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Dear Steve, It seems like my previous endorsement is still there in the write-up. I would like to update it since some things have changed (including the name of my Institute).l How can I do this? I have the updated document but am not sure how to insert this. Can you advise me? Apologies for my IT ignorance. Regards, Marie On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 16:26, Stephen Slevinski <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi SignWriting List, > > The year 2020 is turning out to be a great year of change for SignWriting. > > First off, if you know anything about Wikimedia or Wikipedia, please add > your support to an individual grant I'm applying for to create the > two-dimensional font. The community review is open until March 16th. > Thanks! > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/slevinski/ASL_Wikipedia_2-D_Font_Development_for_SignWriting > > For 16 years, I was blessed to be able to work with Valerie Sutton > through the Center for Sutton Movement Writing non-profit as a paid > consultant. Unfortunately, excessive government paperwork and > fundraising issues became a burden. We have closed the non-profit > portion of the organization and the Center for Sutton Movement in now an > all volunteer organization without a checking account. > > I'm still blessed because I still get to continue to collaborate with > Valerie Sutton into the future. I believe in SignWriting and I think our > 13 websites are worth preserving and maintaining. To keep them up, I > have assumed full responsibility for the financial hosting of the > server. I'm happy to say that the current server costs are covered by > the Patreon campaign I started last year. > > I plan to keep working with SignWriting on a part-time basis. I will > have office hours on Saturday, central standard time. > * 7:30 am Gitter Public Chat > * 9am YouTube Live > * 10:30 am Chat with Val > * 1pm Server and Development > > In 3 weeks, chances are good that I may start a full-time job outside of > SignWriting. These three weeks are very important because I need to > rebuild the current SignWriting Server that hosts all of our websites. > We will have a Simple SignWriting Server that only sends files without > any server processing. We will have a Legacy SignWriting Server that > supports PHP for SignPuddle 2 and SignPuddle 3 and others. Once the two > new servers are built and configured, I'll shut down the current > SignWriting Server. This will make sure the websites are up, stable, > and running for the next few years. > > The year 2020 is a year of transitions, new directions, and letting go. > The new direction is to embrace JavaScript for both the browser and the > server with node. The standards are solid and I have several useful > packages to share that are fully documented with online training > available. Once I have the first three packages fully complete, I will > start the react component library. Rather than trying to create a > mutli-user platform for SignWriting, I'm going to focus on the > foundation and offer tools to other developers so that they can use and > create with SignWriting for their own websites and apps. > > The YouTube station will be called the SignWriting Stream. I will show, > teach, and demo the Sutton SignWriting resources we've put together. > The first episode is this Saturday. So far the channel is empty. > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXu4AXlG0rXFtk_5SzumDow > > Let me know if you have any questions, ideas, or concerns. > > Regards, > -Steve > https://patreon.com/signwriting > > ________________________________________________ > > > SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION > > Valerie Sutton > SignWriting List moderator > [log in to unmask] > > Post Messages to the SignWriting List: > [log in to unmask] > > SignWriting List Archives & Home Page > http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist > > Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages > http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1 > -- Professor Marie Alexander Institute of Linguistics and Language Technology 20, Portacabins in CP6, University of Malta Msida MSD2800 Malta Tel: (00356) 23402428 ________________________________________________ SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator [log in to unmask] Post Messages to the SignWriting List: [log in to unmask] SignWriting List Archives & Home Page http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1