SFSU 1990 - Esperanto-USA

The ELNA Newsletter: News of the languageproblem and Esperantoas a solution 1990 (1)

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Summer camp for Esperantists

SFSU 1990More on CriticismsThe Editor takes a look at some of themost common criticisms of Esperanto bythe non-Esperantist public and debunksthe myths. If you have problems counter-ing criticism of Esperanto in your ownencounters, you'll want to read thismonth's editorial waiting for you justinside the cover.

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ELNACandidatesElection time for ELNA is rolling aroundagain. The candidates speak out in theirown words on the future ofELNA, Espe-ranto in the U.S., and other issues ofinterest to all our members. Be informedand vote!

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To Mexico with Esperanto TravelThe Esperanto Travel Service is planningtravel to the ELNA convention this sum-mer in Mexico City. Various excursionsto the beautiful sites in and around thisancient city are in the works. See the backcover for details on how to participate.Ole!

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In This Issue

From the Central Office 5

Pasoj- Transitions 7

Expanded Calendar! 8

And Much, Much More toDelight and Inform You!

by Grant GoodallThe travel section of the Sunday New

York Times carried an article a fewmonths ago about "summer camps foradults," which are apparently all the ragenow among vacation-goers in the know.The idea is that rather than spending yourvaluable free time at the same old touristtraps that everybody goes to, you can in-stead spend a few weeks learning how tobake bread and pastries at a cookingschoolin Vennont, perfecting your cello-playing skills at a conservatory in NorthCarolina, or brushing up on your Latin ata college in New York, to mention just afew of the possibilities that the author ofthe article proposed.

Of course American Esperantists haveknown about this latest "vacation con-cept" for a long time. For 20 years now,people from all over the world have been

going to California during the summer tostudy Esperanto at San Francisco StateUniversity. This three-week program,which offers everything from beginningclasses to advanced seminars, is reputedto be among the best anywhere.

Many people return year after year, andit is easy to see why. SF State has a verypretty campus, and it's an ideal place toimmerse yourself in Esperanto for a fewweeks. Most participants live and eattogether right on campus, so you canspend every waking moment speakingand thinking in Esperanto, if you like(you'll probably even start dreaming init!). When you feel like playing towist, ashort streetcar or bus ride can take you toChinatown, Union Square, Golden Gate

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E D ,,- QRCathy Schulze transsendis al mi ar-

tikolon, kiun provizis at si Marta Evans.La titolo de la artikolo estas "Nu Ca-nadean langwaje 'rasional,' eezi to lern,"kaj gi traktas ies novan projekton porfonetikigi la anglan lingvon. Sur lamargeno, Marta skribis: "Kara Cathy,Kiel oni kontraubatu mensogojn pri Es-peranto?"

La koncernaj alinooj legigas jene (mipardonpetas al neanglalingvaj legantojpro la manko de traduko):

"[Ted W.] Culp, a gray-haired secondary school-teacher, said he always wasinterested in language and cre-ated his Canadien in 1987, thecentenary of the artificial lan-guage Esperanto once touted asthe way to an (tiel!) interna-tional communication.

"'There's no sense creating alanguage that no one speaks,' hesaid of Esperanto and its latefounder, the Polish philologistLudwig Zamenhof. 'That's thefatal weakness from which itwill never recover .... It was justthe wrong strategy. m

Kiel oni respondu al tiaj eraroj? (Mimem preferas ne uzi la vorton "menso-goj", car mi supozas, ke simple temas prinescio flanke de s-ro Culp kaj manko deprofesia esplorado pri la afero flanke dela [nenomita] verkinto de la artikolo. Miestas preta akcepti, ke temas pri honestajeraroj-gis oni pruvos al mi la malon.)

Per du pasoj vi povas rebati tiajnerarojn. La dua paSo estas: skribi leteronalIa gazeto,jumalo, revuo en kiu vi legisilin-tuj telefonu alla radiostacio, ce kiuvi audis ilin. Ne atendu, ke iu alia respon-dos; necesas, ke vi mem entreprenu tion.Fakte, la apero de tiaj eraroj estas bonaoportuno informi la publikon pri Espe-ranto.

Kaj la unua paSo? Vi povas trafe rebatierarojn nur se vi mem konas la faktojn.

Cu vi konas la faktojn pri Esperanto?Mi ne parolas pri la simplaj faktoj ... kegi estas facile lernebla ... ke substantivojfinigas per -0 ... ke gininventis iu polafilologo. Cu vi komis gian historion, gianliteraturon, gian aktualan staton en lamondo? Cu vi povas citi anekdotojn ellapropra sperto, kaj tiu de aliaj, por montri,

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ke Esperanto estas afero ne nur teorie sedankau praktike bona? Cu vi povas kon-trauargumenti ne nur simplajn stultajojnsed ankau konkurantajn ideojn, kiujsajnas egale bonaj ... je la unua vido?

Ni rigardu la "faktojn", kiujn nescianteproponas. s-ro Culp kaj kiujn naivetransdonis al ni la verkinto de la artikolo.

1) Se vi fakte studis ne nur la historionde Esperanto, sed ankau la vivon deZamenhof, vi tuj rimarkos, ke L.L.Z. neestis "filologo" sed simpla of talmo 1-ogo--ordinara homo, kiu ne profesie sed"nur" amatore .rilatis kun lingvoj. Neforgesu, tamen, ke "amatoro" etimologiesignifas "amanton". Cetere, filologojstudas Iingvojn por analizi ilin kaj kon-stati jam ekzistantajn regulojn pri iliasangigemo. Zamenhof estis lingva ar-tisto; lia kapablo estis ne nur analizi, sedankau sintezi lingvon. Ne ekzistasscienca noma por tiaj homoj, car en lahistorio ili ege maloftas-kompare kunla filologoj.

2) Cetere, Zamenhof estis pola nurgoografie; gente li estis judo (kaj suficekaj prave fieris pri tio), kaj lau nacio Iiopiniis sin ruso-la rusa estis lia denaskalingvo.

3) Lia nomo estis ne Ludwig (au, pliguste, Ludovik); tiun nomon oni fiksis alIi pro rusa lego, kiu postuIis, ke ciu infanohavu "kristanan" nomon. Fakte, lia veranomo estis Lazar, kaj prave oni nomuslin, en lia denaska lingvo, LazarMarkovic Zamenhof, t.e. Lazar Filo deMarkus Zamenhof.

4) Ke "ne havas sencon krei lingvon,kiun neniu par-olas", tio simple signifas,ke lau s-ro Culp tute ne havas sencon kreilingvon; car en la momento de kroo,lingvon laudifine parolas neniu. tiusteEsperanto, tamen, pruvas, ke tio ne estasnesuperebla malavantago; car la fenom-ena kreskado de Esperanto okazis gusteen jarcento, kiam pro la ekonomia, poli-tika kaj milita premo de la grandaj lingvojla malgrandaj emis velki kaj malaperi.

5) Cu fakte neniu parolas Esperanton?Se jes, kiom da homoj do scipovas lalingvon? Nu, ni povas fantazii ciferojngis ni dronos en iIi, sed mi mem kutimediras: "Inter du kaj dek-kvin milionoj dahomoj povas komuniki pere de Espe-ranto; la faktan ciferon mi supozas pHproksima alIa' du' 01 alIa' dek -kvin' . Se

vi .volas uzi ian oficialan nombron, laWorld Alamanc and Book of Facts por1989 uzas la ciferon du milionoj en latabelo de la plej ofte uzataj lingvoj de lamondo."

Car "la plej bona defendo estas atako" ,estus bone ankau scii ion .pri la amatajcevaletoj de la kritikantoj de Esperanto.Tiu de s-ro Culp estas la fonetikigo de laangla lingvo, kaj ankau ia raciigo de giagramatiko. Tio estas evidente bonegaideo; la angla lingvo certe bezonas ianplibonigon. Cu vi scias ion ajn pri lahistorio de la fonetikiga movado? Cu vipovas guste taksi giajn sancojn desukceso? Cu fakte fonetikigo de la anglalingvo estas entrepreninda?

Jen kelkaj respondoj. S-ro Culp ne launua proponas tiajn Sangojn en la anglalingvo, sed malgraii multaj tiaj proponojdum la pasinta jarcento-ekzemple, lafonetikiga kampanjo de la Chicago Trib-une. kies eldonisto forte financis gin-neniu tia movado lasis ee spuron en lahodiaiia angla skribIingvo. Kaj cetere,lau mia kompreno neniu fanatika fon-etikisto iam ajn respondis la eksterordi-nare gravan demandon: Kies anglanlingvon ni fonetikigu? Car se oni fakteekuzus fonetikan sistemon similan al tiude s-ro Culp,la supra frazo legigus, en lafonetika usona lingvo, "Nyu Kaneidyanlangwaje 'rashunl,' eezee t 1m." Kaj ladiferencoj inter la usona kaj, ni dieu, laaustralia skriblingvoj estus eCpli profun-daj. Efektive, ciu libro verkita en la britakaj australia angla lingvoj devus estialmenau transliterumitaj antau venda alusonanoj, kaj inverse. En la nuna mom-ento, la tute neracie literumata anglaskriblingvo ludas unuigan rolon en laanglalingva mondo, same kiel la cinaskriblingvo en Cinio dum multaj jarcen-toj.

