<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>SignWriting List</div><div>May 25, 2023</div><div><br></div><div>Hello SW List, Jonathan and Ulli:</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for this creative brainstorming for software for SignWriting.</div><div><br></div><div>And congratulations and thank you to you both for your software already accomplished.</div><div><br></div><div>I need to focus on this and it will take me a day or two, but I want you to know that my thoughts are coming and I hope others will post too!</div><div><br></div><div>Val ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>----------</div><div><br>
<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 25, 2023, at 11:08 AM, Valerie Sutton <sutton@SIGNWRITING.ORG> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">SignWriting List<div>May 25, 2023</div><div><br></div><div>Hello SignWriting List, and Jonathan and Ulrich Pieper:</div><div><br></div><div>Ulrich Pieper (Ulli) tried to respond to your message below, Jonathan, here on the SignWriting List, and for some reason it did not post to the List - So I am re-posting Ulli’s message below - thank you for your messages!</div><div><br></div><div>Val ;-)<br><div><div><br></div>________________</div><div><br></div><div>Message from Ulli:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 25, 2023, at 12:36 AM, Ulrich Pieper <u.pieper@gmx.de> wrote:</div><div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Von: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ulrich Pieper <<a href="mailto:u.pieper@gmx.de">u.pieper@gmx.de</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Betreff: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Aw: Brainstorming, what sofware for Signwriting could I write that would make people feel good about themselves.</b><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Datum: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;">24. Mai 2023 um 20:57:21 MESZ<br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>An: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;">"SignWriting List: Read and Write Sign Languages" <<a href="mailto:SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU">SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hi Jonathan<div>Hi Steve </div><div>Hi Val :)</div><div>Hi to all enthusiasts of SignWriting :)</div><div><br></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Some (I think important) input for the Brainstorming:</b></div><div><br></div><div>My wife an me have visited <b>Valerie Sutton</b> in August / September 2019 due to the fact that we had developed a <b>„Game - without words"</b>, so that everybody easily can learn 3 words in SignWriting, … or more.</div><div>This Game was presented in <b>local cafés and restaurants in Berlin</b>.</div><div><br></div><div>Students made an APP / a Github Application / Promotion material / Merchandising articles / Homepage / …. </div><div>We developed the organisation around this (and other) projects and did some <b>fundraising</b> with the help of the <b>students in Berlin.</b></div><div><br></div><div><b>In the end: </b></div><div>Among others we were sponsored by the<b> „Deutsche PostCode Lotterie</b>“ with <b>15.000 € </b>for the<b> „Game . without Words"</b>.</div><div><br></div><div><b>In January 2020 </b></div><div>we were sure, that we were able to copy and paste the sponsoring process from Berlin <b>to almost any place around the world</b>.</div><div>We focussed on cafes, restaurants, canteens in industry or universities,…. </div><div>Every table where people come together and are looking for new and interesting stories ,…. </div><div>I bought (a quite expensive) flatrate-ticket for the German Railway system to <b>travel around Germany (BahnCard100)</b>.</div><div>I flew to some friends around Europe i.e in Liverpool / Great Britain and Zürich / Switzerland to check the local support for the project in other countries.</div><div>A Student „Kristina“ tested the game together with children in Peru.</div><div>A lot of activities were launched mainly in Berlin.</div><div><br></div><div><b>On March 9th 2020</b></div><div>Corona stopped this activities for a while.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Then:</b></div><div>We had almost 3 years time to prepare the restart. </div><div><br></div><div><b>We restarted in March 2023. </b></div><div>Our main focus is on „<b>Innovations that our children / the next Generation should know</b>“ we have collected a lot of projects in 10 categories.</div><div>Of cause: <b>SignWriting</b> is still onboard - it is one of the projects, I would like to push. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Different from 2020: </b></div><div>We now tell the <b>Story behind</b> this innovations.</div><div>We show the people, and let them tell their story.</div><div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);">For example: <b>I tell my own story</b> of my innovation, which I would like to give to the next generation as a gift. </span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);">After all, we are quite sure that there a <b>more than 8.000 similar projects.</b></span></font></div><div><b>Of cause: SignWriting is one of this 8.000 projects.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b>Example 1: My own innovation</b></span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);">My innovation saves 1.000 tons of copper and 50 GWh of Energy per year. </span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);">The company I work for owned 50% of the patent, they gave the OK to realise it for the next generation.</span></font></div><div><br></div></div><div><b>Example 2: </b><b>SignWriting. </b></div><div>I would love to push and spread this project and the Story behind it to the world.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>8.000 projects per YEAR</b></div><div>We are now building the organisation in <b>Berlin </b>to handle this amount of projects.</div><div><b>End of 2023</b> we will be able to handle <b>100 projects per year</b>.</div><div><br></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>MENSA - People love Stories</b></div><div>As a member of the global MENSA organisation I have asked other MENSA members in Germany:</div><div>„Offer a Story <font face="Helvetica Neue"> - looking for a bed and breakfast<span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);">“</span> </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue">I have great offers around Germany for free Bed & Breakfast.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue"><b>Obviously: People love Stories</b></font></div><div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b>Meanwhile,</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">I am very sure to be invited to a lot of places around the world </span></div><div><br></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);"><b>My own story</b></span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);">is now online and the basics of the project are now translated into 40 languages until End of August.</span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);">I am willing to spread my story as a pilot project around the world.</span></font></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">And I would like to invite Val to tell her Story as well.</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><br></span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);"><b>40 processes</b></span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);">We have defined 40 processes we need, in order to be successful</span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);">I am 60 years old and have spend my working life within:</span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);">Project Management of Large Scale Projects + Organisational Projects + Change Management + Operational Excellence</span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);">Therefore I am quite sure to know what to do.</span></font></div><div><br></div><div><b>How to go on:</b></div><div>This week I am busy to prepare Berlin.</div><div>We could have a <b>ZOOM meeting</b> / TEAMS / …. next week or the week after and I prepare some documents to show.</div><div><br></div><div><b>I you like the idea:</b></div><div>please suggest a time </div><div>For me: <b>Thursday or Friday afternoon or evening (Berlin Time) wold be fine</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>For safety reasons:</b></div><div>I will send Val a separate message tomorrow morning (GMT), </div><div>including the video "My Story" (in German) plus the Link to download more information. </div><div>If I am right, Val understands some German :)</div><div>I will find out :)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hopefully,</b></div><div>See you on ZOOM / TEAMs / …. </div><div><br></div><div>If someone on the list</div><div>wants to contact me via WhatsApp / Mail / .. </div><div>for <b>SignWriting</b></div><div>or another / own project:</div><div>Feel free to do so.</div><div>+49 162 82 0 88 70</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Kind regards</b></div><div>from Osnabrück</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Ulli</div><div><br></div><div>Ulrich Pieper</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div>----------------------<br><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div></div></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 24, 2023, at 4:06 AM, Jonathan Duncan <joyoduncan@GMAIL.COM> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div>Hi All,<br><br> I would like you input brainstorming, what app for SignWriting could I write that would make people feel good about themselves. Before I've focused more on what I thought would be useful, or what I wanted to have myself for SignWriting. But now I want to explore abit more on the emotional side of things. I could be people in the Deaf community, their family, friends, employers or any other group of people related to SignWriting.<br><br><br>Please send me all of your crazy ideas too.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Jonathan<br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>________________________________________________
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