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Valerie Sutton Date: Wed Oct 20, 1999 4:02 pm Subject: SignWriter 5.0 Funding | ||||||||
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October 20, 1999 Hello SignWriting List Members! I have been writing a grant, and yesterday I drove over to Qualcomm, which is a well-known software and computer development company located in San Diego, and I handed their corporate office my written request for funding for SignWriter 5.0. They are meeting about it today, and I will know by Friday morning. I feel very fortunate that I was able to push this through. Other people had submitted their grants three months ago, but I squeezed in at the last minute. Of course, the competition is tough, but even if they say "no" this time (and they probably will), I am happy that I know the people there now, because that will help with future grant proposals. One thing I have learned...if you keep writing the grants and keep submitting them....sooner or later you do receive funding. And I will also be submitting similar grants in the next few days to several other private foundations. Our funding for SignWriter 5.0 is running out on November 1st. Work on SignWriter 5.0 will continue no matter what - I will see to that! The project is going well. We are doing a professional program on a shoestring. Of course, I am sorry it is taking so long, but other than that, the future looks bright :-) If you are interested in the 6 "programming phases" of SignWriter 5.0, you can now read a little about them on the web. I just posted these pages: Programming SignWriter 5.0 https://www.SignWriting.org/help010.html Six Programming Phases https://www.SignWriting.org/help011.html If there is anyone on the SW List who knows of foundations that support deaf education or software development projects, please tell me. I am always looking for new funding sources. Thanks so much.... And have a great day! 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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