My fault, I guess, for not having paid attention to people's last names. Still I don't understand how he and I could have missed each other, since we were presumably in the same place at the same time. smile Fate. Cindy --- Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Scott Williams was sick and couldn't join us, but > Scott Blanks was alive and well today at CSUN. > > Thanks to all for a very enjoyable, interesting > time! Hope to see even more members and volunteers > next year at CSUN. > > Carrie > > 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" > > To: > 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 > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email > to > > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > subject line. To get a list > > of available commands, put the word 'help' by > itself in the subject line. > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.6/287 - > Release Date: 3/21/2006 > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of available commands, put the > word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > > > --------------------------------- > New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones > from your PC and save big. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.