SignWriting Mission Statement

[Bill Reese]

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
>
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>>
>> -----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 .... "
>
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>
>>
>> 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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