Post 15 jaroj da esperantisteco, mi finfine perdis mian virgecon … ne por tio – malpurmensulo! – sed por internaciaj Esperantaj eventoj. Jes … dum la pasinta semajno mi (kun 9 aliaj britoj kaj ĉirkaŭ 400 aliaj partoprenantoj entute) ĉeestis la Internacian Junularon Kongreson (IJK) en Liberec, Ĉeĥio. Kaj kia enkonduko al internaciaj eventoj! (more…)

Junularo Esperantista Brita attained international fame today with a passing mention in an online edition of ‘The New Poland Express’.

The article, which informs readers of the forthcoming Universala Kongreso, due to take place in Bialystok shortly, concludes with a reference to JEB.

The British Esperanto Youth organisation, though, should take care in displaying their organisation’s initials, JEB, during the gathering, as this is a rather offensive word in Polish.

One member of JEB has already voiced regret on Twitter that we have not invested in corporate T shirts for the event

You can read the comment in context, here.

Did you know that you can read copies of EAB Update online at the EAB website? Update is the quarterly newsletter of EAB, which is sent to all members and supporters of the association in paper format. A few weeks after each edition is published, however, a pdf version is uploaded to the website so that even non-members are able to read the latest news and articles.

The July – September 2009 issue has just been uploaded and can be read online here. The current edition includes an extensive review of the recent British Esperanto Congress in Salisbury written by JEBano Tim Owen, as well as a report on recent JEB activity written by JEB secretary, Clare Hunter. Update also contains details about forthcoming events, such as the British Esperanto Congress 2010 in Llandudno, and a wealth of other news items, letters and opinions, making it well worth a read

I write a tired man, having driven from Felixstowe to Leicester yesterday, via Birmingham, and then having to get to the office for 06:30.

It was worth the journey, though, because I was returning from JEB’s summer meet-up in Felixstowe, Suffolk.

We had a pretty good turn-out, nine people by my count, including a new person

Saturday was a pretty big travel day for Tim and Clare, and Mikeo in particular, coming all the way from Manchester-ish. Because of the later arrival, the afternoon was spent chatting at one of our friend’s house and going out for a meal, before walking along the beach.

Sunday was a little busier, since we visited Landguard Fort, an installation set up on the wishes of Henry VIII and active in preventing invasion from the Dutch in the seventeenth century, before finally being discommisioned in 1956.

It was a very pleasant weekend in a nice locale, and well worth attending.

The Esperanto Association of Britain now has its own account on Twitter.

Follow Esperanto_UK for up-to-date news and details of events taking place throughout the UK.

If you have any thoughts or ideas about items which we could tweet, please get in touch with Radio in the JEB forums