Looking for a (better) import solution

Hi All-
I have had aperture for a while now, but haven't actually gotten around to using it too much (I had hoped that my wife would adapt, but hasn't, she is still using iPhoto).
I was hoping that someone could recommend a method for importing that would fit my situation-
Here is what i would like to do (two computers in the mix here, my wife's iMac, in the kitchen, and my mac pro, in my home office)
Note that import will always be done on the imac (that's just how it is...)
When we put in the memory card, I want it to:
1. import to a directory (this will most likely be a network drive, but that probably doesn't matter)
(here it would be nice if it were to store them in a nice date structure)
2. Kick off the import to iPhoto
(I don't care if it just hands the process off to iPhoto- I just want an off-machine store of the un-altered images).
This would allow ME to import from the network drive the originals, and do with them as I need.
I would also like it to ignore the iPhones (it is ok if that still syncs JUST with iPhoto).
I think that I can figure out the rest.
Thanks,
-jamie

Given iPhoto and Aperture are scriptable, you might want to look into creating a little application with Automator that does this.

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