[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: report from CSUN
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:40:24 -0800 (PST)
Oh, dear. I was standing in fron of Starbucks from 11
to about 11:20 or 11:30. I saw two young men with
canes, and since you had a cane instead of a dog, I
asked both of them if they were Scott, and they said
no. Then I saw a group of people sitting near the
door, and one looked possibly Indian, which I thought
perhaps Pratik was, and so I walked over. He was
wearing a name tag, and so I it was, indeed, him.
Carrie was sitting there, too. It was she who told me
that you had the stomach flu and that she told you it
would be best if you didn't come down. There must be
more than one Scott, and she must have had the wrong
one in mind. Unfortunately, I haven't been paying
attention to last names here on the list.
I am sorry I missed you. I didn't see anyone else
standing by, or even any individual, except one
sighted woman, sitting in the area. Where exactly were
you situated?
Everyone else was so busy that it was just Pratik and
Carrie and I who had lunch. The lunch was good but the
service was *terrible!* Apparently because there was
such a large crowd, though you'd think a hotel like
that could manage it.
Did you join the others for the 5:30 meeting? How was
it? And dinner? And was there a square dance as they
reported last year? I would have liked to have seen
that. Did Noah win again?
Cindy
--- Scott Blanks <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> Contrary to rumor, I wasn't at all sick, don't know
> where that came from. I
> was at the Starbucks from 11 to 11:20, at which
> point I left the area,
> having asked about half a dozen different
> individuals if they might be
> meeting up with other Bookshare volunteers. I even
> confirmed that my nametag
> was affixed properly, so I'm not sure how the
> sighted folks didn't find me.
> Oh well, guess we'll have to try again in a year.
>
> I did see Carrie very briefly later at the Bookshare
> table, and Gustavo and
> Janice as well.
>
> Scott
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 4:40 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: report from CSUN
>
>
> > Hi, Katie et al,
> >
> > I'm back from having visited the bookshare folks
> at
> > CSUN. Unfortunately, Scott was ill and couldn't
> join
> > us for lunch, and I don't know what happened to
> Noah,
> > but I did have a lovely lunch with Carrie and
> Pratik,
> > and I had a lovely, if short, visit with the
> Bookshare
> > folks: Gustavo, Janice, Susy, and Jim. Also,
> Guido,
> > who was manning the IBM booth, was able to get
> away
> > for a few minutes, so I met him, too. And had only
> > time to say "Hi" to Elizabeth, who was manning the
> > Crisscross booth.
> >
> > I wasn't able to stay for the 5:30 meeting and the
> > following dinner and square dance--a disadvantage
> of
> > living at home and not actually being at the
> > conference--but I'm glad I did meet the people I
> did.
> >
> > Janice has been godd, I think, keeping us
> up-to-date
> > about what's going on with bookshare, and if
> anything
> > comes up at the 5:30 meeting, I'm sure she or
> Gustavo
> > will share it with us as they did last year. She
> did
> > say that the position that will work with the
> > volunteers and help with the approval process
> hasns't
> > been filled yet. Is there any one of you who is
> > willing to move to Palo Alto? I'm sure it's a
> lovely
> > place to live, and with the dot.com crash I gather
> > housing is more available and perhaps a little
> less
> > expensive than formerly--and with Stanford there,
> > it's been to offer cultural opportunities and to
> hve a
> > great library--and Carrie says there are a lot of
> good
> > restaurants.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> >
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