<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">WOW! the conference registration fee is only $45, and accomodations (in the youth center I think) are only $35 a night. If only the flight was not over $2000...<br><br>cherie<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Valerie Sutton <signwriting@MAC.COM><br>To: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<br>Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 8:54:45 PM<br>Subject: Re: [sw-l] Wikipedia American Sign Language<br><br><div>SignWriting List<br>April 21, 2007<br><br>Wikimania 2007, the third international Wikimedia conference, will be <br>held from August 3, 2007 to August 5 in Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.<br><br>The official website of Wikimania 2007:<br><br><a
target="_blank" href="http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page">http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page</a><br><br>Wikimania 2007, the third annual international Wikimedia conference <br>will be held August 3-5 in Taipei, Taiwan at Chien Tan Overseas Youth <br>Activity Center.<br><br>Both a scientific conference and a community event, Wikimania brings <br>together members of various Wikimedia projects in order to exchange <br>ideas, build relationships, and report on research and project efforts.<br><br>It also provides an opportunity for Wikimedians and the general <br>public alike to meet and share ideas about free and open source <br>software, free knowledge initiatives, and wiki projects worldwide.<br><br>--------<br><br><br>On Apr 21, 2007, at 5:48 PM, Cherie Wren wrote:<br><br>> For Taiwan, I would MAKE time! ::grin::<br>><br>> cherie<br>><br>> -----
Original Message ----<br>> From: Adam Frost <icemandeaf@gmail.com><br>> To: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<br>> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 6:50:00 PM<br>> Subject: Re: [sw-l] Wikipedia American Sign Language<br>><br>> I have to smile at that because I am basicably in the same boat. <br>> (That and time.)<br>><br>> Adam<br>><br>><br>><br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: "Cherie Wren" <cwterp@YAHOO.COM><br>> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:46:18<br>> To:sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<br>> Subject: Re: [sw-l] Wikipedia American Sign Language<br>><br>> Oh I would LOVE to go to Taiwan. Unfortunately, the pocketbook <br>> disagrees... ::grin::<br>><br>> cherie<br>><br>><br>> ----- Original Message ----<br>> From: Valerie Sutton <signwriting@mac.com><br>> To: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<br>> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 3:20:57
PM<br>> Subject: Re: [sw-l] Wikipedia American Sign Language<br>><br>><br>> SignWriting List<br>> April 21, 2007<br>><br>> Hello Everyone!<br>> This is so inspiring to realize we are taking this first step<br>> forward. Thank you for offering to write an article...the most busy<br>> people have volunteered...but you are also those who know the issues<br>> so well ...so maybe this is where we need to begin...to inspire<br>> others to start writing too...<br>><br>> This morning I had the pleasure of speaking for almost 2 hours on the<br>> phone with the Netherlands, with one of the Wikimedia languages<br>> subcommittee members, whom I met, through email conversations<br>> recently, and we talked about creating an SVG version of our IMWA<br>> symbols, to enhance future computer programming...<br>><br>> And I was also given support for the idea of experimenting with<br>> writing our first encyclopedia articles in
ASL, on our SignPuddle<br>> site...the more writing the better...<br>><br>> And I was informed about other Wikimedia events...such as the<br>> Wikimania Conference 2007 in Taiwan, I believe? And I was asked if<br>> someone would want to present SignWriting at that conference...Anyone<br>> want to travel to Taiwan?<br>><br>> I am going to step out in the beautiful Springtime air and be back<br>> shortly -<br>><br>> Val ;-)<br>><br>> -----------<br>><br>><br>> On Apr 21, 2007, at 11:29 AM, Cherie Wren wrote:<br>><br>> > I volunteer to help...<br>> ><br>> > cherie<br>> ><br>> > ----- Original Message ----<br>> > From: Valerie Sutton <sutton@signwriting.org><br>> > To: List SignWriting <sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu><br>> > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 8:41:27 PM<br>> > Subject: [sw-l] Wikipedia American Sign Language<br>> ><br>> > SignWriting
List<br>> > April 20, 2007<br>> ><br>> > Hello SW List Members!<br>> ><br>> > As you all know, recently there has been interest in creating a<br>> > possible ASL Wikipedia, or at least, the beginning of writing an<br>> > Encyclopedia in ASL...<br>> ><br>> > Since we are new to writing and posting documents on the web, in our<br>> > SignPuddle 1.5 Literature Puddle online, I realize that this is a<br>> > very big leap forward, to start writing encyclopedia articles in <br>> ASL!<br>> ><br>> > To write such an article, we would need to either choose an article<br>> > already written in another encyclopedia, and then translate it from<br>> > English to ASL and then write it in SignWriting in SignText...<br>> ><br>> > or...<br>> ><br>> > write it directly from our own knowledge of physics, or geography or<br>> > whatever the article is
about!<br>> ><br>> > This seems like a big new project, doesn't it?<br>> ><br>> > Sooo...here is my thought...<br>> ><br>> > Do we have volunteers to help us write one test-article for a new<br>> > encyclopedia written in ASL?<br>> ><br>> > It will be our FIRST article for an encyclopedia in ASL...like a <br>> test<br>> > drive. Then we can show the document to those at Wikimedia and to<br>> > others too...It will be an historic and interesting adventure...<br>> ><br>> > I know many of you are already overloaded with projects, so only<br>> > volunteer if you feel you have the time. We could create an<br>> > Encylopedia team of writers, and each person could take a small<br>> > section of the translation and writing...<br>> ><br>> > And there is no rush and no deadline.<br>> ><br>> > Plus we need to choose the one article we want to
write...<br>> ><br>> > But before we choose the article, is there anyone interested in<br>> > volunteering to write an article for an Encyclopedia?<br>> ><br>> > Once we have a few volunteers, I will write to the Wikimedia <br>> language<br>> > committee to suggest that maybe they can choose one article for <br>> us to<br>> > translate from the Wikipedia in English online...<br>> ><br>> > Those are my thoughts...<br>> ><br>> > What are yours?<br>> ><br>> > Val ;-)<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?<br>> > Check out new cars at Yahoo! Autos.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> ----------------<br>> Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?<br>> Check out new cars at Yahoo! Autos.: <<a target="_blank" href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/</a>
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