Jen kelkaj aliaj ordinaraj "faktoj" priEsperanto,kiuj fakte aperis en la gazetarodum lastaj monatoj. La nombro de Espe-ranto-parolantoj atingis sian supron en1930 ... Esperanto taiigas por verki Ii-brojn pri Esperanto, sed por nenio alia ...ciuj esperantistoj (:::parolantoj de Espe-ranto) estas "vortmarotistoj" kiuj celasmondan unuigon.

~e tiuj au similaj stultajoj aperus engazeto au revuo, kiun vi legas, cu vipovus respondi ilin?

-Don Harlow

Prof. Ron Glossop provides an excel-lent short article "Esperanto Vivas - Been Usono" in the Newsletter of the Illi-nois Foreign Language Teahcers Asso-ciation (Spring, 1989). Prof. Glossopagain emphasizes the great potential ofEsperanto in teaching foreign languagesto gifted young people. (from the C.O.)

In its most recent catalog, "Audio-Forum," a marketer of audio-visual for-eign-language courses, includes the Es-peranto course Jen Nia Mondo, devel-oped by "the internationally noted lin-guist"Dr.JohnC. Wells, whoiscurrentlyalso the president of UEA. "Audio-Fo-rum" has headquarters in Guilford, CT,and London, England. (from EldonBeard and Cathy Schulze)

The Los Angeles, CA, Times (Oct. 16,1989), in an article "All Greek to You?But Not to Esperanticists" (sic!) byJames Tortolano, briefly discusses Espe-ranto and former Garden Grove, CA,mayor J. Tilman Williams, an ardentpromoter and user of the language. (sentby Peggy Zarchy)

Laurence Siegle, describing "Cast cre-ating characters for [the play] 'SocialSecurity'" in the Brownsville, TX, Her-ald (November 5, 1989), mentionsELNA member PrendaE. Cook ("SophieGreenglass"), her "almost total immer-sion in Esperanto, the international lan-guage," and her participation in Espe-ranto congresses in seven (named) coun-tries. (sent by Prenda Cook)

To Steve Jobs, formerly of AppleComputer ("Unix is the Esperanto ofoperating systems") and computer col-umnist George Morrow ("Esperanto wasa product of the academic world in the1930's ... it failed miserably") we cannow add Schlumberger software systemsspecialist Dr. Scott Guthery, who in anarticle on object-oriented programminginDr.Dobb' sJournal (December, 1989)blithely states that "Esperanto was won-derful for writing books about Esperantobut not much else." Scott, pli bonus se vi

skribus mute, I Car en real' vifujis tute!(pointed out by Andy Beals)

"Esperanto tipped as language of. thefuture," says Luke Slattery, educationreporter for the Melbourne, Australia,The Age (Jan. 4, 1990). Mr. Slatteryquotes at length from Dr. Peter Ellyard ofthe Commission for the Future, who wasscheduled to open the 27th Congress ofthe Australian Esperanto Association inMelbourne the following weekend. Thearticle generated an "objective critique"of Esperanto ("this bloodless, back-boneless, witless defonnity") by a Mr. D.G. H. Jones (Jan. 8,1990) and a reasonedresponse to Mr. Jones by Mr. Justice K.Enderby, vice-president of the AEA (Jan.10, 1990). (from Leonard E. Blicken-staff, M.D.)

Martha Ullman West, in two articles inthe Portland, OR, Oregonian (Jan. 12,1990) about the Oregon Dance Consort'spresentation "Descendants," gives spe-cial mention to the finale, led into bysinger Jacqui Sutton singing "AmazingGrace" in Esperanto. (sent by Jim Deer)

"Try Esperanto," advises CynthiaLibby in a letter to the San Francisco, CA,Chronicle (Jan. 17, 1990). Ms. Libbydescribes her use of Esperanto in a tripthrough the Eastern Bloc, the SovietUnion and China, regions where "Eng-lish goes nowhere." "Until you experi-ence [the lack of language barriers],"says Ms. Libby, "you can't imagine thepleasure of such direct communication.Esperanto is the language of interna-tional friendship." (noticed by 1.Onet)

An article about a "rasional"-ized ver-sion of English, created by Ted W. Culpof TorontQ, which appeared in The DailySentinel (Jan. 24, 1990), suggests thatEsperanto has been a victim of poor strat-egy. "There's no sense creating a lan-guage that no one speaks" -though I fmdit difficult to imagine any other kind oflanguage that one could create .... (sentby Marta Evans & Edwin Harler; see thisissue's editorial)

John Mathews, in a letter to the Sacra-mento, CA, Bee (Jan. 25, 1990), pointsout the difficulty for adults to learn for-eign languages, particularly English, andsuggests Esperanto as a more viable al-ternative for interpersonal communica-tion. (sent by John Mathews)

ELNA member Prof. Ronald J. Glos-sop, in a letter "Freedom To Travel" tothe editor of the St. Louis, MO, Post-Dis-patch (Jan. 27, 1990), urges the U.S.government to rescind its ban on travel toCuba so that speakers of Esperanto mayattend this year's World Esperanto Con-gress in Havana." Any imagined badconsequences resulting from our going tosuch meetings," says Prof. Glossop,"cannot be worse than the bad interna-tional publicity we will get from restrict-ing the travel of our own citizens." (sentby Ron Glossop)

"Por Trovi Amikojn Per Esperanto" isthe title of an excellent one-page letter byELNA member Arlyn Kerr in the travelnewsletter Europe Through The BackDoor. Mrs. Kerr does not speak of thehistory or current number of speakers ofEsperanto, but demonstrates the useful-ness of the language by quoting specificexperiences of her husband Les, herdaughter Julie, and Joel Brozovsky intheir travels. Editorial comment: this isthe sort of article I'd certainly like to seemore of. (sent by Arlyn Kerr)

Marilyn McMahon of the Santa Bar-bara, CA,News-Press devotes an article,"Intercontinental travels lead to globalvolunteer work," to Santa Barbara Esper-antist William Mets, mentioning at onepoint his interest in Esperanto. (sent byDorothy Holland-Kaupp)

The 1990 Yearbook of Jehovah's Wit-nesses, section on Finland, describes the1922 use of Esperanto by a Brother Har-teva to translate a book about the religion,present its ideas at the 1922 World Con-gress in Helsinki, and spread the word inEastern Europe and the Soviet Union.(from James G. Davis)

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ARIZONAEsperanto classes are again being

taught at Arizona State University thissemester by Bill O'Ryan and AngelinaFereshteh O'Ryan. Classes are held onThursday evenings in the Memorial Un-ion building. (sendis Angelina O'Ryan)

CALIFORNIADum la autuna studperiodo de 1989,

okazis ce Universitato de Kalifornio (SanDiego) seminario kun titolo "Interna-tional Language Problems: Can Espe-ranto Help?" La seminario kunsidis okfojojn inter la 17a de oktobro kaj la 9a de .novembro, kaj valoris unu krediton. Larespondeca instruisto estis ProfesoroRalph A. Lewin. (inform on sendis RalphLewin)

Esperanto estas ankoraufoje instruatadum la printempa semestro ce la Univer-sitato de Kalifornio (Berkeley). Kom-encgradan kurson instruas f-ino JoyElizondo; la laboron de progresiga kursoree dividas Don Harlow kaj Ionel Onet.

COLORADOMartha Evans began an Esperanto

class in Grand Junction on Jan. 11.Martha is also teaching handicapped

SFSU from page 1Park, or any of the other attractions thatSan Francisco has to offer. The ocean isjust a few blocks from campus, andwatching people in hang-gliders hurlthemselves off cliffs has almost becomea traditional after-class activity.

