van Nuland, Secretary, San Jose Astronomical Association > > > _______________________________________________ > SJAABoard mailing list > SJAABoard@sjaa.net > http://www.sjaa.net/mailman/listinfo/sjaaboard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.sjaa.net/pipermail/sjaaboard/attachments/20020226/807da231/attachment.html From koopm at koopm.best.vwh.net Wed Feb 27 16:11:13 2002 From: koopm at koopm.best.vwh.net (Michael Koop) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:15 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Speaker Guy Consolmagno on Nov 16th! Message-ID: Brother Guy Consolmango of the Vatican Observatory will be our speaker on November 16. He is the author of Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist and Left Turn at Orion. You can find out various information about him at the Friends of Guy Website at and more formal stuff at the Vatican Observatory site at Mike ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 00:00:18 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael Koop To: Nancy J. Knoche Subject: Re: Fall Speaker Great! November 16th it will be. Thanks for thinking of us. Does Brother Guy know what the title of the talk will be so that we can include it in the newsletter? BTW, you might also want to put the link of our website on any announcement you might make like in the Friends of Guy site. The link is http://www.sjaa.net. Thanks again and we look forward to hearing the talk. Mike Koop President, SJAA On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Nancy J. Knoche wrote: > Hi Mike > > The November 16th date works best for everyone here. Please confirm > that this date is open and we will be set! > > Nancy Knoche > Vatican Observatory Foundation > > Michael Koop wrote: > > > > Hi Nancy, > > Yes, we would be interested in having Brother Guy Consolmagno speaking to > > our club. Our general meetings happen on Saturday during Full Moon > > weekends, so the two availible dates are October 19th and November 16th. > > The meetings are planed so that they do not conflict with weekends that > > most people would be observing. Hopefully, this will work with Brother > > Consolmagno's schedule. Let me know what weekend would work best and what > > topic he will be covering. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Mike Koop > > President, SJAA > > email: koopm@best.com > > work phone: (408)473-6315 > > > > Some Facts about the San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA) > > > > Who is the SJAA? > > The SJAA is a non-profit organization to promote astronomy in the San Jose > > Area. We host star parties for the public at various sites in the south > > bay area. We frequently support local schools with star parties for > > special events or classes. We also run a beginning astronomy class and > > have a successful telescope loaner program with many different types of > > telescopes. For our general meeting, we have a speaker talk about a > > subject of astronomical interest. For more information, visit our website > > at http://www.sjaa.net. > > > > Where is the SJAA General Meetings? > > The meetings are held at Houge Park, which is near the intersection of > > Highways 85 and 880 at the boarder of the cities of San Jose and Los > > Gatos. > > > > How many people show up for the general meeting? > > We typically have about 40 people attend a meeting but have had up to 80 > > people for popular speakers. We also have email contact with various > > astronomy clubs through out the greater San Francisco Bay Area and > > announce our meetings to them. > > > > What Equipment can the SJAA provide for speakers? > > We can provide a slide projector, overhead projectors, a TV/VCR, and two > > screens. A computer screen projector is also available. Please let us know > > what you need in advance. > > > > Can I sell stuff at the meeting? > > Authors are encouraged to bring their books to sell at the meeting. Please > > let us know in advance for when we make a formal announcement. If you're > > not interested in bring books along, we can arrange to have copies of the > > books available for signing and as a possible fundraiser to the club. We > > also provide all speakers with a check for $25 for compensation for gas > > and food. > > > > What time do the general meeting start? > > The meetings start at 8 PM. We request that you arrive at 7:45 PM for any > > setup. > > > > On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Nancy J. Knoche wrote: > > > > > Hi Mike > > > > > > I am Nancy Knoche and work for the Vatican Observatory. I believe we > > > have communicated previously regarding a Santa Clara presentation by > > > Father George Coyne. > > > > > > Would you be interested in having Brother Guy Consolmagno speak to your > > > organization either in October or November of 2002? I am currently > > > working on setting up a Observatory event for the fall,and since he was > > > going to be in the area, was wondering if you would be interested..Guy > > > is a astronomer specializing in meteorites and has written several books > > > on astronomy. You can look up more info at our website > > > -www.clavius.as.arizona.edu/vo. > > > > > > Thanks much.. > > > > > > Nancy K > > > > From north at znet.com Wed Feb 27 17:16:47 2002 From: north at znet.com (Dave North) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:15 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] Speaker Guy Consolmagno on Nov 16th! References: Message-ID: <3C7D84E4.2BE0C346@znet.com> Good one, Mike! Dave From mojo at whiteoaks.com Thu Feb 28 17:30:36 2002 From: mojo at whiteoaks.com (Morris Jones) Date: Sat Sep 30 03:57:15 2006 Subject: [SJAABoard] messier marathon star party Message-ID: I just wanted to say that I'm delighted to see us having a real dark sky star party again, i.e., the Messier Marathon party. I'm sorry we couldn't have gotten it into the Ephemeris. I understand the circumstances, but I'm perpetually disappointed that the SJAA isn't holding any dark sky star parties. Basically we just need another Paul Barton to go with JVN. :) Regards, Mojo -- Morris Jones <*> San Rafael, CA mojo@whiteoaks.com http://www.whiteoaks.com