SignWriting European Conference

Thu Sep 3 13:16:45 UTC 2009

I am wondering if a contact list could be compiled of off-listserv sign writers that Val or anyone else in the US or world know about?  The only way to get enough people for a conference is to let them know about the desire to have the conference.  I would be very interested in a conference here in the US, especially on the west coast, as I am closer there.

Hello again, by the way.  I was away for most of the summer and am back to teaching at the community college level.  I am further developing an ASL curriculum that includes SignWriting based mostly on Power Point presentations.  If Val or anyone is interested, I could send some of the slides in to be posted on to the SignWriting website as an example.

Natasha Escalada-Westland, M.Ed. (D/HH), Certified Interpreter - NIC

> Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 00:31:09 +0200
> From: maria.azzopardi at um.edu.mt
> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Subject: [sw-l] SignWriting European Conference
> 
> ...also it might be a good idea to have a European SignWriting conference
> one day too :) maybe we'll convince the EU to get all their legal
> documents translated into our different sign languages using
> signwriting..well i can dream can't I? :)
> maria
> 
> > SignWriting List
> > September 2, 2009
> >
> > On Sep 2, 2009, at 4:53 AM, Charles Butler wrote:
> >> Is there interest in holding a Sign Writing conference on the East
> >> Coast in the DC area. I'd love to hold it at Gallaudet, but that
> >> may be prohibitive. We only got two people on this list expressing
> >> interest before. If I get 6, then I will start exploring. As long
> >> as it is in the DC area, then we may be able to get at least some
> >> interest from Gallaudet and Maryland School of the Deaf.
> >> Charles Butler
> >
> > Hello Charles!
> > Thank you for this message. And thank you for your efforts to
> > establish a course, workshop or presentation on SignWriting on the
> > east coast of the United States...I sure wish that would happen too...
> >
> > There are only 135 members on the SW List right now, and most of them
> > live and work outside of the United States. With only 135 members,
> > there are representatives from around 20 countries...so you can see
> > there are not that many located in the eastern part of the United
> > States on the SW List.
> >
> > So how did the workshops (and yes, there will be several) on
> > SignWriting get established in Lisbon, Portugal, next week? it was
> > arranged by signwriters who are not on the SW List...Some of the
> > coordinators of the SignWriting events next week had been in touch
> > with me for years...maybe three or four years back...and now finally
> > we are so blessed that one of the Universities involved was able to
> > pay for Adam's way to Lisbon...without that financial aid we could not
> > have sent Adam...so it is a miracle and we are all so happy!!
> >
> > So to establish some workshops or courses on SignWriting in the
> > Washington DC area, we need to contact signwriters who live and work
> > in the area...how to reach them is the question...but it can be done...
> >
> > There are more users of SignWriting off the List than on...most
> > signwriters don't even know about the List is my guess...although I
> > certainly do tell everyone about it...
> >
> > After Adam returns from Portugal on September 14th, maybe we can
> > brainstorm more about the Washington DC area...
> >
> > I am preparing a new special feature on our web site about Adam's
> > teaching next week in Lisbon...there will be a course and other
> > presentations too in Lisbon next week...
> >
> > Val ;-)
> >
> >
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