// define date objects for the meetings - will be used in checking when the meeting is in the past.
var Jan08 = new Date(2008,00,09);
var Feb08 = new Date(2008,01,13);
var Mar08 = new Date(2008,02,12);
var Apr08 = new Date(2008,03,09);
var May08 = new Date(2008,04,14);
var Jun08 = new Date(2008,05,11);
var Jul08 = new Date(2008,06,09);
var Aug08 = new Date(2008,07,13);
var Sep08 = new Date(2008,08,10);
var Oct08 = new Date(2008,09,08);
var Nov08 = new Date(2008,10,12);

// define meeting objects containing a date, speaker, speaker's afiliation, title, and summary. Uses the date objects created above.
var Jan2008 = new Meeting(Jan08,"Vicky Powell","","S and P and Morningstar database searches using a public library","");
var Feb2008 = new Meeting(Feb08,"Diane Jennings","Director, Palo Alto Library","","");
var Mar2008 = new Meeting(Mar08,"Bob Mitchell","SPAUG past President","Video Editing.","");
var Apr2008 = new Meeting(Apr08,"Hany Farid","Dartmouth College","Digital Image Forensics.","");
var May2008 = new Meeting(May08,"Andy Marken","President, Marken Communications","Current Toys","");
var Jun2008 = new Meeting(Jun08,"Red Calub","Manager, Micro Center","Some of the Big Movers","");
var Jul2008 = new Meeting(Jul08,"Hank Skawinski","owner of Datawise","Marketplace 2008.","");
var Aug2008 = new Meeting(Aug08,"Maury Green, PhD","SPAUG secretary","Open Source Software","");
var Sep2008 = new Meeting(Sep08,"Andy Kogelnik, MD, PhD","Stanford University Hospital","Improving Healthcare through Informatics.","");
var Oct2008 = new Meeting(Oct08,"Timothy J Woods","Dean, Foothill College","Technology Offerings at Foothill.","");
var Nov2008 = new Meeting(Nov08,"Hank Skawinski","owner of Datawise","Marketplace 2008-9.","");

// function to display dates
/*
function MDY(d) {			// parameter must be a Date object
	y = d.getFullYear(); 	// extract year
	m = d.getMonth() + 1; 	// extract month - counts from 0
	d = d.getDate(); 		// get day of month
	return (m + "/" + d + "/" + y);
	}
	*/