Hi mvs,
I think she's just asking for a helping hand, not really pushing this on society. Someone might feel like taking a run at the layout, maybe just for practice or to give someone a hand.
Karen, do you need this regardless of what happens with the display output (i.e. moving to the PIC?). If not, I think a lot of this might get folded up into the microcontroller code--maybe wait until that design is done before laying out a board for it.
Once the final design has been reached, I'd like to take a shot at laying it out, just for practice.
Torben