<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I could use that as an abstract and samples from the current dictionary I am working on, as many more hand shapes from that small beginning are being used now. Many more people are involved and the process may be easier to do if one has the right assumptions. I use the search by hand shape function now, but it is unclear to me, and perhaps it can be used as an example, that unless one spells out every sign in the dictionary, the search function doesn't work consistently. </span></div><div></div><div> </div><div>Charles Butler<br>chazzer3332000@yahoo.com<br>240-764-5748<br>Clear writing moves business forward.</div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr
size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Valerie Sutton <signwriting@MAC.COM><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, March 1, 2014 11:33 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: CALL FOR PAPERS: SignWriting Symposium 2014 (SWS-2014)<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv2793188767"><div>SignWriting List<div>March 1, 2014</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Charles -</div><div>You have already written a journal article about your dictionary. Maybe you can use that document as a basis for your presentation to the SignWriting Symposium?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>In 1999, Dr. Antonio Carlos da Rocha Costa started an academic journal entitled “The SignWriting Journal”. Charles’ article was published in that journal.
The article is posted on the web on this web page:</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>SignWriting in Brazil</div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.signwriting.org/brazil">http://www.signwriting.org/brazil</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Scroll down to number 35</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs1/sw0066-SW-Journal-Butler.pdf"><img id="yiv27931887674BC365B4-826F-49AB-A298-CF09F10FB492" height="280" width="146" src="cid:1.2308502776@web163403.mail.gq1.yahoo.com"></a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Charles’ article</div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs1/sw0066-SW-Journal-Butler.pdf">http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs1/sw0066-SW-Journal-Butler.pdf</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I wish the SignWriting Journal could be
“born-again”. Thank you, Antonio Carlos, for starting it -</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Val ;-)</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>---------</div><div><br clear="none"><div><div class="yiv2793188767yqt8305500362" id="yiv2793188767yqtfd54741"><div>On Mar 1, 2014, at 10:51 AM, Valerie Sutton <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:signwriting@mac.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:signwriting@mac.com">signwriting@mac.com</a>> wrote:</div><br clear="none" class="yiv2793188767Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"></blockquote></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv2793188767yqt8305500362" id="yiv2793188767yqtfd51485"><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;">SignWriting List<div>March 1, 2014</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Hello Charles!</div><div>That will be a good presentation. You are most welcome to prepare an Abstract and Presentation, just as you wish. Share as much as you wish. And you can provide links
in your presentation where readers can purchase your materials too.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Please write a one-page Abstract describing or summarizing what your presentation will be about. The Abstract can be written in any language, just as long as we can translate it ;-)</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>The Abstract will be on the web, so only share what you want to share publicly.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Please send your one-page Abstract to the following two email addresses by April 7th:</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:symposium@signwriting.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:symposium@signwriting.org">symposium@signwriting.org</a></div><div>and</div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Then, if you need help
preparing your presentation, which is due July 7th, we will try to help as much as we can, if you have problems with using PowerPoint or whatever…If you read below, there are three venues: written papers, slide presentations and video presentations.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Thanks for your questions - </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I look forward to reading the Abstracts!</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Val ;-)</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>-----------</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"><div><div>On Mar 1, 2014, at 10:10 AM, Charles Butler <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:chazzer3332000@YAHOO.COM" target="_blank" href="mailto:chazzer3332000@YAHOO.COM">chazzer3332000@YAHOO.COM</a>> wrote:</div><br clear="none" class="yiv2793188767Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times,
serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div><span>I wish to give a presentation on ordering of a sign language dictionary. I am willing to share portions of my ongoing dictionary project, but not the entire dictionary. How do I send a select portion and then have the whole dictionary available for a fee? I want others to understand my work and possibly use its principles. </span></div><div></div><div> </div><div>Charles Butler<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:chazzer3332000@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:chazzer3332000@yahoo.com">chazzer3332000@yahoo.com</a><br clear="none">240-764-5748<br clear="none">Clear writing moves business forward.</div><div><br clear="none"></div> <div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span
style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Valerie Sutton <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:signwriting@MAC.COM" target="_blank" href="mailto:signwriting@MAC.COM">signwriting@MAC.COM</a>><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU" target="_blank" href="mailto:SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU">SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU</a> <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, February 28, 2014 4:28 PM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> CALL FOR PAPERS: SignWriting Symposium 2014 (SWS-2014)<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div class="yiv2793188767y_msg_container"><br clear="none"><div id="yiv2793188767"><div>SignWriting List<div>February 28, 2014</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><div style="margin:0px;"><b>CALL FOR PAPERS</b></div><div