The classes themselves promise to beespecially exciting this year. Two of theinstructors, Stefan MacGill and JovanZarkovic, will be participating in thisprogram for the first time. StefanMacGill is a native of New Zealand, livedin Rotterdam for several years while hewas director of the Central Office ofUEA, and now lives in Budapest. He isperhaps best known for his use of role-playing and humor in the classroom, andhe is the author of several very popular


people, including a 15-year-old boy whowas cruelly wounded in an accident Heis now corresponding with a 13-year-oldgirl in the USSR. (Feb. 1990 News BriefsfromSFERO)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAEkde la komenco de oktobro, 25 in-

fanoj ce la baza lernejo H. D. Cookerekomencis siajn Esperantajn studojndufoje semajne. Prizorgas la kursonLinda Satterthwaite, instruistino porspeciala projekto, kaj Martha Flores, kiuenkondukas parton de la metodoj lemitajce la San Francisco Kurso dum la pasintasomero. (el La BuLteno de LaEsperanto-Societo de Va~ingtono, DC)

Vendrede la Ian de decembro MarthaFlores vizitis kunvenon de 9-jarajskoltetoj de Howard County, kiuj lemispri komunikado. Oni prezentis enkon-dukan prelegeton, lecionon, kaj Esperan-tajn kantojn. Car la kvin infanoj kaj iliajtri plenkreskulaj gvidistoj tujentuziasmigis pri la koncepto de univer-sala lingvo kaj internacia komunikado, ilisatis la Jarlibron de UEA, ilia preferataesperantajo. (el La BuLteno de LaEspe-ranto-Societo de Va~ingtono, DC)

textbooks which make use of these tech-niques. He is in great demand as a teacherand will be giving courses in the SovietUnion and the Scandinavian countriesbefore coming to San Francisco in June.The other newcomer, Jovan Zarkovic, isalso well known as a talented teacher. Hehas taught in Denmark, Poland, and Bul-garia, in addition to his native Yugosla-via, and he is particularly expert in the"Zagreb method" of teaching Esperanto,which has been so popular in recentyears. Mr. Zarkovic is a professional in-terpreter and currently works in the Yu-goslav Embassy in Moscow. He has pub-lished a number of translations ofliteraryworks into Esperanto and is now workingon a book on Esperanto stylistics.

MARYLANDLee Stem parolis pri Esperanto la 18an

de decembro al 16 studentoj ce laMagruder Mezlernejo en Rockville.Sendube kontaktoj kun studentoj kaj in-struistoj kreos efIkajn avantagojn por laantauenpuso de Esperanto. (el La BuL-teno de LaEsperanto-Societo de Va~ing-tono,DC)

MASSACHUSEtTSDum la tuto de januaro, la Eo-Societo

de Nov-Anglio kaj Jill Millerekspoziciistri montrejojn da literaturo Esperanta enNatick. La ekspozicio trovigis en la bib-lioteko Morse Institute, la publika biblio-teko de Natcik. (raportis Jill Miller enVerda Lumo, la bulteno de ESNE)

En oktobro de 1989, oni invitis AllanC. Boschen verki kaj prezenti du konfer-encajn referatojn pri Esperanto. Unu,"Potencialo por Apliko de Esperanto enKlerigado", audigis en Novjorko, ce laJarkongreso de la St Lawrence-sekcio dela Usona Societo por Ingenierada Kleri-gado (ASEE); la alia, "Esperanto, porSimpligi kaj Klarigi Intemacian Komu-nikadon", audigis ce la IntemaciaKomu-nikada Konferenco, "Komuniki kun laMondo". (Iau informo de Allan Boschen)

Although all of the instructors will beteaching in all four levels, each level willhave its own special focus. Levell, forbeginners, will consist mainly of a com-bination of the Zagreb and conversa-tional methods which Mr. Zarkovic hasused so successfully elswhere. Studentswill get a very intensive introduction tothe language, while having a lot of fun atthe same time. Both levels 2 and 3 (post-baza and mezgrada) will be privilegedenough to be able to use MacGill's best-selling book La Lama vekhorLoRo withthe author himself. Level 2 will also get areview of basic Esperanto grammar andwill be reading Claude Piron' s new bookVere atlfantazie, which was written espe-

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Rise in Book OrdersAs always, with the publication of the

new ELNA BOOK SERVICE CATA-LOG we have seen a sharp rise in bookpurchases. We start planning the catalogand its contents about six months inadvance to be sure that we have adequatecopies of each item in stock.

We moved the publication date to thefirst of the year so that new members willhave an up-to-date listing of the majoritems we carry. Future editions areplanned to appear at about the same time.This is a significant improvement overyears gone by when the catalog was asporadic publication, often outdated anddifficult to use.

During the past two years, we havefocused on phasing out some of the out-dated books we carry. This has not beenan easy task, but one facilitated by suchsales as "The Surprise· Package" and"Books by the Pound." We now have aspecial list of old, discontinued or dam-aged items at specially reduced rates. Fora complete list, send a large, self-ad-dressed stamped envelope to the ELNABook Service, P.O. Box 1129,EICerrito,CA 94530-1129.

We are very happy to report that evenwith the general increase of book salesduring the past year we are able to shipmost orders on the day we receive them.

SFSU from page 4cially for students at this level. Piron isalways a very entertaining author, and Iam sure that students will really enjoythis latest effort of his. Students in level 3will be reading a wide selection of storiesand poems, both humorous and serious,in Fabeloj de la verda pigo and the Bazaliteratura krestomatio. In addition, theywill be surveying the recent music scenein Esperanto, whichhasseenarealexplo-sion in growth in the last few years. Theywill be reading the lyrics and listening toarrangements of songs ranging in stylefrom rock and roll to opera, and just abouteverything in between. Students in level4 (supera) will read La blinda birdo bythe noted Hungarian novelst IstvanNemere. This book has received very

This is due in large part to the diligentwork of lonel Onet, who is celebratinghis one year anniversary at ELNA.

The greatly improved appearance ofthe catalog is largely due to Greg Was-son, ex-director of the Central Office andnow typesetter for Esperanto U.S.A. aswell as a published author. Greg donateda portion of the time necessary to producethe catalog.

Handbook ForNew Members of ELNA

Results from the recent survey aboutthe Handbook for New Members ofELNA are still coming in so it won't beuntil the third issue of Esperanto U.S.A.that the results will be published.

The Handbook was sent to all currentELNA members, both new and long es-tablished Esperantists, to get their opin-ions of the booklet. Specifically, we arelooking for areas of needed improvementso that the second edition will be moreuseful to new members.

If you are a long established Esperan-tist and haven't returned your survey,please do so now so that your opinionswill be counted! If you need anothersurvey, please don't hesitate to ask.

The same goes for our newest mem-bers. You might think you are too new tohave an opinion, but this booklet was

good reviews and, as it deals with apoliti-cal theme, should be particularly topicalin these days of upheaval and change inEurope. Level 4 will also consist of a"potpourri" of sessions on topics such asstylistics and translation, Esperantogrammar, the history of Esperanto, hu-mor in Esperanto, etc. Students in thislevel are not particularl yknown for beingshy or lacking in opinions, so I expect(and hope!) that class discussions will bespirited and lively.

It is surely a very fortunate coincidencethat both of the foreign instructors thisyear will be coming from Eastern Eu-rope. When their contracts were beingarranged several months ago, who couldhave imagined that so much would tran-

created for your use. We are anxious tohear from you.

ELNA Membership DriveAs you can see by the "Membership

Thermometer" on the front cover of thisissue, our membership level has in-creased notably since last issue. How-ever, we are significantly below our ini-tial goal of 1000 members for 1990.

If you haven't rejoined yet, now is thetime to do so. Check the mailing label onthe envelope in which this newsletterarrived. If it says "Expired," then yourmembership has lapsed as of the dateindicated on the envelope.

Suggestions SoughtThe improved quality ofELNA's ma-

terials, like the Catalog, Handbook, andinformational materials, are the result oftwo things: greater membership partici-pation and better funding. Without bothof these ELNA would not have made theprogress it has during the past three years.

If you have suggestions, ideas, com-ments, proposals, etc., send them to theCentral Office. We are always lookingfor ways to improve our organization andthe services we offer.

-Mark Stephens

spire in that part of the world? Whoknows what will happen between nowand this summer? How will all of theseevents affect the Esperanto movement inthese countries? Since both StefanMacGill and Jovan Zarkovic are cur-rently "on the scene" right where so muchhas been happening, I'm sure they willhave lots of interesting stories to tell.

For all of the above reasons, I think thatthe Esperanto program at San FranciscoState University this year will be an ex-ceptional experience. Whether you wantto think of it as a trendy summer retreat,or as a good old-fashioned way to im-prove your Esperanto, you won't comeaway disappointed. 0


o .,./ :::::.LEnERS.....::....:.

[Note: The letter column is afree-speechforum for members of ELNA. Views ex-pressed are not necessarily those eitherof the editor or of the Esperanto Leaguefor North America, Inc.]

