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How exciting! Also a symposium would be so cool! On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Valerie Sutton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > SignWriting List > March 13, 2013 > > Dear SignWriting List members - > > Yesterday I was blessed with a visit, in my home, from Thierry Haesenne, > from the Institut Libre Marie Haps, PROFILS, in Brussels, Belgium... > > And we are also blessed with a houseguest this week from Ireland - Shane > Gilchirst - we are having a great time! Shane knows Thierry - they are > here because of a big Deaf wedding that took place in Los Angeles last > week, and now they are visiting friends in Southern California ;-) > > Thierry could only stay a few hours yesterday, but he had the chance to > tell me a little about how they are using SignWriting in French-Belgium now > - they are not only continuing from their original work in the mid-2000s, > but are expanding their work using SignWriting in school curriculums, > thanks to teachers and researchers such as Thierry, Bruno Sonnemans and > others. > > So SignWriting is growing in French-Belgium - They are using the DELEGS > software from Hamburg, Germany, as well as SignPuddle too! > > I hope to write a more detailed report later, about specifics of their > work in French-Belgium - > > Congratulations and thank you Thierry, Bruno and everyone - > > I enjoyed our visit so much, and wish it could have been longer - I think > we need a SignWriting Symposium in La Jolla, California! > > > Val ;-) > > > > > > > > > Valerie Sutton > [log in to unmask] > > SignWriting > Read & Write Sign Languages > http://www.SignWriting.org > > SignPuddle Online > Write SignWriting in the Clouds! > Documents, Dictionaries, SignMail > http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle > > ASL Wikipedia Project > Articles in American Sign Language > http://ase.wikipedia.wmflabs.org <http://www.signbank.org/wiki> > > SignWriting List > Technical Support: Ask questions... > http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/swlist > > SignWriting Literature Project > Writing Literature in Sign Languages > http://www.SignWriting.org/literature > > SignWriting Encyclopedia Projects > Encyclopedias in Sign Languages > http://www.SignWriting.org/encyclopedia > > SignWriting Sponsors Forum > Help Educational Non-Profit > http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/sponsors > > SignWriting Shop > Books, DVDs, Lessons, Services > http://www.SignWriting.org/shop > > Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting > Center For Sutton Movement Writing > a US educational nonprofit organization > PO Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038, USA > Tel: 858-456-0098 Skype: valeriesutton > > SignWriting on Twitter > http://twitter.com/signwriting > https://twitter.com/ASLWikipedia > > SignWriting on YouTube > *http://youtube.com/signwriting* > > SignWriting on Facebook > *http://facebook.com/SignWriting* > > -- Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway Assistant Professor of Anthropology Oberlin College