CALL FOR PAPERS: (Please post where appropriate) (Thank you all).<br><br>SignWriting Linguistics Society* in cooperation with the Center for Sutton Movement Writing calls for papers on the use of SignWriting in Lingustics. <br><br>Any signed language is welcome to present using any subject matter. <br><br>Topics for papers must be "SignWriting-related", including the use of <br>SignWriting in linguistics, literacy, vocabulary acquisition, sign <br>language instruction, deaf education, sign language research, and in <br>the Deaf Community. All signed languages are welcome."<br><br>Each presenter should include the following in bid:<br><br>1) Name<br>2) Address<br>3) Contact Information<br>4) Credentials<br>5) Interpreting Needs (Deaf, Deaf-Blind, Hard of Hearing, Hearing)<br>6) Title of Presentation<br>7) Abstract - Up to 300 words<br>8) Length of Presentation - 30 minutes, 1 hour, 1.5 hours (maximum)<br>9) AV Needs (PC portal, overhead projector, flip
charts)<br>10) Mobility needs (the hotel meeting space is flat and without stairs or obstacles)<br><br>In addition, Poster Sessions will also be available. If you have a presentation that can best be done as a free-standing poster, let us know. We have room for up to 12 poster sessions which will be up for the duration of the conference.<br><br>DEADLINE: Abstract Deadline for this first call is September 1, 2008. There may be a second call. <br><br>PURPOSE: Abstracts will be used to build a conference in late October 2008 or Spring of 2009 at Kellogg Center at Gallaudet University, in Wasington, DC, USA.<br><br>It is our intention that this conference will be open to all, and especially to Gallaudet University students, faculty, and staff. <br><br>Send abstracts to:<br><br>Charles Butler<br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1211212596_0">3205 Kimberly Road<br>Hyattsville, MD 20782</span><br><br>*SignWriting Linguistics Society is a private
venture formed for this conference only. Send inquiries to Charles Butler at the address above or call <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1211212596_1">(240) 764-5748</span>.<br><br><br>