SignWriting Mission Statement

Mon Jun 19 00:11:13 UTC 2006

SignWriting List
June 18, 2006

Thank you, Bill! I will read this web page...good information...

You and Mark are a great help -

Val ;-)

On Jun 18, 2006, at 4:59 PM, Bill Reese wrote:

> Very well written Val!  Mission statements don't need to be just  
> one sentence.  They are short, concise statements that address the  
> purpose, the business and values of an organization.  Here's a  
> webpage:
> http://www.tgci.com/magazine/98fall/mission.asp
>
> Bill
>
>
> Valerie Sutton wrote:
>> SignWriting List
>> June 18, 2006
>>
>> Hello Mark and Bill!
>> Thank you for your suggestions in your messages below. This is so  
>> helpful! I guess the Mission Statement should be one long  
>> sentence.... and then Objectives follow...Here is another stab at  
>> it...is this any better?
>> *
>> *
>> *SignWriting Mission Statement*
>>
>> *Mission:*
>> To provide Deaf communities and signers around the world with a  
>> written form for all Sign Languages, improving literacy levels of  
>> the signing-deaf, providing tools and software for education,  
>> linguistic research and publishing, preserving languages and  
>> literature that have never been recorded, and providing added  
>> respect and self-esteem for all those who use Sign Language as  
>> their primary language.
>>
>>
>> *Objectives:*
>>
>> 1 To provide all Sign Language users a written form for Sign  
>> Language.
>>
>> 2 To provide all Deaf cultures a way to document their native  
>> languages.
>>
>> 3 To raise the literacy levels and self-esteem of all Sign  
>> Language users.
>>
>> 4 To provide software for preparing and publishing written Sign  
>> Language.
>>
>> 5 To provide free education in SignWriting to all Sign Language  
>> users.
>>
>> 6 To provide training for teachers to teach SignWriting and  
>> related software.
>>
>> 7 To provide free access to lessons, literature and software on  
>> the World Wide Web.
>>
>> 8 To provide published written Sign Language Literature on library  
>> shelves.
>>
>> 9 To provide research tools for Sign Language linguistic research.
>>
>> 10 To provide employment for Sign Language users and software  
>> programmers.
>>
>> 11 To assist SignWriting users in communicating and sharing with  
>> each other.
>>
>> 12 To educate the world that Sign Languages are now written  
>> languages!
>>
>>
>>
>> Val ;-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 18, 2006, at 2:59 PM, litlegu at AOL.COM  
>> <mailto:litlegu at AOL.COM> wrote:
>>> I agree, one mission statement will probably more concisely  
>>> communicate your efforts.  I wrote my own version below.  Hope it  
>>> helps!
>>>
>>> SignWriting Mission Statement
>>> "To provide the Deaf community and ... throughout the world with  
>>> the ability to flourish through the use of their native language."
>>> Our objectives thus far are the following: (then list the  
>>> objectives you stated earlier)
>>>
>>>
>>> As for the ... section, I wasn's sure how to state that part.  It  
>>> should encompss those like teachers, researchers, and so on.   
>>> Perhaps something like, "those with a vested interest" (which  
>>> isn't very good)...
>>>
>>> Mark
>>
>> --------------------
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Bill Reese <wreese01 at TAMPABAY.RR.COM  
>>> <mailto:wreese01 at TAMPABAY.RR.COM>>
>>> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu <mailto:sw- 
>>> l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
>>> Sent: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 16:27:37 -0400
>>> Subject: Re: [sw-l] SignWriting Mission Statement
>>>
>>>  Val,
>>>
>>>  I'm wondering if you could write that into one mission statement  
>>> that encompasses all those separate missions as tasks. You would  
>>> have one mission and several tasks to that mission. A broader  
>>> mission statement then may be "A sustained and verifiable  
>>> worldwide effort in SignWriting use and development for the  
>>> promotion and education to and for the Deaf, their teachers, the  
>>> public and researchers on and for the benefits and applicability  
>>> of written signed languages. The mission tasks are:
>>> To provided all .... "
>>
>> -------------------
>>
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>> Valerie Sutton wrote:
>>> > SignWriting List
>>> > June 18, 2006
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Ingvild Roald from Norway wrote:
>>>  >> Wonderfull! Thanks - we would use some of this for the  
>>> European Sign >> Writers' charter/ constitution. Just one thing  
>>> more: To give free >> accsess through the World Wide Web for  
>>> basic software, lessons, and >> litterature in SignWriting - or  
>>> something along these lines
>>> >
>>> >
>>>  > Thank you, Ingvild! I have added that one. Plus I just got  
>>> suggestions > for more....
>>> >
>>> > So now we have 12! See below...
>>> >
>>> > Can anyone think of any more?
>>> >
>>> > Val ;-)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > *SignWriting Mission Statement*
>>> >
>>>  > *Mission 1:* To provide all Sign Language users a written form  
>>> for > Sign Language.
>>> >
>>>  > *Mission 2:* To provide all Deaf cultures a way to document  
>>> their > native languages.
>>> >
>>>  > *Mission 3: *To raise the literacy levels and self-esteem of  
>>> all Sign > Language users.
>>> >
>>>  > *Mission 4:* To provide software for preparing and publishing  
>>> written > Sign Language.
>>> >
>>>  > *Mission 5: *To provide free education in SignWriting to all  
>>> Sign > Language users.
>>> >
>>>  > *Mission 6:* To provide training for teachers to teach  
>>> SignWriting and > related software.
>>> >
>>>  > *Mission 7:* To provide free access to lessons, literature and  
>>> > software on the World Wide Web.
>>> >
>>>  > *Mission 8:* To provide published written Sign Language  
>>> Literature on > library shelves.
>>> >
>>>  > *Mission 9:* To provide research tools for Sign Language  
>>> linguistic
>>>> research.
>>> >
>>>  > *Mission 10:* To provide employment for Sign Language users  
>>> and > software programmers.
>>> >
>>>  > *Mission 11:* To assist SignWriting users in communicating and  
>>> sharing > with each other.
>>> >
>>>  > *Mission 12:* To educate the world that Sign Languages are now  
>>> written > languages!
>>>
>>>
>>>
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