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    <p>Hi Val, thanks! Looking forward to them.</p>
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    <p>Thanks<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/25/2023 12:37 PM, Valerie Sutton
      wrote:<br>
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      <div>SignWriting List</div>
      <div>May 25, 2023</div>
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      <div>Hello SW List, Jonathan and Ulli:</div>
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      <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>
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      <div>Val ;-)</div>
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            <div>On May 25, 2023, at 11:08 AM, Valerie Sutton
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sutton@SIGNWRITING.ORG"><sutton@SIGNWRITING.ORG></a> wrote:</div>
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                <div>Hello SignWriting List, and Jonathan and Ulrich
                  Pieper:</div>
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                <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>
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                <div>Val ;-)<br>
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                    ________________</div>
                  <div><br>
                  </div>
                  <div>Message from Ulli:</div>
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                        <div>On May 25, 2023, at 12:36 AM, Ulrich Pieper
                          <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:u.pieper@gmx.de"><u.pieper@gmx.de></a> wrote:</div>
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                                <div>Anfang der weitergeleiteten
                                  Nachricht:</div>
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                                    style="font-family:
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                                    style="font-family:
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                                    Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ulrich
                                    Pieper <<a
                                      href="mailto:u.pieper@gmx.de"
                                      moz-do-not-send="true"
                                      class="moz-txt-link-freetext">u.pieper@gmx.de</a>><br>
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                                    style="font-family:
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                                    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>
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                                    style="font-family:
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                                    Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Datum: </b></span><span
                                    style="font-family:
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                                    Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;">24.
                                    Mai 2023 um 20:57:21 MESZ<br>
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                                    style="font-family:
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                                    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"
                                      moz-do-not-send="true"
                                      class="moz-txt-link-freetext">SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU</a>><br>
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                                                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
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                                                        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
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                                                    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>
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                      <div>On May 24, 2023, at 4:06 AM, Jonathan Duncan
                        <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:joyoduncan@GMAIL.COM"><joyoduncan@GMAIL.COM></a> wrote:</div>
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                        <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>
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