hi, i am in an interesting situation here. i live in the same area as the latest gimp author http://gimpbook.com/ this area is Mountain View, California. it is very much to my dismay that i have not *seen* akkana since we celebrated her birthday in 2004. i humbly submit that i also did not press her or ask her to take time from her busy life to spend time with me. i asked once, i determined that if this was not enough to get a time in her very very busy schedule, that i would just be privately sad about this and wait until the book came out. well, the book is out now and interestingly enough, the GIMP Animation Plug-in is in need of testing before its release. i would like to kill two birds with one stone (which is an old fashioned phrase meaning to do to jobs at one time) and get some movies of akkana signing her book. akkana has suggested that we meet at a linux user group. the problem i have with the local linux user groups is that the public is invited, but if friends and people you know are not available to help you to attend, they are not so public after all. (something like the demolition plans that were mentioned in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, where the plans were made public, but in a basement and filed safely from notice) i would like the opportunity to use my little camera to film akkana at a real book signing. like at a mall of one of the local bookstores. i am not afraid of the real public, in fact, by now, i would prefer it. akkana herself is very experienced with the professional world, having been hired at one time by mozilla and also from her work with the local astronomy club. me, all i can do apparently is to write about how other people are able to use GIMP in this world. i am fine with this role. i don't even mind extending my debt just a little more to enable Akkana to advance even further in life than she already has in the world of free software. it would be my honor and pleasure, even. any ideas about accessible local bookstores for Akkana to have a book signing that i can film? thanks, carol ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new email arrives http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/yQLSAA/e4wwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/script-fu/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: script-fu-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
