Damir's blog
Just read this Literatura Foiro article. The Civito appears to be UEA's arch nemesis. One of the comments is a blog post of someone who didn't attend the Mexican Congress because Civitanoj would be running the exams and featured (or something). He describes one of the main people involved as "in a Raŭmism idyll." Raŭmism I've heard of, but doesn't seem quite that offensive. I don't understand the connection between Raŭmism and La Civito, nor the individual controversies. What is going on here?
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USEJ now has its own Facebook Page, a Group at the E-o social network Esperantujo, and soon will have a twitter account ("usej" was taken -- any suggestions?). I highly recommend staying in contact with them, particularly the Facebook Page. The Esperantujo site is still in its infancy but has a lot of potential, and a chat feature!
The beginning of this article is my ramblings on the fantastic LK, but at the end I mention a bit about the resurrection of USEJ and the prospects of having a midwest kongreso.
The LK was home to several discussions about the E-USA Youth movement (or, lack thereof). We're thinking conventions, meetups, a home on the E-USA website, etc. Anyone (youth or youth-at-heart!) up for a Skype brainstorm session tomorrow around 7 PM Central time? (By tomorrow I mean Saturday, probably "today" by the time I end up publishing this.) Let me know if so! If not, feel free to leave ideas in comments here!
So: Saturday, Skype, 7PM CST. Ĉeestu.
PS: My group had rave reviews of the LK as a whole and I am working on a blog post for that as well.
Saluton al ĉiuj!
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Today Esperanto@UIUC's Esperanto-Week came to a fulfilled end. We met for an hour Monday-Friday over snacks and jollity and worked through a chapter of "Teach Yourself Esperanto" per day. We had two new members who came every day (they should get a trophy--what brave souls) and are now speaking beautifully and clearly learning beyond what the class has taught.
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An update from me and Esperanto@UIUC. First off, a request: a teacher in Arizona has a small class of 8th graders but is looking to start a kindergarten Esperanto class as well. Any suggestions for a course (preferably in book form) that they could use? He has "Teach Yourself Esperanto," but he's looking for something more appropriate for 5-year-olds.
The Esperanto club at University of Illinois has been going rather swimmingly. Total, there's about 12 people who actually come to meetings, though there's been some definite interest so I imagine more will be coming soon. That's more than I expected in such a short time with so little publicity.
Allow me to update you on the mind-boggling loveliness of our group here at U of I! Also, some discussion on how to spend the money I can wrangle from the school's club funding. Help me spend this money!
Saluton!
Would readers be willing to have a group chat over Skype (voice and/or text) this Friday evening? I'm free almost all afternoon and night, so whenever is good for you working folks... I will suggest a time, just to get us started. How does 6:00 PM Central time work?
Do we want to have a topic? Suggestions welcome.