[Grant Goodall, Professor at the Uni-versity of Texas (EI Paso), is a candi-date for the ELNA vice-presidency,and will also be the head instructor atthe Esperanto Summer Workshop atSan Francisco State University thissummer. Here are some of the thingshe's been doing lately .•. ]

The journal Foreign Languages, pub-lished by Shanghai International StudiesUniversity, recently published an articleof mine entitled "Kelkaj Rimarkoj pri laSubjekto en Esperanto" as part of a col-lection of articles honoring the centen-nial of Esperanto. My article was basedon a lecture I gave at that university in1987 while I was on a tour of severalChinese universities. Shanghai Interna-tional Studies University trains Espe-ranto teachers from all over China. Avery impressive operation!

In November I was invited to give alecture at the University of Chihuahua,where I spoke on the history of artificiallanguages with special attention to Espe-ranto. This was part of their "HumanitiesWeek" celebration which they have ev-ery year. There are not very many Esper-antists in Chihuahua, but among them aresome very prominent members of thecommunity, so the idea of Esperanto isfairly well known among educatedpeople. The founder of the School ofHumanities at the University of Chihua-hua, Federico Ferro Gay, is an Esperan-tist who immigrated to Mexico from It-aly. A number of Esperantists there havealready made plans to attend the UK inHavana.

Grant Goodall

[ELNA member Doris Vallon-Wheeler, in China to teach English aspart of a teacher exchange program,recently participated in the First AsianConference of Esperanto Teaching atNanning, Guangxi Province, China, 6-11 November. She reports on it in ageneral letter.]


We had official receptions, artisticperformances by different "MinorityNationalities" of Southern China throughmusic and dancing, and most of all, hoursof exchanging ideas how to improve Es-peranto instruction and performance lev-els throughout Asia.

Chinese teachers of all levels and allages traveled from far and near to partici-pate, from Beijing on the 40° to Nanningon the Tropic of Cancer, and fromLanzhou 103°E to 124°E Dalian. Thenadd Esperanto teachers from Belgium,Sweden, US, and a school principal fromEstonia who traveled eight days andnights by train from Tartu to Nanning andyou know the level of excitement anddedication to helping people communi-cate in a 2nd language accessible to all-now! (Whoops, forgot to include Japanand Korea to complete the Asian partici-pation.)

About forty people worked andplanned for four and a half days. Theimportance of strengthening Asiangroups and expanding learning opportu-nities throughout the Pacific Basin areurgent needs for the Universal EsperantoAssociation, and all-the-world commu-nication.

As part of the effort to improve lan-guage competence 6 1/2 hours ofInterna-tional Exams were participated in bymany. Eight or nine passed the Mezgrada(Intermediate) and another eight or ninepassed the Baza (Elementary) Levels.[My colleage from Anui University]Chen Min and I passed the mezgrada"Tre Bone." I was so proud to be amongthe young Chinese teachers at the firstever Asian Conference for EsperantoInstructors. 1'd never had the chance totake the Internacia Ligo de EsperantistajInstruistoj exam.

A Peak Experience! !!Doris Vallon- Wheeler

[The ILEI exams will be offered to stu-dents at this year's San Francisco StateUniversity summer Esperanto work-shop.]

[Antau pluraj monatoj mi proponis alEilgeno Perevertajlo, la redaktoro dela Esperanto-pago en la plurlingvarevuo Soveta Uzbekistano, skribi ion

pri tiu revuo. Jen lia respondo.]La revuo estas organo de Asocio de

amikeco kun aliaj landoj de Uzbekistano.La tasko de la Asocio kaj de larevuo estastrovi amikojn tra la mondo kaj rakonti aliIi, interesi ilin prila lando Uzbekio. Pri lalando, kies popoloj nun logas en la sudateritorio de Soveta Unio. Ciaj triboj estasdisjetitaj tra la oazoj de Meza Azio, en Iagrandegaj dezertoj KarakumkajKizilkum. La teritorion trancis la iamaGranda Silka vojo, lau kiu iam vagiskamelaj karavanoj. La uzbekaj popolojhavas rican historion, kies kulturajmonumentoj respeguligas en la antikvaarkitekturo kaj moderna arto. Pro lavivkondicoj kaj mahometanaj vivkon-ceptoj la uzbekaj popoloj estas tradiciegastamaj kaj mildanimaj. Nur lalastjardekaj kurbigoj de la nacia kaj sociapolitikoj naskis la malbelajn eventojn dela pasinta jaro. Sed tio ne estas karakter-iza por ni. La elantikvecan konduton de Iapopolo povas nenio difekti.

En la revuo oni povas legi en via lingvomulton pri la lando. Tie estas inkrustitajliteraturajoj, priskriboj pri la popolajspecialajoj. En la revuo ciam aperasricekoloraj grandaj fotoj pri pejzagoj,arkitekturajoj, homoj de Uzbekistano.

Eugeno S. Perevertajlo[Soveta Uzbekistano, en kiu aperas Es-peranto-paRo en eiu dua monato, estasabonebla pere de: EBSCO IndustriesInc., 1st Avenue, North at 13th Str., Bir-mingham AL 35201; Creative Subscrip-tion Service, 1671 E. 16th St. Suite 189,Brooklyn NY 11229; Imported Publica-tions Inc., 320 W. Ohio St., Chicago IL60610; and Znanie Book Store, 5237Geary Blvd., San Francisco CA 94118.te la lasta,lajara abonkosto estas $17.]

[Joel Brozovsky, ELNA-ano kiu labo-ras kiel redaktoro ce la japana religiaorganizo Oomoto, versajne ne bezonasprezentigon al niaj legantoj.]

Kelkaj komentoj pri la NL 1989(6):(1) Responde al Robert DWELLEY:

Usono jest Alia angla lingvo tute mankasadjektiva formo de nomo de nia lando.Hontinde! Kaj malkonvene. Ke en E-ooni povis belsone solvi la problemon es-tas granda avantago.

Continued on page 7

Letters from page 7(2) Laudojn (denove) al Derek ROFF!

La principojn mijam pIi-malpliklopodasuzi, sed lia priskribo estas sprita, ele-ganta, kaj efektiveklariga. Mi esperas, kela esperantistaro, kaj la tuta mondo, pliekuzos tiajn metodojn.

(3) Laudojn ankaii al lonel ONET proutila konsilo por korespondemuloj.Lastjare en Japanio aperis duIingva Ii-breto de Krizantemo, "GvidIibro de In-temacia Korespondado por Esperantis-toj", kiu plenas je tia bona konsilo. Cicelas unuavice japanojn, sed ankaiialiajn-tial duIingve eldonita.

(4) Via vortludo responde al W. ORR

amuzas min: "La plej granda Buso en lalando."(!)

(5) La artikolo pri CEED kaptis mianatenton, kvankam generale ne estis multonova al mi en gi. Sed la elektita ekzemplotre bone ilustras mian grandan timon priCEED-ke gi dame ripetados la erarojnde PIV. Jam WELLS korektis tiun eraron(lime to por"lime": Wells diras limedo-n)sed jen gi estas malkorektita en la novavortaro! (Se limeto estas frukto, limodevas esti granda frukto!) Tiaj esceptoj alEsperanto kompIikigas gin, precipe portiuj ekster la lingvorondo de latinido.

Joel Brozovsky

[Miprincipe konsentas kun vipri radikoj,kutime anglafrancdevenaj, kiuj finitasper -et; bedatlrinde, ne ekzistas regulopor elkludi ilin ella lingvo. rial, en EIPopola Cinio 1990/2 ni povis legi ar-tikolon pri vizito de la sovetia baleto (nebaledo) en tinio. Tamen, kiam temas prineoficialaj vortoj, la demokratiaj fortojkutime venkas; jam en la suplemento dePIV Gaston Waringhien rezignis prikaseto favore alia malpli franca sed pliesperanta kasedo.]

l 2ACI_PASOJBALBIN

La plej nova verko de ELNAano d-ro JuliusBalbin, Imperio de l' koroj, poemaro, estasnun havebla de la eldonejo Edistudio en Pisa,Italio, kaj de la ELNA Libroservo.

BURKENi gojas ekscii, ke resanigante hejmen fine

venis Jesse Burke post monato en malsan-ulejo pro koraj problemoj. Bondezirojn!

Novajletero de E-Klubo de San Diego

FONSECA-GREBERLa 26am de novembro en Thousand Oaks,

CA, edzinigis s-anino Bonnie Fonseca, fIlinode ELNA-ano Prof. James Fonseca kaj diplo-mito de la San Francisco State Universitysomera Esperanto-kursaro (1988) kun s-anoNicolas Greber, funkciulo de la Kultura Cen-tro Esperantista en La Chaux -de- Fonds, Svis-lando. La ges-anoj Greber nun logas en LaChaux-de-Fonds, kie ambaii laboras Ce laKCE. ELNA deziras allanovgeedzoj felicon.

