Why is my MY job to find fluent volunteers for YOUR website ?
Why don't you get non-local fluent signers to model the signs for you via video, put the Video on DVD and send it to you?
Frankly - as a Hoh/Deaf person ASLer myself, I find the "I can't be bothered to find people fluent in the language I'm going to TEACH via my website, so I'll just find 'actors' instead" attitude not only offensive but also incredibly misleading to your "clients".
I think the concept of what you want to do is fantastic - but if you make the choice to exclude native signers from signing on your website, a website that wants to be a "Rosetta Stone for ASL" it makes you no better than the person who takes a year of Japanese in high school and decides to "Teach Japanese" online to others.
It's insulting to the very community that you're trying to connect with.
Do you really not see that ?
