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Re: Silicon Sea was - Moving to NavList
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2006 May 18, 21:55 -0500
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2006 May 18, 21:55 -0500
On 5/14/06 9:35 PM, "Ken Gebhart"wrote: > On 5/14/06 1:40 PM, "Robert Gainer" > wrote: > >> Frank, >> It is my understanding that you are now moving the Nav-l list with Dan?s >> consent. The Nav-l home page and all its files including attachments reside >> on >> my personnel server. If you need or want to copy files in the course of >> setting up your new home I can give you the FTP information or e-mail to you >> any files you want. I will take the page and files down as soon as you have >> what you need. >> >> If anybody else needs something from the Nav-l page and has a problem getting >> it please let me know and I will make sure you get a copy by e-mail or I can >> send a CD by mail. >> Good luck and all the best, >> Robert Gainer >> > Everyone, > > Peter Fogg said in a message that he thought Silicon Sea should have a wider > audience. I have contacted Dan Hogan off list to ask if Celestaire could > publish "Silicon Sea" as a book. He agreed, but said that there were some > errors, and that the Calif. Landfall portion had not been completed. In > order to move forward with this project, we (Celestaire) seek someone to > perform the necessary editorial functions for getting Silicon Sea into a > suitable digital form for publication. Fixing the errors and finishing the > voyage would be helpful. The Editor would receive acknowledgement along > with Dan as the authors, and would share in the royalties (12%). The book > would be distributed through Robert Hale, offered on Amazon.com, and > featured in Celestaire's catalog and ads. > > I bring this up now since things seem to be coming to a head, and we don't > want to lose the archived Silicon Sea data that will be necessary to have. > > Anyone interested, please contact me either on or off line, and if you don't > mind, please include a phone number so I can call you to chat. > > Ken Gebhart/ Celestaire > To the List, I am happy to announce that Robert Gainer and Renee Mattie (both names well known on this list) have volunteered to try to put the Silicon Sea Voyage into a form that will reach wider audiences as Peter Fogg suggested. They are now collaborating in this effort and will no doubt be posting to the List for suggestions or counsel from the members as they proceed. Any early comments or suggestions are welcome. Ken