KITTREDGEMortisje 18adedecembro 1989 s-ro Stuart

Kittredge post longa vivo dedicita alIa Espe-ranto-movado kaj la Bahaa Kredo. S-roKittredge Esperantigis kiam li estis juna viro.En la lastaj jardekoj,li ciam klopodis ceesti laUniversalajn Kongresojn de Esperanto. Liestis edzo kaj havis du infanojn.Mallongigita de nekrologo fare de Teodoro

Browne en la BELMonda Letero

MURRAYMary Murray, who passed away on January

9, 1990, grew up in Oregon, the daughter of acircuit-riding Mennonite minister. She mar-ried Connell Murray in 1917. She was a val-ued friend to many of us and devoted to theEsperanto movement.

Following retirement from her teachingpost in Arcata, California, where she taught

Esperanto to her fourth graders, Mary andhusband Conn went off in 1963 to their firstworld Esperanto convention in Sofia, Bul-garia. Afterward they traveled widely in Eu-rope. Returning home through New York,Mary became convinced that ELNA shouldhave an office there for access to the majormedia. The Murrays, with the late Mark Starr,established the New York branch of Espe-ranto Information Center. Mary was success-ful in getting newspaper coverage and a staffof volunteers.

In 1965, following the world EsperantoConvention in Tokyo, Conn and Mary set outfor a barnstorming trip around the world to 26countries in Asia, the Middle East, and Eu-rope. Whenever they arrived at a city, theycontacted the leading newspapers and offeredan interview. "No newspaper turned usdown." Mary wrote. Their trip took them toTaiway, Hongkong, Bangkok, New Delhi.The interview in Manila brought downtownworkers to their hotel. Ever the teacher, Maryset up a blackboard in their room and beganlunch hour lessons for about three weeks.

In December 1965, an article in The DailyStar, Beirut, Lebanon was titled: "EsperantoEstas Modema Lingvo por la Tuta Mondo"resulting in classes at their apartment in theYacoubian Building on Chouran Street. An-other long article in Beirut's KayhanInternational paper brought more students.

While there, on Christmas Day, Mary cutcakes and served coffee at the Navy Canteenset up in a big hotel to serve 68000 membersof the U.S. Sixth Fleet. She wrote: "MostEsperanto activity stopped for the holidays,but will contact the colleges now." Thosewere gentler times in the Middle East.

"Bonan Vojagon, Mary" was the title of anaccount by Zhu Mingyi of the Chinese Espe-ranto League, Beijing, in EI Popola tinio.Mary suffered a massive heart attack inNanjing at the end of her tour in 1980. She

promptly won the hearts of the medical staff inher hospital. And Zhu spent a week sleepingon two chairs in the corridor outside her room.

"In the long course of her active and adven-turious life, Mary never lost sight of the basicgoal that meant more to her than anythingelse: peace. Peace on earth, and peacewithin-for, in her eyes, neither could ever beachieved without the other and both wererequired to heal this hurting world In herpursuit of this dream, she wrote, traveled,spoke, and taught, and she wrote the book'They Shall Not Hurt Nor Destroy'." Eachyear she and Conn contributed a full stipendfor a deserving student for advanced Espe-ranto studies at San Francisco State Univer-sity.

"Mary Murray leaves us all a remarkablelegacy. The lessons she would have liked us tolearn from her life are, like all great truths,very simple-yet utterly vital: cherish thepast, embrace the present, and don't fear thefuture; reach out to others and let them reachback; explore the inexplicable, believe theunbelievable. Expect a Miracle. And, mostimportant of all, love one another, and theworld, as best you can. For love like that-likeherst-will outlive us all. And that's the lastand best gift she gives us."

Corinne Murray and Cathy Schulze

WOODLa 17an de decembro 1989 forpasis s-ino

Hester Renfro Wood, preskaii 93-jara, patrinode dumviva ELNAano s-ino MargaretZarchy. Omage allamemoro de s-ino Wood,s-ino Zarchy starigis ce ELNA, permalavaradonaco, la Fonduson Hester Renfro Wood,kies ciujara rentumo estos uzata por sti-pendioj al la somera Esperanto-kursaro CeSan Francisco Stata Universitato. Kontribuojnome de s-ino Hester Renfro Wood de aliajELNAanoj estos ciam danke akceptataj deELNA.


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[La rubriko Anoncoj enhavas diversajnreklametojn, petojn, ktp., kiuj estasdiskonigindaj sed ne povas trovi lokon enalia rubriko. N ek ELNA nek la redaktoropovas promesi all prirespondeci definiti-van plenumon de io ajn promesita enanonco.]

La okajarkonferenco pri Lingvo kajKomunikado, kiu okazis en Novjorko jela 15a de decembro 1989, kaj kiu traktisla temon "Lingvo kiel Politika kaj SociaFaktoro dum Traktado de TutmondajProblemoj", nun pretigas sian konferen-can kompendion. Kontrau $10.00 oniricevos gin kiam gi estos havebla. Porrezervi vian ekzempleron, sendu cekontiucelan al: Center for Research andDocumentation on World LanguageProblems, Office of the President,University of Hartford, 200 Bloom-field Ave., West Hartford CT 06117.

La Oomoto-Lernejo de JapanajTradiciaj Artoj: Kultura Seminariopor Esperantistoj okazos ce la sidejo deOomoto en Kameoka, Japanio, la 10-25an de augusto, 1990. Oni instruas, La.,la teceremonion, kaligrafion, ceramikanarton kaj meditadan teknikon. Ankauokazos ekskursoj al vidindaj lokoj. Tutakosto por la du semajnoj estos $500,enklude cambron, mangon kaj instrua-don. Aligo limigas je ok studentoj. Kiujhavas intereson, petu plenajn detalojn kajaligilon de: Oomoto, Kameoka-si,Kyoto-hu, 621 Japanio.

Cu vi volas ci-jare partopreni la kona-tan, multnacianjunularan arangon Inter-nacia Junulara Semajno IJS-90? eu vivolas pasigi agrablan, ripozan semajnonen esperantista medio? Se jes, aligu alIJS-90, kiu okazos inter 3-9 augusto en laurbeto Szodliget (c. 30 km norde deBudapesto). Ni antauvidas C. 200 geju-nulojn el C. 15-20 landoj, multajn mova-dojn kaj malmovadajn programerojn(esperantaj koncertoj, kino- kaj vide-ofilmoj, tradicia balo, politikaj kajmovadaj diskutoj, ktp). Se vi volas vidi,mem sperti la sangigantan orienteuropanaunosferon, petu aligilon de: Lingvo-Studio, Szilvasi Laszlo, 1675BUDAPEST, pk. 87, Hungario.

Por ke valoraj registrajoj de nur 1-fojesonintaj Esperanto-koncertoj ne kusu entirkesto, la Esperanto-Fako deLINGVO-Studio decidis eldoni Hin enserio de malgranda eldonkvanto, kunmalalta prezo. (jis nun aperis: laregistraj0 de la profesiista koncerto dumla Budapesta Printempa Festivalo, laEsperantlingva oratorio "Mesio" deHandel; mildaj, lirikaj kantoj de la sov-etia kantista paro lomart kaj NataSa, pre-zentitaj ce IJS-89; kaj la registrajo de laKorusa Festivalo dum la Budapesta UK.Por informoj, skribu al: Lingvo-Studio,Szilvasi Laszlo, 1675 BUDAPEST, pk.87, Hungario.

Esperanto buttons, bumper stick-ers, note pads and writing pads are nowavailable from Dave Rutan. For a com-plete price list, send a self-addressedstamped number 10 envelope to: DavidE. Rutan, 4 Wilson Rd. Apt 27B,Sussex, NJ 07461.

LAPEK (Latinamerika Peresperan13Kultur-Centro) eldonas modestan sedsufice interesan kaj enhave altkvalitandudekpagan revuon en EsperantoLatinamerika Memuaro Abonkotizopor du jaroj (ses sinsekvaj numeroj) es13s5 usonaj dolaroj; la prezo por unu ekzem-plero estas 1 dolaro. Adreso: LAPEK,Apartado Aereo 528, ARMENIA (Q),Kolombio.

S-ano Andreo Grigorjev, kies .in-formilo "Amikaj Adresoj" estis mencii13en nia n-ro 1989(7), skribas: "Mi volasinformi vin, ke krom A.A. mi responde-cas en Krasnojarska Esperanto-Klubo priinternaciaj komerc-ekonomikaj rila-toj, car nun, dum 'perestrojka' multe dasovetaj entreprenoj, looperativoj sercaskontaktojn kun eksterlandaj firmaoj. Sevi havas ligojn kun iaj firmaoj, informu,bonvolu, ilin kaj min pri eblecoj." Kiuvolas helpi en tiaj kontaktoj, skribu al s-ano Grigorjev ce SU-660075KRASNOJARSK, ab/ja 2420, Sovetio.

