The London Language Show took place this year from 31 October to 2 November. Hundreds of exhibitors, from publishers to language schools, government agencies to recruiters, were in town for the biggest language exhibition of the year, and it was only fitting that the Esperanto Association of Britain should be well represented too. As has become customary over the last few years, a variety of JEB members were in attendance to assist EAB in promoting Esperanto (more…)

Visitors to Esperanto House in Barlaston, the headquarters of the Esperanto Association of Britain, might have been surprised last Saturday to find it playing host to an event known as the ODD weekend. The ODD (or Open Democracy Discussion!) group was organised by Derek Tatton as a chance for Esperantists to come together and debate a wide variety of issues in a friendly and informal environment. JEB-anoj Tim and Clare were two of the ten participants, who over the course of two days discussed themes as diverse as the meaning of citizenship and how to appreciate fine wine. (more…)

JEB’s autumn meet-up took place on Saturday October 11th. Seven young Esperantists - Tim, Clare, Thomas, Damon, Guy, Chris (a komencanto) and Ben (from Belgium) - met up outside the Worcester Cathedral. We soon moved on to lunch in a nearby pub, where enjoyed a wide variety of food and drinks, as well as some very interesting conversation and as a short walk through the historic parts of the city.

It was particularly nice to be joined by a non-native English speaker for this latest renkontiĝo, as it inspired us to speak Esperanto more dilligently than usual; impressively, Chris - who had only been learning Esperanto for a few weeks and had never spoken the language before - was able to follow our conversation and to join in with most of it.

Once again, however, the JEB meet-up has proven to be one of the most interesting ways to spend a Saturday. The next meetup will be in the New Year - please do get in touch if you have any ideas for dates or a venue.

Norwich Jubilee Esperanto Foundation (NoJEF)

La Fondaĵo NoJEF invitas de junaj esperantistoj malpli aĝaj ol 26 jarojn (je la dato de peto) kaj daŭre loĝantaj en Britio, petojn pri vojaĝpremioj en la financa jaro 2009/10 (aprilo 2009 – marto 2010).

Specife, oni invitas petojn pri:

• Premioj W F Edwards - por ĉeesti esperantajn eventojn en Britio (ekz. Britan Kongreson, Someran Festivalon);
• Premioj Harry & Norah Holmes - por ĉeesti la Universalan Kongreson 2009 (en Bjalistoko);
• Premioj Kons. Dean - por ĉeesti aliajn esperantajn eventojn ekster Britio (ekz. IJK, Internacian Seminarion).

Oni faru petojn ĝis la 1-a de marto 2009, per letero aŭ retletero al la Sekretario (vidu sube).

Tiaj leteroj, en bonforma Esperanto, resumu la personajn detalojn kaj la priesperantan historion de la petanto, motivojn por fari la peton, kaj kiom oni petas (plejofte kotizon, vojaĝ- aŭ/kaj loĝspezojn).

Plua informo haveblas ĉe www.esperanto-gb.org/nojef aŭ de la Sekretario.

David Kelso - Sekretario, NoJEF
davidekelso<ĉe>yahoo.org.uk

Pli pri NoJEF

The Londona Esperanto-Klubo, dating back to 1903, runs a weekly get-together.

They’re now opening for business a little bit earlier, specifically to teach beginners prior to each week’s meeting.

The club’s president, David Thornell, will take the classes between 18:00 and 19:00 every Friday, prior to the arrival of the regular members.

The London Club meets at the London Irish Centre, Camden Square.

The JEB Autumn Meet-up has now been scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 11th in the attractive Midland city of Worcester. Details are as yet to be negotiated, but we plan to meet in a central location around lunch-time, and proceed to a pub for some food and a chat. All JEB members are welcome - we can speak as much or as little Esperanto as you like - so please get in touch, either here or at the forums if you are interested in coming along and would like more information.

We’re always open to suggestions as to new locations for future meet-ups, so if you can’t make this date or Worcester is too far for you to travel, please get in touch also and we’ll see what we can do next time round

This year’s IS is taking place between 27th December and 3rd January in the picturesque German town of Biedenkopf. If you want to know more, you should check out the cool new IS website, where you can read all about the proposed program and see photos from last year’s event

As is traditional, there promises to be a high JEB turn-out this year. If you would like to join us, feel free to get in touch at the forums, where we will do our best to answer any questions you might have. This thread, which discusses the best and cheapest ways to get to Biedenkopf, may also be of use. Don’t forget that if you’re under 26 and speak Esperanto, you may be eligible to attend Esperanto events for free

I earlier received the following email from the Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo.  It’s based in Rotterdam and is staffed by full-time volunteers.

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TEJO serĉas volontulon!

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Guy Johnston, lastatempa alveninto en JEB, ĉeestis la Internacian Junularan Kongreson. Li verkis ĉi tiun raporteton pri la evento.

La ĉi-jara Internacia Junulara Kongreso en Szombathely, Hungarujo, estis mia unua kongreso de tut-monda Esperanto-organizaĵo, kaj mia unua sperto de esti sam-tempe kun kelkaj centoj da esperantistoj. Mi jam konis la unikan senton donatan de Esperanto de esti kun homoj el diversaj landoj kvazaŭ ĉiuj estus sam-landanoj, sed antaŭe mi ne estis jam spertinta tiun unikaĵon tiom grand-skale. Estas danke al la helpo de NoJEF ke mi havis sufiĉe da mono por iri.

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Having just got back from the IJK in Hungary, JEB are now looking to organise another meet-up in the UK this autumn. This will be a small, informal get-together, probably on a Saturday afternoon, at a time and location as yet to be decided At the moment we’re open to suggestions for a town to meet in - our most recent meetings have been in Leicester, Peterborough and Buxton - so if you are interested in coming along and would like to suggest a location convenient for you, please don’t hesitate to get in touch either here or in the forums and we’ll see what we can do We will also be grateful if interested parties could get in touch with their preferred dates so that we can try to arrange a day convenient for all. The current thinking is late September or early October to give everyone a chance to get back from their exciting summer holidays!