Primary date is March 29th and 30th Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon.
Rain date (in case of wind, rain) April 5th and 6th.

Events:

Friday

• Afternoon Tesla Demonstration at Natomas H.S. in Sacramento
  
• 5:00pm Arrival at the Timm Ranch in Vacaville/Dixon
  
• 5:30pm Social
  
• 6:30pm Outreach 2003 in the Bay Area
  Gordon Spear (GLAST)
  Rachel Dewey (COS / Calspace)
  Andi Erzberger (Quarknet)
  Hartmut Sadrozinski (SCIPP)
  
• 8;00pm Dinner
  
• 10:00pm Star gazing
  

Saturday

• 8;30am Arrival of H.S. Students
  
• 9:00am Breakfast and Introductions
  
• 10:00am Student presentations of their balloon experiments done at their individual schools
  
• 12:00am Lunch
  
• 1:00pm Balloon Launch Competition
  
• 4:00pm Return to Ranch
  
• 4:30pm Talk on GLAST/Astrophysics
  GLAST (Terry Schalk or Jim Martin)
  Pulsars (Rachel Dewey or Steve Thorsett)
  Antarctic balloon launch (Eric Muhs)
  GLAST Telescope Network (Gordon Spear)
  
• 6:30pm Ranch BBQ dinner
  
• 8:00pm Award ceremony
  
• 8:30pm Ranch night walk and star gazing
  
• 10:00pm Students set-up tents, sleeping bags, prepare for the night
  

Sunday

• 7:00am Breakfast
  
• 8:00am High Altitude Balloon Flight
  
• 12:00am Lunch, Clean-up and Departure
  

Student rules:

1. No alcohol, tobacco or drugs of any kind (except coffee and cola).
2. No ‘ins and outs’ (must stay on premises for duration of weekend).
3. Students bring their own sleeping-bags.
4. Permission slips required one month before date.
5. Adults model expected student behavior as long as students are present.