Okazos private entreprenata Inter-nacia Renkontigo por Memzorgantojinter 21a kaj 28a de junio 1990 en lahungara vilago Baks, kiu situas 35 kmnorde de Szeged apud larivero Tisza. Porinformoj: SOMA, H-6768 BAKS, Hun-gario.

La geja esperantista rondo de SanFrancisko invitas ciujn esperantistojn,kaj gejajn kaj negejajn, partopreni lagejan paradon kun ni en San Francisko, la24an de junio 1990. Cijare por la tria fojooni marsos kun sildo kun la blazono"Geja Esperantistaro kaj Amikoj". Porpli da informo: Earl Galvin, 2336 Mar-ket Suite 127, San Francisco CA 94114,Usono, tel. (415) 621-6082.

Se vi havas intereson pri turismavojagado al kaj en Hungario pere deEsperanto, vi povos ricevis diversajninformojn, enklude la brosuron "Gas-tama Hungario", de la Esperanto-Sekcio de Vojagoficejo "Express",BUDAPEST V, Szabadsag ter 16.,Hungario, alia atento de fa Esperantasekciestrino Elizabeta Gombkoto.

En augusto de la nuna jaro okazos enFrancio du stagoj por eduki responde-culojn por la Esperanto-movado. Lastagoj okazos en la kadro de La Kvinpet-alo, sub auspicio de LF-koop. IIi estas:14-18 augusto, "S13go por la formado deasembleaj kadroj" (d-ro Giorgio SHfer);kaj 21-25 augusto, "Stago porIa form adode respondeculoj pri informado kaj pub-likaj rilatoj" (d-ro Marco Picasso). Inter-esitoj povas ricevi informojn de: LaKvinpetalo (internacia stagejo de LF-koop), route de Civaux, F-86410BOURESSE, Francio, tel. (33 49)428074.

The Nord-Okcidenta Regiona Espe-ranto-Kongreso (NOREK) will takeplace on 26-28 October, 1990, at FortWorden StatePark,PortTownsend, WA.Proceedings will be in Esperanto. Thereis a deadline of June 30 for reserving ac-commodations. For information: LesKerr, 10545 Woodhaven Lane,Bellevue, W A 98004, tel. (206) 455-3069.


Noto: Nomojn lcaj adresojn ni prezentasdllditeraJ; familiaj lcaj "rhaj nomoj estasMAJUSKLAJ. Komojn ni uzas por momri1anlon inter linioj en adreso.

BRAZILOJanalna Augusto DO VAL, Rua Bandel-

rantes no. 1432, 16900 ANDRADINA-Sao Paulo. 14-jara komencantino, kungesamideanoj de ll-jaraj, pri ciuj temoj,por amikeco.

BULGARIOValentin GENCHEV, SOFIA 1680, k.

Krasno selo, bl. 215 vh. E et. 2 ape96. 27-jara generala sekretario de Bulgara Espe-ranto-Junularo, ingeniero pri radio-elektroniko, interesigas pri historio, geo-grafio, sporto, vojagoj kaj la vivo de ladiversaj popoloj, kolektas bk, turismajnprospektojn, monerojn kaj insignojn, kore-spondos Esperante, angle,ruse kaj bulgare,garantias respondon.

Svetoslav k Diana SLAVtEV, ul. NatoStefanov-12, 9009 VARNA. 37-jara jur-nalisto kaj 28-jarakuracistino, geedzojkundu filinetoj; Ii interesigas pri geografio,etnografio, lingvistiko, kolektas bk deurboj; si pri kuiri, rigardi televidon kajfihnojn, muzikon diversspecan.

CEAOSLOV AKIOZuzana BACIKOV A, Pramenni 13,74235

ODRY. 27-jara komencantino.Petr STEHLIK, Fucikova 6,628 00BRNO-

Lisen. Juna komencanto, interesigas prifremdaj landoj, lingvoj kaj muziko; kungeknaboj 17-19-jaraj.

GERMANIODRDirk ESSLING, Korsorer Str. 24, DDR-

1058 BERLIN. 27-jara ingeniero pli ener-giaplikado. sere as samaganleteramik(in)on.

Werner HEIDLER, Am Seenfor 3, 3034MAGDEBURG. 42-jara vicdirektoro defabrikakademio, interesigas pri politiko,filozofio, turismo, muziko, libroj, Eo.

GERMANIOFRElke HINSCH, Simrockstr. 41, 2000

HAMBURG 55. 30-jara komencantino,pri c..t.

HUNGARIOLewis SZABO, 5/A Matyas Street, H-6800

HODMEZOVASARHELY. ll-jara ler-nanto, interesigas pri fiskaptado, futbalo,kolektas pm; angle kaj Esperante.

Gabriel SZELI, 6 Nyizsnyai Street, H-6800HODMEZOVASARHELY. ll-jara ler-nanto, interesigas pri komputilaj ludoj,fiskaptado, futbalo; angle kaj Esperante.

Attna Onodl SZUCS, Flat 8, 11 Kistopart


Street, H-6800 HODMEZOVASAR-HELY. ll-jara lernanto, interesigas prikomputilaj ludoj, komiksoj; angle adEsperante.

Zoltan ZAJONSKOVSKY, 106/A GorbeStreet, H-6800 HODMEZOV ASAR-HELY. 13-jara lernanto, interesigas pribiologio, kemio, geografio, komputiloj,amas bestojn, kolektas anglalingvajn li-brojn kaj lud-aiitoj; angle kaj Esperante.

VilloLELKES, 8 Kohan Gyorgy Street, H-6800 HODMEZOVASARHELY. 13-jara lemantino, interesigas pri lingvoj,modo, kolektas anglaIingvajn librojn,gluafisetojn, etikedojn de cokoladoj,dolcajoj, tablotukoj; angle kaj Esperante.

Judith FUVESI, 13. Oldalkosar Street, H-6800 HODMEZOVASARHELY. 13-jara lemantino, interesigas pri lingvoj,matematiko,legado; angle au Esperante.

Tibor SZOGI, 6 Borsi Street, H-6800HODMEZOVASARHELY. 13-jara ler-nanto, interesigas pri muziko (pianludas),matematiko, nagado, amas bestojn; angleau Esperante.

CSANYI Istvan, H-1156 BUDAPEST,Sartu utca 15.23-jara agrouniversitatano,komencanto, kun junaj homoj kiujokupigas pri agrokultura mastrumado.

Hajnalka HAJNAL, H-6200 KISKOROS,Arpad u. 5. 25-jara kudristino, kun usonajgejunuloj pri niaj lando kaj vivo.

Iren BUZAS, 106/A Gorbe Street, H-6800HODMEZOV ASARHELY. 38-jara in-struistino, interesigas pri lingvoj, in-struado, video-registrado, kolektas angla-lingvajn librojn; Eo, angle kaj hispane.

IRANOJavan BANISAID, No. 98-Nabsh St. Said

St., Sotoon Sangi, Ave. Moulavi,TEHRAN. 18-jara fraiilo, interesigas pridesegno, kun fraulino.

POLLANDOEwa STRZELCZYK, ul. Kilinskego 18/27,

62-400 SLUPCA, woj. Konin. 18-jaralernantino, interesigas pri biologio,geofrafio, turismo, muziko kaj sporto,kolektas monerojn kaj monon, pm.

LESNIKOWSKI Mariusz, ul. Zadworna11,42-122 OSTROWY. 20-jara viro, por-tas okulvitrojn kaj havas 1,80 metrojn dealteco, interesigas pri fotado, konstruasmodelaviadilojn de la IIa Mondmilito,multe legas, satas aiiskultiDepecheMode,Madonna kaj Pet Shop Boys, tre satasmontaron kaj montaran ekskurson.

Ewa WAWRZYNIAK, ul. Traugutta 7/13,62-400 SLUPCA, woj. Konin. 20-jaraoficistino, interesigas pri sporto, muzikokaj turismo, kolektas pm kaj bk.

Monika HORECZY, ul. StoJalowsklego21/23, 30-611 KRAKOW. 23-jarastudentino en la Medicina Akademio deKrakovo.

Katarina CHWIALKOWSKA, ul.Myslowicka 7136, 40-486 KATOWICE.23-jara, interesigas pri turismo kaj kulturo.

Stanislaw JANIAK, ul. Korlantego 46m 3,49-100 NIEMODLIN. 25-jara studentopri historio, interesigas pri metal-rokmuziko kaj splen-gazmuziko, parolasankau angle kaj ruse.

