SignWriting Facebook Page already exists ;-)

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi.,
http://www.causes.com/causes/15084
Thanks,
       Gerard

On 4 May 2010 22:07, Valerie Sutton <writesignlanguage at gmail.com> wrote:

> SignWriting List
> May 4th, 2010
>
> Many thanks, Maria, for this suggestion. There is already a SignWriting
> Facebook page that was not started by me...I did not post it, nor did anyone
> inform me about posting it (that I remember - ha!)...I actually do not know
> who started it...smile...but of course I am grateful to all those who did,
> and to all those who have written so much about SignWriting on that Facebook
> page - quite amazing!
>
> I am not sure whether I should join or not (smile)...what is the protocol
> for such a thing? smile....maybe they will welcome me, I don't
> know...smile...
>
> I do not want to start another SignWriting Facebook page, because that
> could be confusing to the public...so I will write to some of the people
> involved to find out how they feel about this...
>
> Meanwhile they took an article from Wikipedia about SignWriting, and there
> are some inaccuracies in that article, but I do not know who to talk to
> about it...
>
> So just go to Facebook and search for SignWriting and start joining and
> posting ...that might help a lot...
>
> Meanwhile...
>
> I already have a Facebook page for Valerie Sutton... for at least a year if
> not longer...but guess what? There are over 99 Valerie Suttons on
> Facebook!...I never realized how many people are named Valerie Sutton, but
> there are a lot of them...So if you try to find me it might be
> hard...grin...
>
> So Maria - do you have a Facebook page? I will look now....smile...
>
> Val ;-)
>
> -----------
>
>
> On May 4, 2010, at 11:53 AM, MARIA AZZOPARDI wrote:
>
> > I was thinking the other day, that maybe you could start a SignWriting
> > Group on Facebook - people could post things in sw as pictures, discuss
> > etc - and at least we could put a face to the people who use signwriting,
> > it might help to give the feeling of community.
> > maria
> >
> >
> >> SignWriting List
> >> May 3, 2010
> >>
> >> Here is a photo taken in Jamaica showing how they beamed Skype onto a
> >> projector screen displayed on the wall...That is me, presenting ;-) and
> I
> >> never left my office - so amazing ....this kind of presentation can be
> >> done more for SignWriting...we might even be able to have group meetings
> >> using Skype, presenting to each other, all by computer - in small
> >> groups...
> >>
> >> I am trying to think through how we could develop better tech support
> for
> >> all SignWriting users...and to develop more of a feeling of community
> >> too...bringing SignWriting users closer together, and giving a meeting
> >> place online...There is also new software called "GoToMeeting"...have
> any
> >> of you used that before? if you have any ideas, please share with us
> here
> >> on the SignWriting List ... how would you like to use this new
> technology
> >> to help you and your students and friends with SignWriting?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On May 1, 2010, at 8:08 AM, Valerie Sutton wrote:
> >>
> >>> SignWriting List
> >>> May 1, 2010
> >>>
> >>> Hello Everyone!
> >>>
> >>> Regarding this DanceWriting presentation on Skype, to a dance
> conference
> >>> in Jamaica yesterday...
> >>>
> >>> It went very well. It is an amazing experience to use Skype in this
> >>> way...to present a 45 minute workshop to a room full of dancers in
> >>> Jamaica, while I am sitting in my office in San Diego, California! The
> >>> world of technology has brought us all so much closer - it is really a
> >>> miracle, I think, to have these opportunities on Skype...
> >>
> >
>
>
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