function validate()
{
	// Make sure none of the required fields are empty and numeric fields contain only numbers
	if (document.reserve.Department.value == "")
	{
			alert("Please enter your Department or Organization's name.");
			return false;
	}
        else if (document.reserve.LastName.value == "")  
	{
			alert("Please enter your name");
			return false;
	}
	else if (document.reserve.Address.value == "")
	{
			alert("Please enter your street address.");
			return false;
	}	
	else if (document.reserve.City.value == "")
	{
			alert("Please enter your city.");
			return false;
	}
	else if (document.reserve.Zip.value == "")
	{
			alert("Please enter your zip code.");
			return false;
	}
	else if (isNaN(document.reserve.Zip.value) == true)
	{
			alert("Please enter numeric values only in your zip code.");
			return false;
	}
	else if (document.reserve.WPhone.value == "")
	{
			alert("Please enter your Work phone number.");
			return false;
	}
	/*else if  (isNaN(document.reserve.WPhone.value) == true)
	{
			alert("Please enter a valid Work phone number.");
			return false;
	}*/
	else if (document.reserve.APhone.value == "")
	{
			alert("Please enter an alternate phone number.");
			return false;
	}
	/*else if (isNaN(document.reserve.APhone.value) == true)
	{
			alert("Please enter a valid alternate phone number.");
			return false;
	}*/
	else if (document.reserve.email.value == "")
	{
			alert("Please enter your email address.");
			return false;
	}
	else if (document.reserve.Purpose.value == "")
	{
			alert("Please enter the purpose of your event.");
			return false;
	}
	else if (document.reserve.Guests.value == "")
	{
			alert("Please enter the name(s) of the guest speaker(s).");
			return false;
	}
	else if (document.reserve.Information.value == "")
	{
			alert("Please enter any pertinent information about your event.");
			return false;
	}
	else if (isNaN(document.reserve.Attendance.value) == true) 
	{
			alert("Please enter a numeric value only for Estimated Attendance.");
			return false;
	}
	else if (document.reserve.Attendance.value == "")
	{
			alert("Please enter the Estimated Attendance.");
			return false;
	}
	else
	{
			return true;
	}
}
	// end of the script--->