Eva ZAKALEK, ul. Kosciuszki 4/15, 57-100 STRZELIN. 27-jara bibIiotekistino,pri hata-jogo, fotografio kaj literaturo,ekzercas per alpinismo kaj kajaksporto.

Barbara PANECKA, str. Kochanow-skiego 19/15,24-100 PULAWY. 27-jara,interesigas pri kulturo, turismo.

Jarowslaw MODRZELEWSKI, ul. Slaw-inskiego 16/27, 20-080 LUBLIN. 27-jarastudento en M. C. Sklodowska Universi-tato, interesigas pri vojagoj kaj turismo.

Dorota OBETKON, PL-43-200PSZCZYNA, Str. Fr. Szopena 3. 28-jarafraiilino, interesigas pri turismo, orientakulturo kaj arto.

Barbara BABOLEWSKA, os. BolChrobrego 47/177, 60-681 POZNAN.40-jara edzino, volas profundigi laIingvokonon, interesas inviti amikojn-esperantistojn al sia lando.

Marian KOSTECKI, ul. Wloczkow 2-6m.41., 30-103 KRAKOW. 60-jara pen-siulo-ekonomikisto, interesigas primondskala historio de Esperanto, Espe-ranto-filatelajoj, naciaj kuirartoj, turismo,intersangos priesperantajn filatelajojn, bk,faldprospektojn, informilojn ktp, volaskorespondi serioze pri Esperanto-historio.

KAZMIERCZAK Jolanta, Schotka 128,63-450 SOBOTKA, woj. Koliskie. Ler-nantino en la sepa klaso.

Waleria WEGLOWSKA-ZARSKA,STARY WEGLINIEC, ul. J. Siowack-iego 6. Interesigas pri turismo, hobio estassako, kun familio.

SOVETUNIODiljaver ABLAJEV, Mukimi str. 24, SU-

702116 tIRtIK-16, Uzbekio. 24-jarakomputilisto, pri diversaj temoj, specialepri literaturo, tradukado en kaj el Espe-ranto.

USONORod MACINTOSH, Three Rivers Com-

munity College, Three Rivers Boule-vard, POPLAR BLUFF Missouri 63901.Mezaga viro, kun samideanoj usonaj kajalilandaj, interesigas pri lingvoj, literaturo,socia vivo, kulturo, humuro, historio kajdiversaj temoj.

NDID TOJ Local Contacts[. = I_s a nlgular or occ;uional bulletin (]I' DOwaletll::r. + =Participates in information-nlqucstor ellcbange program withFLNA.]

[Cisube aperas kelkaj ella ideoj de lakandidatoj por diversaj postenoj en la

ELNA-Estraro.]

Frank Helmuth-PrezidantoMiaj celoj por pli bona ELNA estas:

P ligrandigo de la membraro ~is milmembroj; plibonigo de la jarkongresojde ELNA por allogi pli da partoprenan-toj; starigo de lokaj kluboj en izolitajlokoj; pli bonaj rilatoj inter lokaj grupojkajELNA.

Grant Goodall-Vic-PrezidantoThe last couple of years have seen

some very exciting developments for Es-peranto in the United States. By almostany objective measure, there seems to bea real surge of interest in the Interna-tional Language, and I think ELNA hasdone an excellent job in taking advantageof this surge and keeping it going. I wouldwelcome the opportunity to serve asVice-President of ELNA and to helpELNA evolve to face the challenges thatlie ahead. Given the many new memberswe have acquired over the lastfew years,I am especially interested in strengthen-ing ELNA' s ability to help AmericanEsperantists stay in touch with the inter-national Esperanto speaking commu-nity.

E. James Lieberman-EstraroMi scivolas eu ELNA pretas por on-

dego da intereso. Kian planon ni havos?Kaj kion ni faru por stimuli ondojn?Specialan atenton ni ~uldas alia edukakampo. Mi rekomendas sendi informojn,inviti observantojn, reklami en profesiajjurnaloj, kaj starigi (malgrandajn) kon-ferencojn de spertuloj pri instruado defremdaj lingvoj.

Per nia lastatempa ricevo de mono, nidallre altigu la nivelon de la centraoficejo, kaj la kvanton kaj kvaliton de lalaboro.

Por allogi membrojn, eiu ricevu alme-nail po du malsamajn specimenojn deinternaciaj gazetoj. Novaj membroj oftenek abonas tiajn gazetojn, nek ali~as alUEA, do ili ne spertas la aktualan nivelonde Esperanto-uzado en la mondo. LandaperiodaJo necesas sed ne sufieas.

Ver~ajne ni ne scias la karakterizojn detiuj, kiuj restas membroj, kaj de tiuj kiujali~as kaj baldall for/alas. Ni klopodutrovi, per enketajo, kion niaj ali~antojdeziras kaj ~atas, kaj male.

Ken Thomson-EstraroPor plifaciligi kaj, tre grave, pliefikigi

la laboron de laEstraro inter niaj jarkon-gresoj, bezoni~asfirmaj reguloj kaj pro-ceduroj por pritrakti aferojn inter kon-gresoj ...

JohnB. Victery-EstraroThere are three distinctfocuses of the

language movement's growth and devel-opment which, to me, appear as the mostclearly sanguine approaches: No.1, andfirst of all, would be toward youth; theyoung ofNorth America, and of the entireworld. No.2 would be to advertise inpublications such as Saturday Reviewand Verbatim (among others), whichwould very likely reach the individualopen to the idealistic aspect of an inter-national language; and No. 3would be toextend to a greater degree our outreachacross the world whereby the ELNA willbe viewed in a more assertive leadershiprole.

To some extent, said with tongue-in-cheek, the success of Esperanto withinthe frame of American mentality corre-lates to the language's being understoodas a profit-making venture! If there werea way in which to cause Esperanto to bemarketable, its success would be as-sured. Albeit improbable, then why notattractive rewards? The point is to com-mend and at the same time to dissemi-nate.

I wish to be able to contribute from allthe experience of my thirty years in busi-ness and teaching, but to do so will re-quire more knowledge of what has beenplanned and is in process.

Sherry A. Wells-Estraro~iaj esperoj kaj planoj kaj kontribuoj

por la Esperanta movado estas pluajreklamadoj kaj listo de parolantoj enUsono. ~i ankall planas verki manlibronpri reklamado, kaj librojn kaj montrajojnpor instrui Esperanton en la publikajlernejoj.

+Arlmna: Wm. Sbanb. HoO Soc:. of AZ. 1345 W. Esc:arpa. Mesa,AZ85201

+Callfornla: E-o Asm. of Loa An&clcs. 1112-7th St. '811. SIJItaMonica, CA 90403

·+Callfornla: E-o-Klubo de San Diego, Boll 288012., San Diego,CA 92128-0991, (619) 528-OS8O

CaUfornla: Inland Hmpire E-o Group, 1Z197 Bartoo Rd. '117,Grmd Terrace, CA 92324, (714) 689-5576 (]I'(619) 949-1958

+Callfornla: Orqe Co. E-o Asm., BoX 1538, Garden OnM:,CA92642

·Callfornla: E-o Soc:. ofVcntura County, 5968 Joshua Trail,Camarillo, CA 93010

+Calltornla: Santa Barbara H-o Soc:., 4710 Dexter Dr. '9, SIJItaBarbara, CA 93110

·+Calltornla: San Francisco HoORegional Organization, 410Darrc11 Rd., Hillsborough, CA 94010, (415) 342-1796

·+Calltornla: Bcrkdey HoOLeague, BOlt 31A, Berkeley, CA94701-031A, (415) 222-0187

·+Calltornla: E-O Group, 440 BJet Hu1r; Rd., Sacnmcnro, CA95864

Colorado: Dcnwr E-o Group, 995 Humbolt '205, Dcnwr, CO80218

+Colorado: E-o Asm.,482S W. Moorhead CU., Boulder, CO80303

Colorado: Wcstcm Col(]l'ado Esperanto Ccmm, c/o MarthaHvans, 342 Hill Aw, Grand Jwx:tion, 00 81S01, 1Ill.(303)1A2-06SO

·+Dlstrlct of Columbia: Wuhington HoO Soc:., 4406 • 35th St.NW, Wuhington, DC 20008, (202) 363-6197

FlorIda: Florida H-o Soc:., 3988 Sabel Driw, Ovicda. FL 32765+ldaOO: David Baron, BOll 37, E.aa1e, ID 83616·+111I11011:Chicago E-o Soc:., BOll 64n4, Clic:ago, IL 60664-

0774+Maryland: Baltimore H-o Cub, T. Goodman, 3218 Shclbum::

Rd., Baltimore. MD 21208·+Mlchlpn: H·o Soc:. of Michipn, PO BOlt 3011, Southfield, MI

48037, (313) 646-2965+Mlchlpn: Soc. ot HoOLaDaua. Friends, eto Jama F. Hillabr,

6191 Finc:hLanc, Flint, MI48S06, (313) 736-7652+Mlchlpn: E-o Cub of KaWnuoo, 224 Roe PI., Kalamazoo,

MI49001Mlchlean: Ceroal City Esperanto Friends, P.O. Boll 41, Battle

c-k,MI 49016-0041+Mln_la: E-o Cub ofMa.-polia, 1528 LalIIeI Aw. '3, St.

