[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: report from CSUN
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:41:48 -0800 (PST)
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
> >
> >
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