style="margin:0px;"><b>SignWriting Symposium 2014 (SWS-2014)</b></div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;">Abstract submission deadline: April 7, 2014</div><div style="margin:0px;">Presentation submission deadline: July 7, 2014</div><div style="margin:0px;">Online live presentation: July 21-24, 2014</div><div style="margin:0px;">Proceedings published in a web archive: September, 2014</div><div style="margin:0px;">Proceedings published in
a PDF book: October, 2014</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;"><b>ABSTRACTS</b></div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;">1. Abstract deadline: April 7, 2014.</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;">2. Write an abstract that describes your presentation in one page or less. At the top of your abstract, state which of the following categories fits your submission:</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• SignWriting in Education</div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• SignWriting in Literature</div><div style="margin:0px;"><span
class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;">
</span>• SignWriting in Software</div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• SignWriting in Research</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;">Longer abstracts will also be accepted, but editors will shorten it to make it fit one page. The abstract will be posted on a SWS-2014 web page, which is still under construction. Abstracts will be posted under one of the above categories. If you feel your presentation does not fit any of these categories, please tell us in an email and we will try to decide together with you what to do…</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;">3. Send your Abstract to both these email addresses:</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(71, 135, 255);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a
rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:symposium@signwriting.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:symposium@signwriting.org">symposium@signwriting.org</a></span></div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;">and</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(71, 135, 255);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org</a></span></div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;">4. Acceptance notices will be sent shortly after your Abstract is received.</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div
style="margin:0px;"><b>PRESENTATIONS</b></div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;">1.
Presentations deadline: July 7, 2014</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;">2. Your presentation can be ANY length you choose, just as long as it is about SignWriting.</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;">3. There are three Presentation Venues: written papers, slide presentations and video presentations.</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>a. Written Papers accepted in the following formats:</div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• .pdf</div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• .doc</div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span"
style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• .docx</div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• .txt</div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• .rtf</div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• .rtfd</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>b. Slide Presentations accepted in the following programs:</div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• PowerPoint</div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• Keynote</div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>•
GoAnimate</div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• Google Docs</div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• SlideRocket</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>c. Video Presentations accepted in the following formats:</div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• .mov</div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• .avi</div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• .wmv</div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• Flash</div><div
style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• WebM</div><div style="margin:0px;"><span class="yiv2793188767Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>• MPEG-4</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;">Software demonstrations through download links can also accompany any of the above three venues.</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;">You can present in one, two or all of the above three venues. You are also welcome to join us live on the Symposium dates: July 21-24, 2014, on the web. We will announce how that works in a few weeks, when we learn how to do this ourselves - ha!</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;">Before the presentation deadline, we will announce how to post your presentations on the web directly.</div><div
style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;">One last note: Do not present anything
that you want to keep private, since all presentations and abstracts will be posted on the web, and will remain on the web long after the Symposium has ended. The purpose of the SignWriting Symposium Online is to bring people together and to share our SignWriting work publicly, not only during the Live Presentation dates of July 21-24, 2014, but also in a Symposium Web Archive that will remain on the web for future generations.</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;">This first online Symposium is a learning experience for me (Val ;-), but once we accomplish a successful Symposium this year, it can become a tradition that is easier to work with in the future. So your suggestions for improvement are always welcome -</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;">We look forward to reading and viewing your work with SignWriting, and to possibly meet you in
July, online or in
person...</div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;">Valerie Sutton</div><div style="margin:0px;">SWS-2014 Chair</div><div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(71, 135, 255);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org</a></span></div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;">Steve Slevinski</div><div style="margin:0px;">SWS-2014 Chair</div><div style="margin:0px;color:rgb(71, 135, 255);"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:slevinski@signwriting.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:slevinski@signwriting.org">slevinski@signwriting.org</a></span></div><div style="margin:0px;min-height:22px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="margin:0px;">Adam Frost</div><div
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