Yes I'm still alive and working on SLPOR 2008, reason for
troubles editing the banner design donated by Proyect-One which was in AI.
I've tried several programs, including SK1 but got into troubles, here
howto install in debian sid:
$ sudo apt-get install tk8.5 tcl8.5 python-liblcms zenity python2.4
$ sed "s/python /python2.4/ " /usr/bin/sk1 > /tmp/sk1 && sudo mv /tmp/sk1 /usr/bin
$ rm -rf /tmp/sk1 && sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/sk1

Unfortunately, SK1 did not recognized the AI :/, but it worked with
pdf2svg + Inkscape + fixes by hand.

Blessings!