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[JoshuaAFishman at AOL.COM]

Dear friend:
I am seeking your help and suggestions re preparing a brochure with the 
above name to underscore the fact that many of the small languages whose 
imminent deaths we decry are still very much alive and used in innovative and 
creative ways. Can you write (or suggest someone who could write) an account of 
the creation and use of a song, story, poem, film, videotape, dramatic 
presentation, puppet-show, class-lesson, study-group, school, journal, newsletter 
or any other effort for the purposes of fostering a small and weak 
language? I would like to put together a small collection of these for the 
edification of the general public who is of the opinion that "there is no use crying 
over spilled milk" and to indicate that there is still much that can be done 
by anyone who cares.

SINCERELY,
JOSHUA A. FISHMNA


POINTS TO COVER IN YOUR SUBMISSION OF ANY  ACCOUNT OF YOUR EFFORT(S) TO 
FOSTER AN “ENDANGRED BUT CREATIVE” LANGUAGE
(FOR PEER REVIEW AND ULTIMATE SELECTION OR FURTHER COMMUNICATION)

1. A SHORT PARAGRAPH OR TWO ABOUT YOURSELF, HOW YOU EARN YOU LIVING AND 
ABOUT THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO FOSTER

2. HAS THE EFFORT YOU ARE TRYING TO  FOSTER BEEN PRESENTED TO THE INTENDED 
PUBLIC (WHERE, WHEN, HOW MANY TIMES)?

3. HOW MANY INDIVIDIUALS (APPROXIMATELY) HAVE BEEN REACHED BY THIS EFFORT? 
IS IT STILL ONGOING?

4. DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER EFFORTS SCHEDULED OR IN MIND? DESCRIBE THEM WHEN 
DO YOU HOPE THAT THEY WILL BE READY FOR PRSENTATION/PUBLICATION?

5. HOW DO YOU SECURE ANY BUDGETARY ASSISTANCE YOU REQUIRE IN CONNECTION 
WITH THE EFFORTS YOU HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKING?

6. WHAT EVIDENCE DO YOU HAVE (OR SEEK) TO CONFIRM THE EFECTIVENESS OF YOUR 
EFFORTS?

7. WHAT ORGANIZATIONAL, DITRIBUTIONAL. TECHNICAL SUPPOR HAVE YOU GOTTEN OR 
SEEK/SOUGHT IN ORDER TO FOSTER YOUR MINORITY ENDANGERED LANGUAGE EFFORTS?

8. WHAT TYPES OF RECOGNITION HAVE YOU RECEIVED PUBLICIZING YOUR EFFORTS? DO 
YOU NEED FURTHER RECOGNITION OR ASSISTSNCE?

9. DO YOU SPEAK THE LANGIAGE THAT YOU ARE FOSTERING: IN YOU OWN HOME, WITH 
YOUR OWN FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS?

10. GIVE ANY BACKGROUND OR EXPLANATION OF WORDS, CONCEPTS OR INTRODUCTION 
TO HISTORICAL EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES NECESSARY FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF 
THE EFFORT YOU ARE RECOUNTING OF PRESENTING.

ATTACH A GLOSSY PHOTO OF YOURSELF, PRESENTATION: (TEXT, VIDEO-, FILM, 
AUDIO-TAPE).

.

BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR RETURN E-MAIL <ADDRESS>, YOUR POST-OFFICE ADDRESS 
AND TELEPHONE NUMBER. WHAT TIME ZONE YOU ARE IN?
BEST WISHES AND MANY THANKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION. JOSHUA A. FISHMAN


Unless otherwise indicated in the above message, my co-ordinates are 
always:
3616 Henry Hudson Parkway #7B N
Bronx, NY 10463
tel:718-796-8484; fax: 718-796-8155




Unless otherwise indicated in the above message, my co-ordinates are 
always:
3616 Henry Hudson Parkway #7B N
Bronx, NY 10463
tel:718-796-8484; fax: 718-796-8155
www.joshuaafishman.com/index.html (or just: www.joshuaafishman.com)
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