SignWriting Mission Statement

[Bill Reese]

Mark, I was reading Val's statement a little differently with the 
"improving", "providing", and "preserving" statements as being 
participle adjective phrases modifying the infinitive phrase "To provide 
... ."

Bill


litlegu at AOL.COM wrote:
> Hi Val,
>
> It's looking good!  I hope you don't mind, I modified some of the 
> grammar (see below).
>
> Mission:
> To provide Deaf communities and signers around the world with a 
> written form for all Sign Languages, improve literacy levels of the 
> signing-deaf, provide tools and software for education, linguistic 
> research and publishing, preserve languages and literature that have 
> never been recorded, and provide added respect and self-esteem for all 
> those who use Sign Language as their primary language.
>
> Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Valerie Sutton <signwriting at MAC.COM>
> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Sent: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 15:34:54 -0700
> Subject: Re: [sw-l] SignWriting Mission Statement
>
>  SignWriting ListJune 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?
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> SignWriting Mission Statement
>
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> 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.
>
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> Objectives:
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> 1 To provide all Sign Language users a written form for Sign Language.
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> 2 To provide all Deaf cultures a way to document their native languages.
>
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> 3 To raise the literacy levels and self-esteem of all Sign Language 
> users.
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> 4 To provide software for preparing and publishing written Sign Language.
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> 5 To provide free education in SignWriting to all Sign Language users.
>
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> 6 To provide training for teachers to teach SignWriting and related 
> software.
>
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> 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.
>
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> 9 To provide research tools for Sign Language linguistic research.
>
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> 10 To provide employment for Sign Language users and software 
> programmers.
>
>
> 11 To assist SignWriting users in communicating and sharing with each 
> other.
>
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> 12 To educate the world that Sign Languages are now written languages!
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>
> Val ;-)
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> On Jun 18, 2006, at 2:59 PM, 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>
> To: 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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> -------------------
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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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>
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