Wonderful things happening...Need 3 letters of recommendation

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
January 3, 2007

Dear SW List Members!
I have so much to tell you. Behind the scenes, many good things have  
happened, and it is hard to know where to start to tell you all...

Steve and I are working on the release of source code and the ISWA  
2008, to be placed on Source Forge. There are so many new developments  
related to this project, that again, it would be hard to list them  
all, but from the users' point of view, this means in the long run,  
that SignWriting will be spreading on the internet faster than before,  
and that it will be easier for other programmers to use SignWriting in  
their new software, and also on their web sites.

The ISWA 2008 is an international set of symbols, designed to give  
signers all over the world, a choice of many handshapes. I would guess  
that each signed language probably only needs from 80 to 120  
handshapes, to write each signed language properly. But not all signed  
languages use the same handshapes, and so the International  
SignWriting Alphabet will have 240 handshapes to choose from...

Later, we will develop a way for people to choose the symbols they  
want to use just for their signed language, so they are not burdened  
to browse through so many handshapes they do not need, but for right  
now, you all will view all of them...and some of them are fascinating!  
There are some handshapes from Ethiopia I have never seen in my life,  
but they are now all entered into the ISWA 2008, which is scheduled  
for release this Spring...

Adam Frost and I have been working on editing SignWriting Literature,  
and Adam has been doing an excellent job editing ASL literature that  
will also be published this Spring...

I have also been writing grants requesting more funds for SignWriting,  
plus several very very generous people and foundations have donated  
funds to help us complete the two projects mentioned above (software  
and literature development). THANK YOU to all of you, for your  
kindness and support for SignWriting projects...

One possible source of funding this year requests 3 letters of  
recommendations...

In 1999, eight SignWriting users wrote letters of recommendations.  
Here they are attached. Thank you to all the authors of these letters!

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But I now need 3 new letters of recommendations, dated in 2008...

If there is anyone interested in writing a letter of recommendation,  
thank you in advance...

The letter needs to say: 1. Why you support the idea of SignWriting.   
2. Why you feel it should be funded.  3. Who you are and what  
SignWriting has done for you or your project...

Feel free to post the letters through email, on the List, or to me  
privately.

And I must repeat again to all of you, how grateful and happy I am,  
that SignWriting is entering this new phase of acceptance and use...

2008 is going to be a great year!

Val ;-)


Valerie Sutton
Sutton at SignWriting.org

1. SignWriting
Read & Write Sign Languages
http://www.SignWriting.org

2. SignBank
Create Sign Language Databases
http://www.SignBank.org

3. SignPuddle
Online Sign Language Community
http://www.SignBank.org/signpuddle

4. SignWriting List
Technical Support: Ask questions to the List
http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/swlist

5. DanceWriting
Read & Write Dance Movement
http://www.DanceWriting.org

6. MovementWriting
Read & Write All Body Movement
http://www.MovementWriting.org

7. Non-profit Organization
Center for Sutton Movement Writing
http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/sponsors

SignWriting Literature Project
The DAC, Deaf Action Committee
Center For Sutton Movement Writing
an educational nonprofit organization
P.O. Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038, USA
tel 858-456-0098   fax 858-456-0020
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