Hello from Portugal!

Sat Sep 12 09:28:25 UTC 2009

If the conference is next spring, then how will a workshop next fall get people to attend because they are in the area anyway??

Ingvild 

> From: sutton at signwriting.org
> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Subject: Re: [sw-l] Hello from Portugal!
> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:55:25 -0700
> 
> SignWriting List
> September 11, 2009
> 
> This sounds excellent, Charles!
> 
> Setting up a SignWriting workshop, at the same time, or near the same  
> time, with a well-known conference on sign language-related topics, is  
> a great way to get participants to attend both events in the same area  
> while they are there anyway, to attend the conference...That is what  
> happened in Portugal...The University set up SignWriting workshops  
> once they knew that Adam was coming to present at the Linguistics  
> conference anyway...and in this case we were fortunate that funding  
> was found in Portugal and all was done by the University...
> 
> Val ;-)
> 
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> 
> On Sep 11, 2009, at 4:55 AM, Charles Butler wrote:
> 
> > I am so excited that there were friends from Brazil.  I worked with  
> > them and they have been such pioneers in SW throughout the world.  I  
> > am so glad that your class was succesful.  Perhaps we can build on  
> > that success here.  I am talking to a linguist next weekend who is  
> > working on a major database that we hope to present at a conference  
> > next Spring, and I hope we can build on that for a Sign Writing  
> > conference here in the Washington DC area next fall.
> >
> > Charles
> >
> >
> > --- On Fri, 9/11/09, Adam Frost <icemandeaf at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Adam Frost <icemandeaf at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Fwd: [sw-l] Hello from Portugal!
> > To: "Sign List" <sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
> > Date: Friday, September 11, 2009, 7:10 AM
> >
> > Forgot to send this to the list as well.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Adam Frost <icemandeaf at gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 12:08 PM
> > Subject: Re: [sw-l] Hello from Portugal!
> > To: Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org>
> >
> >
> > Well, the workshops (there were more than one!) are now done. All  
> > together I would say that there were about 50-60 people, most of  
> > which were Deaf. It was great. I have added their sign for Portugal  
> > which is nothing like what we have been talking about. But I´m not  
> > that surprise about that.
> >
> > It was really interesting to have it go from ASL to LGP as well as  
> > Portugese. So all together there were three interpreters(!) I tried  
> > to cover as much as I could as well as answer their questions. In  
> > fact, the morning group seemed to be curious about your life in  
> > general since you were in Denmark, but are an American. So I went to  
> > your valeriesutton site and they were even more amazed that you had  
> > health issues growing up, but worked to be a dancer. They thought  
> > that it was interesting that you pushed through challenges even as  
> > they have to. For that they have a lot of respect for you. (Amilcar  
> > who is one of the deaf interpreters for me wanted to make sure I  
> > remember to tell you that. SMILE)
> > I have told the two groups about the SW list, so I hope that they  
> > will post introductions and questions. I know that several of them  
> > are afraid of their English, but I told them they can write in  
> > Portugese -- or even have a video clip of them signing, but most don 
> > ´t have webcams with their computer.
> >
> > Adam
> > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 1:48 AM, Valerie Sutton  
> > <sutton at signwriting.org> wrote:
> > SignWriting List
> > September 8, 2009
> >
> >
> > Adam Frost (from Portugal) wrote:
> > I just wanted to let you all know that I am in Portugal safe and  
> > sound. The people here are very interested in SignWriting, and we  
> > have some here from Brazil. Tomorrow is the first workshop.  
> > Actually, now looking at the time it is after midnight, so it is  
> > today. It seems so weird since it is still Tuesday afternoon back  
> > home in the States. I guess I better get to bed so that I am not  
> > drooping while I am giving a workshop. Hope to drop a line now and  
> > then. Thinking of all my SignWriting friends. Good night.
> > Adam
> >
> > Good night, Adam!
> >
> > And thank you for this message...it is so amazing to think of you  
> > writing from Lisbon, Portugal...
> >
> > Have a wonderful workshop tomorrow (or today ;-)...
> >
> > Please send our best wishes to everyone there...
> >
> > If participants want to post a message to the SignWriting List, they  
> > are very welcome to do so...
> >
> > Val ;-)
> >
> > PS. I had fun trying to write the sign for Portugal...the one that  
> > rubs down the center of the face is a unique sign and I ended up  
> > putting six different ways to write the sign in the Portuguese  
> > SignPuddle Dictionary...take a look:
> >
> > Portuguese SignPuddle
> > http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5/index.php?ui=1&sgn=33
> >
> > Here is one that I like, but I look forward to finding out how  
> > people in Lisbon would prefer to write it...
> >
> >
> >
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