SignWriting Mission Statement

[Bill Reese]

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!