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FAMILY=SANSSERIF><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>Hi, all –</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Phelim wrote:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><i><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-style:
italic'>I WOULD recommend actually trying a rehearsal of the intro IN GIBBERISH
without anyone there to discover which bits of the process are being
communicated not by the words but by other means to reassure you people will
get it in whatever language you are speaking.</span></font></i><i><font size=2
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Dear Phelim, as
always, your experience and creativity unlocks deeper thinking and gives us new
tools.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Let me
underline that Phelim says ‘trying a </span></font><font size=2
color=red face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:red'>rehearsal</span></font><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> … </span></font><font
size=2 color=red face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS";color:red'>without anyone there</span></font><font size=2
color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>…’. At first reading I thought you meant
actually giving the explanation of the principles and law in gibberish when I
am facilitating for people at this event.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>And my response
to that (to my not reading it correctly and interpreting it as what you were
saying) was ‘gee I would not do that in front of people in gibberish
because then it would be (to many, because this is not a theatre group) more
about me / my personality / a performance (as some would see it) instead of
about them / about communicating to them.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Those of you
who know me know that I would have no problems being gibberish-y, and
expressing things ;o)</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>I also know
that if there were [some other group meeting for…] a several-day OS event
and folks were being playful it might by the 3<sup>rd</sup> day or so be
perfectly fun to include playful ways of reminding folks of the guidelines one
morning – such as through gibberish, art, silence, song, human sculptures
(tableaus or moving ones) or movement. That is (again) if it were logical
given the people who are participating (not just because it’s fun for the
facilitator). It’s very important for me to design in service to
the participants and their culture(s) whenever possible.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>When I work
internationally (or anywhere with people of multiple or different languages) I
do increase (can you imagine?) how animated and physically expressive I
am. The interesting part of having my words translated is the space
in-between my words (because when translation is going on I speak slower and
allow for more space around each word) and I think this also helps people feel
and understand things (both verbally and non-verbally).</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>By the way - Ms. Tree – you asked earlier about translating the
guidelines into Hmong – and although a good number of our participants
will be non-readers (hence our using either headset or ‘whisper’
translation – seating people in small groups next to translators –
whichever best fits the number and kinds of language-users we have) there seems
to be a written language used in some Hmong communities here in the US which I’m
guessing has grown in use and development as over the years Hmong immigrants (from
several countries of origin) and then their US-born children enrich our
communities. So the members of our core planning committee for this conference will
make principles and law signs in this way of writing.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>Here’s an example of how text is written (and of course many
of these words below are English words and newer words, such as ‘micro-credit
lenders’ so I am guessing that in these early years of translating into
perhaps a not-often-written language there will be some ‘Hmonglish’
developed as well – not-quite-translatable stuff….</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><i><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-style:italic'>The Community
includes Immigrant farmers, Immigrant farming projects, Refugee support
services, Immigration support services, Cooperative Extension Agencies,
Legislators, Farmers Market Managers, Agricultural marketing programs, Ethnic
crop purveyors, USDA/ FSA agencies, micro-credit lenders, cultural competency
trainers, translators, agricultural producers, Foundations, and other
passionate advocates.</span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in'><i><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-style:italic'>Cov tau koom
ntawv muaj raws li no cov neeg ua teb uas khiav txawv teb chaws tuaj; cov muaj hom
phiaj yuav pab cov neeg ua teb; Cov neeg uas pab txhawb cov neeg tawg rog; Qhov
chaw uas pab cov neeg khiav txawv teb chaws tuaj; Cov koom haum; Cov thawj saib
xyuas kiakhw tshav puma; Cov pab rau seem ua liaj ua teb cog qoob cog loo; Cov koom
haum USDA/ FSA; Cov chaw txais nyiaj; Cov qhia txog lwm haiv neeg; Cov pes lus;
Cov chaw muaj nyiaj txiag pab; thiab lwm tus uas muaj lub siab pab.</span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Cheers (in any
language)</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Lisa</span></font></p>
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