badpat = /[^a-zA-Z'\- ]/g;
emailpat = /^[\._'\-\w]+@[_'\-\w]+\.([\._'\-\w]+\.)?([a-z]{2,6})$/i;
phonepat = /[^0-9\(\)\- ]+/g;


function checkform(theForm){


	firstname = theForm.Firstname.value;
	lastname = theForm.Lastname.value;
	title = theForm.Title.value;
	org = theForm.Organization.value;
	thisEmail = theForm.Email.value;
	thisPhone = theForm.Phone.value;
	
	if(firstname.length < 2){
	alert("The first name you entered appears too short to be valid.  Please check your answer for errors and try again.");
	return false;
	}
	testresult = firstname.match(badpat);
	if(testresult){
	alert("The first name you entered appears to contain invalid characters.  Please check your answer for errors and try again.");
	return false;
	}
	if(lastname.length < 2){
	alert("The last name you entered appears too short to be valid.  Please check your answer for errors and try again.");
	return false;
	}
	testresult = lastname.match(badpat);
	if(testresult){
	alert("The last name you entered appears to contain invalid characters.  Please check your answer for errors and try again.");
	return false;
	}
	if(title.length < 2){
	alert("The title you entered appears too short to be valid.  Please check your answer for errors and try again.");
	return false;
	}
	testresult = title.match(badpat);
	if(testresult){
	alert("The title you entered appears to contain invalid characters.  Please check your answer for errors and try again.");
	return false;
	}
	if(org.length < 4){
	alert("The organization you entered appears too short to be valid.  Please check your answer for errors and try again.");
	return false;
	}
	//testresult = org.match(badpat);
	//if(testresult){
	//alert("The organization you entered appears to contain invalid characters.  Please check your answer for errors and try again.");
	//return false;
	//}
	if(thisEmail.length < 6){
	alert("The email address you entered appears too short to be valid.  Please check your answer for errors and try again.");
	return false;
	}
	testresult = thisEmail.match(emailpat);
	if(!testresult){
	alert("The email address you entered appears to be invalid.  Please check your answer for errors and try again.");
	return false;
	}	
	testresult = thisPhone.match(phonepat);
	if(testresult){
	alert("The phone number you entered appears to be invalid.  Please check your answer for errors and try again.");
	return false;
	}	
	return true;
}