AW: how would you like to improve the SignWriting List?

[Suzanne Pach]

Happy New Year everyone!

I have just moved to Google Mail (hence my new email address...). This
allows me to send the SW List emails straight to a separate folder, so I can
read them whenever I want and it won't overflow my inbox. Plus I can search
for topics, like *BSL* or *spelling*, in case I'm only interested in those
things.. I'm sure other email providers do similar things.

The List might be old-fashioned, but email has moved on to make it
more manageable...

On the other hand, there are also things like RSS readers which make keeping
up to date with forums more easy.

Have a nice day!

Suzanne

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Erika Hoffmann <erhoffma at oberlin.edu> wrote:

> I should have said in my previous post that I would totally
> participate on a forum. I would just not like it to replace the
> existing listserv.
> Best,
> Erika
>
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 10:48 AM, SignWriting <signwriting at mac.com> wrote:
> > SignWriting List
> > January 3, 2011
> >
> >> On Jan 3, 2011, at 12:57 AM, Lucy wrote:
> >> Your argument is that a new web forum would be too complicated etc. - I
> understand this very well as I can imagine that people (especially young
> people, web 2.0 generation) new to SW may think that a mailing list must be
> a complicated and outdated thing. So, I see that none of you are interested
> in a web forum and I don't feel encouraged enough to set up one :-/. Lucy
> >
> > ---------
> >
> > Hello Lucy -
> >
> > I want to thank you for these ideas and suggestions - they are showing
> the differences in generation, and also the differences in purposes for
> Lists...I am sorry if our List is not ready to move their home to another
> home...moving is tiring and we are happy in the home we have lived in for
> over 15 years.
> >
> > Younger people need to take the initiative to setup web 2.0 sites for
> SignWriting, as the older generation are just stick-in-the-muds!
> >
> > We get used to one way of working, so I guess you can't expect too much
> from us here on this List...some of our List members have been on the
> SignWriting List since the late 1990's, and most members who have stayed
> this long are used to it and comfortable here...so you need new young people
> who are interested in SignWriting to start a new web 2.0 site...starting
> fresh with a whole new group of young people...the next generation of
> signwriters...
> >
> > Although I want to learn web 2.0, I am not the person to create a web 2.0
> presence for SignWriting... it needs to be the younger generation...that is
> why I thought maybe you could do that if you want...but it will take time to
> find the new people...
> >
> > Meanwhile, the SignWriting Listserve was established to give technical
> support to users - 1. how to spell signs in SignWriting, 2. how to
> transcribe videos in SignWriting, 3. how to use SignWriting software, 4.
> discussions on linguistics and education and programming and so
> forth...BUT...it also has another purpose that is separate...5. it is
> archived for historical purposes so we can write the History of SignWriting
> based on the messages posted on the List, so I use the List as a way to
> announce new developments in the history of SignWriting, which are then
> archived and referenced later...
> >
> > So web 2.0 is important, but the SW Listserve is not the place to get the
> web 2.0 members - we need to find a way to reach out to the web 2.0
> generation - smile - I think this has been an important discussion and I
> will think about this...
> >
> >
> > Val ;-)
> >
> > Valerie Sutton
> > SignWriting List moderator
> > signwriting at mac.com
> >
> > Post Messages to the SignWriting List:
> > sw-l at listserv.valenciacc.edu
> >
> > SignWriting List Archives & Home Page
> > http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist
> >
> > Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages
> > http://listserv.valenciacc.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway
> Assistant Professor of Anthropology
> Oberlin College
>
>
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