News reaches me of a job offer in Nanjing University, China.

The position is vice-president of a new programme that will prepare Chinese students to study in English-speaking universities and preference will be given to people who speak Esperanto. Unfortunately, I fear none of us will be able to apply, seeing as prospective employees will have gained a master’s degree or doctorate in teaching English to speakers of other languages, which somewhat limits the potential talent pool.

The original email is found behind the snip.

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Semajno De Kulturo Internacia

Most of this message will be in Esperanto, since people who will react to it must speak the language. For the sake of interest, I’ll summarise it very quickly in English. I won’t go into any of the details about time and so on, since if you can’t read it in Eo, you wouldn’t be able to apply anyway.

There’s scope for young Esperanto-speakers to spend a week in Pisa, all costs covered.  The mayors of six towns in the vicinity are offering twenty-five Esperanto-speakers (ten Italian, fifteen from elsewhere) accommodation and costs to visit the area and introduce the local middle-school children to Esperanto and aspects of their own cultures.

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The title gives a clear enough summary

The Polish Sejm (equivalent to our Parliament) has given its unanimous backing to the nomination of Esperanto for the Nobel Peace Price, 297 votes for and precisely 0 against.

Although Esperanto belongs to everyone, it was born in Poland, a country that boasts an MEP who is fluent in the language, Małgorzata Handzlik. She’s not the only one, either: The UK is represented by David Ferguson (Daffyd ap Fergus).

If you’ve chanced on this report and would like to know a little more about the birth of Esperanto, please feel free to avail yourself of our “About Esperanto” page.

And support for Esperanto isn’t localised merely to other lands: As of today, eight British MPs have also supported the nomination of Esperanto for the Nobel Peace Price. Gratulon al nia kara lingvo!

It’s now official~! The JEB summer meetup will be taking place on the weekend of 19th and 20th July in Buxton, Derbyshire. For more information, please see the leaflet attached below. If you’re interested in coming, please get in touch with us as soon as possible so that we can help you find some suitably-priced accommodation.

JEB Summer Meet-up

Look forward to seeing you in Buxton

Kvankam mi unue aŭdis pri Esperanto antaŭ kelkaj jaroj, mi eniris la movadon nur pasintaŭguste, kiam mi aliĝis al JEB. La unuan fojon kiam mi renkontis aliajn Esperantistojn en oktobro, kiam kelkaj JEBanoj kunvenis en Leicester, sed la ĉi-jara BKE estas mia unua vera kongreso - kaj ankaŭ la unua fojo kiam mi fakte parolis esperantlingve (anstataŭ legi aŭ skribi). Mi iom timetis kiam mi alvenis en Southport, ne sciante kio okazos dum la semajnfino - sed mi baldaŭ renkontis Mikeo kaj dum la interkona vespero mi eksciis ke mi fakte bone komprenas la lingvon.

Miaj aliaj geamikoj de JEB bedaŭrinde devis alveni iom malfrue, kaj ili do maltrafis la interkonan vesperon. Je sia alveno, ili ankoraŭ ne estis manĝintaj, do iris ni al itala restoracio. La servado estis ege malbona, sed amuzis mi ke, pro nia krokodilado, la kelnero supozis ke ni estas ordinaraj britoj kiuj ne parolas iun ajn lingvon krom la anglan, kaj klopodis konvinki nin ke li estas italo… per paroli la hispanan! Post la manĝo jam malfruis, do ni revenis al nia hotelo kaj ekdormis.
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Our annual committee get-together took place during the BKE.

Clare has graciously prepared the minutes.

The things to note are:

1. The committee now comprises Tim, Mikeo, Clare, and Thomas.
2. We have committed to arrange two get-togethers, the first of which will take place within the next three months, ostensibly in Buxton.
3. The diskutlisto is no more. Finally.

The minutes are downloadable from here.

JEB are currently in the process of discussing an official summer meet-up. The latest plan is to spend a weekend in July or August in the pleasant town of Buxton in the Peak District. Nothing, however, is as yet final and if you have any ideas, JEB would like to hear from you. Visit us in this forum thread and let us know which weekends you are available and where you would like to go

We hope to agree the details soon, so watch this space for further information about accommodation and activities!

News reaches us that the Esperanto Association of Britain’s Geoffrey Sutton’s ambitious mission to produce an encyclopedia of the congeries of literature produced during the 121 years since Esperanto’s introduction has been accomplished

Here’s information from the official press release:

• a unique work of international reference
• an English-language companion for the literary enthusiast
• a ‘must’ for every serious library and media reference section (more…)

A number of JEBanoj have already signed up to attend the Internacia Junulara Kongreso (IJK) which this year is taking place in Szombathely in Hungary, from 26th July to 2nd August 2008.

If you want to know more about the congress, we recommend you visit the official IJK website, where you can read all the details about the location and programme (in Esperanto only), as well as view a list of those people who have already signed up. (more…)

Just to inform you that the British Esperanto Congress is taking place in Southport, Merseyside from Friday 9th May 2008 to Sunday 11 May 2008. Southport is a vibrant seaside town, easily accessible both by road and public transport, and this year’s congress promises to be a thoroughly enjoyable event.

If you wish to read more about the weekend, which is organised by the Esperanto Association of Britain (EAB), please click on the following link to the EAB website which provides further details: http://www.esperanto-gb.org/eab/eab_events/bk_payment.htm#ko ngreso You can also sign up and pay via this page; the cost is £10 for JEB members but to read how you could claim your costs back via NoJEF please see the following part of the JEBsite http://www.jeb.org.uk/attend-eo-events-for-free (more…)