George Hamilton is being a pain..... he wants to know if our officers are insured in case of injury to any of our other officers -- in light of Ivan's recent injury.  

• Jack Scott is getting ready to travel to Israel (?)  Palestine(?) soon, to teach in a "craft school" for 2 weeks.

Linda D.

These guys are big wimps!  They won't write to the blog!  So I'll add some more, for those who cannot attend. 

• George Hamilton says it was worth traveling the Atlantic just to hear Mike Anderson (and Rich Hopkins) talk.

• It has been suggested this morning that the AAPA needs a "fight song." Perhaps something with "Fight, Fight.... Don't Pi My Type"

• It has been suggested that for future conventions, a siesta time be scheduled immediately after lunch, rather than programming.

Linda D.

These guys are big wimps. Linda and I are sitting in the "Females Traveling Alone"ghetto on one side of the meeting room. Lee is, at this moment, giving officers' reports. We're at 259 members. Now he's talking about Fred Liddle, who currently holds two simultaneous offices. 

We're having a great time down here.  Lee has put together a great program. We're all eagerly awaiting the results of the silent auction yesterday. George Hamilton got there late,and it is suspected that he pretty much bought everything. 

Susan P.

We Have Photos!

The AAPA 2008 convention photo album is starting to fill up with pictures! Be sure to point your browser at it, and then widen your screen and try the "Slideshow" button (just above the first picture) to see the complete set.

Many thanks to our photographers for sharing.

Friday Night in Tampa

Finally - I've gotten into the blog! It's Friday night and we've been having fun here in Tampa. The Charley Bush Chinese Dinner was delicious. The presentations today were interesting, even the one from Rich Hopkins! Not that I am ready to go out and buy a Monotype......

I'll see if anyone else wants to add any words.

Linda Donaldson

Potential Blogger

This just in from Linda Donaldson:

"Set me up for the blog???? Maybe we can post some stuff without Ivan....."

Instructions are on the way!

Joe Diachenko's Presentations

Convention speaker Joe Diachenko has provided a PDF file containing his presentation "Print Differently," a discussion of graphic design & what not. He also sent along his presentation from last year, "Journal Design."

Bad News from Oregon

I received a message from Ivan Snyder this afternoon, letting me know he will not be able to attend the convention:

"I managed to fracture my wrist, and the doctor very strongly advised against an airplane trip. My surgery is not scheduled until Tuesday, but there are some complications involved with air travel. ... So it looks like I will not be able to be the official blogger/photographer. So sorry. Hopefully there might be someone who can take it over."

How about it? If anyone attending the convention would like to try blogging and/or uploading pictures to our Picasa photo album, send an e-mail to me (dtribby@stanfordalumni.org) and I'll get you set up.

-- Dave