<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;">For Taiwan, I would MAKE time! ::grin::<br><br>cherie<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- 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><div>I have to smile at that because I am basicably in the same boat. (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 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 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 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 language<br>> committee to suggest that maybe they can choose one article for 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/evt=48245/*http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html;_ylc=X3oDMTE1YW1jcXJ2BF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDbmV3LWNhcnM">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48245/*http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html;_ylc=X3oDMTE1YW1jcXJ2BF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDbmV3LWNhcnM</a>->
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