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Hi Ingvild,<br>
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The SignPuddle 2 data is safe and secure. I will be able to keep
the server up and running. I will need to rebuild the server in the
near future, but there are several options.<br>
<br>
You do not need to send money if you are unable. SignWriting, our
tools, and our data are free to use.<br>
<br>
If you are able to contribute to our efforts, I have a Patreon
campaign that supports the websites and my other efforts. I have a
funding goal to reach of $300 a month by the end of this year. I am
already halfway there. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://patreon.com/signwriting">https://patreon.com/signwriting</a> <br>
<br>
In the future, Valerie will be creating a SignWriting Trust of
sorts. There is no rush and more details will come later.<br>
<br>
So there is no need to worry. I wish I could stay full-time with
SignWriting, but it is impossible without financial support. In the
next week or two, I will receive an offer for full-time employment
with a neurological research lab as a data manager. I will probably
start in April. I will work with SignWriting on Saturdays.<br>
<br>
Alternatively, if enough people join the SignWriting team on Patreon
in the next two weeks, I could stay full-time with SignWriting. I
think I bring value to SignWriting. Please share my story if you do
too.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
-Steve<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/3/20 10:29 AM, Ingvild Roald
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Steve,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you so much for all you have been
doing over the years. We cannot thank you enough. Now I am a
bit concerned, because I do not understand enough. The
Norwegian dictionaries are currently in SignPuddle 2, and
under editing. Do I need to do anything to save the data? Do I
need to send money? (I could manage to send some). I agree
With you that SignWriting will grow in the futurue, so I have
dedicated a lot of time and effort to this, even if I have
been holding back somewhat lately due to several concerns, but
I would not like to see the data that are collected gone
missing,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ingvild, Norway</p>
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Slevinski</a><br>
<b>Sendt: </b>torsdag 27. februar 2020 kl. 16:26<br>
<b>Til: </b><a
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<b>Emne: </b>Report from Steve's desk</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi SignWriting List,<br>
<br>
The year 2020 is turning out to be a great year of change for
SignWriting.<br>
<br>
First off, if you know anything about Wikimedia or Wikipedia,
please add <br>
your support to an individual grant I'm applying for to create
the <br>
two-dimensional font. The community review is open until
March 16th. <br>
Thanks!<br>
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For 16 years, I was blessed to be able to work with Valerie
Sutton <br>
through the Center for Sutton Movement Writing non-profit as a
paid <br>
consultant. Unfortunately, excessive government paperwork and
<br>
fundraising issues became a burden. We have closed the
non-profit <br>
portion of the organization and the Center for Sutton Movement
in now an <br>
all volunteer organization without a checking account.<br>
<br>
I'm still blessed because I still get to continue to
collaborate with <br>
Valerie Sutton into the future. I believe in SignWriting and I
think our <br>
13 websites are worth preserving and maintaining. To keep
them up, I <br>
have assumed full responsibility for the financial hosting of
the <br>
server. I'm happy to say that the current server costs are
covered by <br>
the Patreon campaign I started last year.<br>
<br>
I plan to keep working with SignWriting on a part-time basis.
I will <br>
have office hours on Saturday, central standard time.<br>
* 7:30 am Gitter Public Chat<br>
* 9am YouTube Live<br>
* 10:30 am Chat with Val<br>
* 1pm Server and Development<br>
<br>
In 3 weeks, chances are good that I may start a full-time job
outside of <br>
SignWriting. These three weeks are very important because I
need to <br>
rebuild the current SignWriting Server that hosts all of our
websites. <br>
We will have a Simple SignWriting Server that only sends files
without <br>
any server processing. We will have a Legacy SignWriting
Server that <br>
supports PHP for SignPuddle 2 and SignPuddle 3 and others.
Once the two <br>
new servers are built and configured, I'll shut down the
current <br>
SignWriting Server. This will make sure the websites are up,
stable, <br>
and running for the next few years.<br>
<br>
The year 2020 is a year of transitions, new directions, and
letting go. <br>
The new direction is to embrace JavaScript for both the
browser and the <br>
server with node. The standards are solid and I have several
useful <br>
packages to share that are fully documented with online
training <br>
available. Once I have the first three packages fully
complete, I will <br>
start the react component library. Rather than trying to
create a <br>
mutli-user platform for SignWriting, I'm going to focus on the
<br>
foundation and offer tools to other developers so that they
can use and <br>
create with SignWriting for their own websites and apps.<br>
<br>
The YouTube station will be called the SignWriting Stream. I
will show, <br>
teach, and demo the Sutton SignWriting resources we've put
together. <br>
The first episode is this Saturday. So far the channel is
empty.<br>
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Let me know if you have any questions, ideas, or concerns.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
-Steve<br>
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