<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<DIV>October 19, 2006</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Actually no University backs any one theory of education one hundred per cent. The purpose of a University is to provide a place for many different kinds of thinking so they can stand side by side, and that all the issues can be discussed. Gallaudet as a whole will never back any one system...they technically do not back ASL...they have other ways of communicating on campus too...and the Stokoe system is not used that much at Gallaudet...for example in the LInguistic dept they use the Scott LIddell system a lot for linguistic notations...and when Dr. Stokoe was alive, there were people against him at Gallaudet because there were other ways to look at it all...and there are people using SignWriting at Gallaudet right now...so there will never be an institutioinal backing of any writing system at Gallaudet...but SignWriting is used there anyway!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Val ;-)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 19, 2006, at 12:33 PM, Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Stuart is right - Gallaudet is loyal to Stokoe, thinking that SW is</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">another notation system (which it ISN'T!)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">once we slip SW into Gallaudet, it will change - unfair i know...but</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">we will get there eventually.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Where are you based, Stuart?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Shane</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On 19/10/06, Stuart Thiessen <<A href="mailto:sw@passitonservices.org">sw@passitonservices.org</A>> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Here, the local teacher (hearing) said that he would not even consider</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">use of SignWriting until Deaf people use it. I told him, "2 Deaf people</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">are right now telling you it is a good idea!!!<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>;-)"<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Really, what he</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">means is until NAD or Gallaudet or some formal group adopts SignWriting</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">as a writing system for ASL, he won't consider it.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">But I agree with Valerie. First time, they may be resistant or</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">hesitant, but if we are patient, they will realize the benefits of the</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">system.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Stuart Thiessen</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On Oct 19, 2006, at 13:15, Bill Reese wrote:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">> Val,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">> Last night my late-deaf group had one of it's regular coffee socials</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">> and a sign teacher from a local college showed up with her class of</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">> about 10 hearing students.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I showed her <A href="http://www.signwriting.org">www.signwriting.org</A> on my</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">> sidekick and she admitted that she had looked at it a couple months</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">> ago.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Her students are just beginners and most are taking sign as</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">> their required foreign language.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>As such, most won't be going far</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">> with it.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The teacher suggested that signwriting would most likely fit</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">> in with the sign language structure class, which is normally a fourth</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">> semester class in sign instruction.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I asked her to pass the word</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">> along to the teacher of that class.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Not sure where it will get but a</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">> couple of her beginning students snuck a look at what I was showing</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">> her and expressed curiousity.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">> This was probably the first time I had received constructive dialogue</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">> instead of skepticism from a local teacher.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">> Bill</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">> If it's anything like the UK, it will be a long ways to go</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">> Valerie Sutton wrote:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>> SignWriting List</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>> October 19, 2006</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>> Ha! Well...my experience is that it takes around three times, before</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>> people become convinced to look at it...</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>> The first time they are against it, the second time they discuss it</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>> more, and the third time they decide to look at it...</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>> So maybe in time he will come around, as others write BSL around</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>> him...</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>> reading and writing English took centuries to become established...so</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>> there is hope!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>> Val ;-)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>> On Oct 19, 2006, at 9:46 AM, Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa wrote:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>> I did invite him :-)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>> He said he have better things to do...</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>> (!)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>> :-)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>> Shane</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>> On 19/10/06, Valerie Sutton <<A href="mailto:signwriting@mac.com">signwriting@mac.com</A>> wrote:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> SignWriting List</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> October 19, 2006</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa in Belfast wrote:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> > Was talking to a deaf leader in England about that system - he</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> said</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> > that its no good - what with the development in video technology</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> i.e.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> > video messages etc - so why the signwriting etc?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> ></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> > I said having videomessages etc will not improve kids' literacy in</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> > BSL/NISL but having SW will do.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> ></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> > beside, technology isnt good at keeping stuff - SW can be printed</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> on</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> > any paper and that they ll be still there 500 years away :-)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> Hello Shane and Everyone!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> Those are good points, Shane...</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> So did you invite the Deaf leader to the SignWriting Workshop on Oct</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> 27th at DCAL? ;-))</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> Double-dare him to come to the workshop to see if he has the courage</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> to look at it...</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> When people give me the video argument, I say:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> "People did not stop writing English when audio recording equipment</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> was invented!"</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> Written English transcripts are very helpful combined with audio</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> CDs ;-))</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> No different with written Sign Language and videos...they help each</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> other....</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> I know you know this, Shane...I am just spouting off right now - ha!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>> Val ;-)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; 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">Val ;-)</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; ; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><BR style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; ; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><BR style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">Valerie Sutton</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#1909EE" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline;; color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><A href="mailto:Sutton@SignWriting.org">Sutton@SignWriting.org</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; ; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><BR style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">1. SignWriting</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">Read & Write Sign Languages</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#1909EE" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline;; color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><A href="http://www.SignWriting.org">http://www.SignWriting.org</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; ; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><BR style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">2. SignBank</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">Create Sign Language Databases</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#1909EE" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline;; color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><A href="http://www.SignBank.org">http://www.SignBank.org</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; ; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><BR style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">3. SignPuddle</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">Create Sign Language Dictionaries</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#1909EE" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline;; color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><A href="http://www.SignPuddle.org">http://www.SignPuddle.org</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; ; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><BR style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">4. SignText</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">Create Sign Language Documents</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#1909EE" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline;; color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><A href="http://www.SignBank.org/signpuddle/signtext">http://www.SignBank.org/signpuddle/signtext</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; ; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><BR style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">5. SignWriting List</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">Technical Support: Ask questions to the List </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#1909EE" face="Geneva" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline;; color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Geneva; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Geneva; font-size: 12px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><A href="http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/swlist">http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/swlist</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; ; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><BR style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">6. DanceWriting</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">Read & Write Dance Movement</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#1909EE" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline;; color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><A href="http://www.DanceWriting.org">http://www.DanceWriting.org</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; ; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><BR style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">7. MovementWriting</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">Read & Write All Body Movement</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#1909EE" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline;; color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><A href="http://www.MovementWriting.org">http://www.MovementWriting.org</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; ; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><BR style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">8. SymbolBank</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">International Movement Writing Alphabet</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#1909EE" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline;; color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><A href="http://www.MovementWriting.org/symbolbank">http://www.MovementWriting.org/symbolbank</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; ; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#1909EE"><BR style="color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">9. Non-profit Organization</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">Center for Sutton Movement Writing</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#1909EE" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline;; color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><A href="http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/sponsors">http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/sponsors</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; ; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><BR style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">SignWriting Literacy Project</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">The DAC, Deaf Action Committee</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">Center For Sutton Movement Writing</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">an educational nonprofit organization</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">P.O. Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038, USA</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">tel 858-456-0098 fax 858-456-0020</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">D-Link Videophone: 66.27.57.178</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">Skype Name: valeriesutton</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>