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sminta Date: Fri Oct 22, 1999 10:05 am Subject: Re: Changes to the SW List? | |
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I vote yes to both Susan Moore ----- Original Message ----- From: Valerie Sutton To: Sent: Sunday, October 17, 1999 10:37 AM Subject: Changes to the SW List? > Sunday, October 17, 1999 > > Good Morning Everyone! > I opened my email box this Sunday morning, to two messages written in > German! I read them and enjoyed them :-) > > Of course I know that those were supposed to be private messages - that > happens sometimes - the Reply Button is just so easy to push! > > But this does bring up two questions that I have been meaning to ask all of > you anyway.... > > 1. The SW List is only in English right now. Recently, someone wrote to > ask if they could post messages in Portuguese, and I felt a little badly, > but I said "no", assuming that it would be annoying to those who cannot > read Portuguese. Do all of you want the SW List to be "English only"? How > do you feel about that? > > 2. A long time ago, Paul Cowley was kind enough to setup another SW List > that could accept attached files. If a person has an older computer, and > cannot receive attached files, they would not be able to join such a list. > The present SignWriting List is on LISTSERVE. The new list, that can accept > attached files, is not. > > So the question is...how many of you would like to switch to a SW List that > can accept attached files? That would mean that we could be sending > SignWriting messages to each other, attached to our email messages, either > as .gif or .jpegs, or files typed with the SignWriter Computer Program too. > Our email would become more of a "visual experience", as well as a verbal > one. > > This would lead to complete email messages written in a signed language > someday. After all, if we can type messages in German or Portuguese, why > not a signed language? > > The one thing is...I don't want to manage TWO SignWriting Lists - I am sure > you can understand why! So if we ALL vote to move to a list that can accept > attached files, then I will talk to Paul Cowley about switching us over > automatically... > > How do you all feel about these two issues?... > > In am happy either way :-) > > Val ;-) > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Valerie Sutton > > > SignWritingSite...Lessons Online > https://www.SignWriting.org > > SignBankSite...Databases Online > https://www.SignBank.org > > Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting > Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA > |
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