Paul, MN 55104·+MIIIOUI'I: E-~Asoclo dD SaIIkta-Luilo, P.O. BaIt 69144, St.

LoWs, MO 63169-0144+Montana: Mcmtma HoO Soc:., 330 LiDd1cy Pl., BOICDIID, M1"

59715·+Nebra": Nebruka Intmnac:ia-liDgva Asoc;io, R.P D. 1 Boll

29, Wilber, NB 68465, (402) 821-2027·+New York: NYC E-o Soc:., eto Tbomu M. &cardt, 4S5 H.

14th St., '3C, New Y(]I'k, NY 10009New York: UN Office of UEA, m United NatMlns PIua, New

York, NY 10017North CarolIna: E-o Sociaty ol thD Trianale, S400 BeIsay DrM,

Raleigh, NC 27612-+Ohio: E-o Asm. o£Ohio, 1144 Klnpdale TOft., Calumbas, OH

43220·+Ore&on: Portland E-o Soc:., 11905 SW ScttIer Way, Bcawrton,

OR 97005+PennqIYllnla: E-o Sociaty ol Pbi1adelpbia. 26 H. Roamf(ll't Rd.,

Pbi1adclpbia. PA 19119, (215) 248-0493+Puerto Rico: H-o Soeicty olPuertoRico, Dr. Tomu Sarramia,

BOll 22916 U.o£Puerto Rico, Sanjuan. PR00931Texas: H-o Study Group, P.O. BOlt 1446, HoustoD, TX772S1-

1446, .L (713) 522-7499, (713) 666-7509+Texas: Rio GrmdD Va1leyE-istaro, Prenda Cock. BOlt 7167,

HuiinFJl, TX 78550, (512) 423-3056+Utah: H-o Cub, BOll 2166. Salt Lab City, lIT 84110+Washlncton: Seattle HoO Sue., 6002 NE 61st St., Seattle, WA

98115WIsconsin: H-o Society ofWisc:onsin, 1958 N. 38th St.,

Milwaukee, WI 53208·Rqlonal (Rocky MountaIn States): IulDnnlllUJlaiD E-o Group

(AZ,CO,ID,MT .NM,lIT,WY), pia Cwles Tustin, P.O. BOll112, Coram, M1" 59913

·+RqIonai (TIdewater): H-o Sociaty ofthD Cardinu andVirginia, P.O. BOll 283, Durham, NC 27702-0283

·+Rqlona1 (New Encland): E-o Soc. of Now England. P.O. Boll655, Concord, MA 01742, (50s) 264-4349

Speelallnterest: E-~Lanpa. ToutmuIIIn Cub, P.O. BOll60860, S&eramllI1to, CA 95860, (916) 485-3116


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The official ELNA convention, the (as yet)unofficial Tut-Amerika Kongreso, and an"oficiala antau-kongreso de UEA", will all beoccurring at the same time in Mexico City.Once before we held our ELNa conventionoutside the U.S., in Vancouver in 1980. Butthis convention will certainly prove to be ourmost international national convention!

Although in the past the Mexican Esperan-tists have been hesitant to invite a convention,they are now very excited about helping tohost this very interesting gathering. Classesare being started, and more Esperanto meet-ings are being held than have been in a longtime. We hope we will continue to be a goodinfluence on our Esperanto neighbors to thesouth.

Mexico City, with over 17 million inhabi-tants, is a mixture of ultramodern; colonialdating from the time of Cortez; Aztec palacesand temples from the 14-15th centuries; andancient ruins. Recently during the digging ofthe Metro, the ruins of an,ancient civilizationfrom 1500 B.C. were uncovered. No othercity in the world so easily displays its fascinat-ing past at the same time as its beautifulcontemporary culture. Music and danceabound, and we won't even talk about reason-able prices for good hotels and shopping!

The week of July 7-14 will be filled notonly with business sessions for ELNA, butalso with marvelous excursions in and aroundthe city: fascinating architecture and muralsabound; the archeological museum is proba-bly the best of its kind in the world; the

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floating gardens of Xochimilco will becomeEsperantujo one morning with special musicand decorations; the world-famous Folk-lorico Ballet will be included; a visit to thefamous shrine of Guadalupe, the Universityand the Pyramids of the Moon and the Sun;our banquet with Mariachi music. Other full-'day trips are also available.

For those who are not going to Cuba, itwould be a shame not to use this trip to seemore of Mexico. The Colonial route north andwest of Mexico City has some of the mostcharming and beautiful cities in the world!The week of July 14-21 will be one to relishfor years, and yes, of course, we will have fullEsperanto translation!

After the UK in Cuba, Esperanto TravelService's "Oficiala Post-Kongreso" will visitTaxco, Puebla, and Oaxaca-cities whichbring to mind the mental picture of how youthink romantic Mexico has got to look.

Detailed information on these tours will beavailable from Esperanto Travel Service. Ifyou do not regularly receive Esperanto tourinformation from them, please write or call tohave your name added to their list.

ESPERANTO TRAVEL SERVICE8104 LASALLE

OAKLAND,CA 94811(415) 339·2001

USE YOUR ESPERANTO TRAVELSERVICE FOR ALL YOUR ESPERANTO

TRAVELS

P •••• ldenl: Ken ThOlDlClO(1990)Vie. P ••••••• enI: Dr. Duncan Owtlm (1990)aecr-..,a Virginia Stewan (1992)TreMur_ Joim B. Maaey (1991)oa.. •••••••••••••.•Prof. J_ Fm8OC& (1990), William R.HumOIl (1990), David Wolff (1990),E1len Eddy (1991). Nell M.NellOll (1991), William H. Schulze (1991), Plenda Cook (1992),FranIt Helmuth (1992), Dr. Jonathan Pool (1992)C_ •••••••••William R. Hannon (CO), D. Holland-Kaupp(Conapondence COIII'lIeI). J. GildBmeister (Legislatiw Affairs), R.KentJoms (Sciance.t Tecmology),JimDaor (Tape: Servic:e),LucyHumOll (Tra\lel Affairs), J. B. Maaey (Willi and Gifting), EllieStein(WOJIIllI1'1 Affairl),Dr. J_CooI (Youth Affain),Dr.JuliusManson (United NatiOIls), John B. M.-y, William H. schulze andSidney V. Steinbcr. (Kapitala Fondla •• Komitato), Jom Mathewl(Service Quill)Director, UNA CO: Marie SlcpbemELNAArchivist: Hal !myer

Anymembcr wishing to •• lilt in the work ofany of the above namedcommissions or committeel should communicate with theIIIllmber(l) shown.

ILNA Du_ ,., 1•••Friand of Esperanto S7.50Reaular $25.00Family $n~Youth (UDder 26) $1~65 year ex abcM: $15.00Sustainina $SO.OOLife 5500.00ELNA is a SOl(3)a non-profit educatillllal exganizatiOll. PieueCOIIIult your lax pnlpAIer reprdina deductibility of dcmatiOlll.

UU ••••••1•••Mmnbcr-Guidebook only(MG)Mmnbcr- Yearboolt llIlly (MJ)Mmnbcr-Subscriber (MA)SocielD Zamrmhof (additillllal)Subscription llIlly to BsperantoSubscription llIlly to KODtaktoLife Mmnbcrship in URA

Send payments for URA memberships ex SUblcriptiOlll to ELNAIUSA, Box 1129, EI Cerrito, CA 94530.Mab all c:bocbpayablctoELNA.

MOVING? DON'T LEAVE ESPERANTO BPHIND! If you havemoved rec:endy or lie planninllD move in tbIl Dear future, dOll'tforpt to sent a cbanF-of-addreu card to the ELNA Ccmtrll Office,Box 1129, EI Cerrito CA 94530. This will _ your continuednlCCipt of tbIl Newlletter aDd other information. If you dOIl't haw a....., baDdy, live the CO a call at (415) 653"()!)98. Thanb!

DEADLINE FOR MATERIAL FOR ISSUR 1990(3) oftbll ELNANcWlletterJElpOWlto U.s.A. is April 25, 19901

ELNAIUEA membership I'ODllwll kb aDd periodica1l1lblc:riptiOllforms will be mailed to all c:urrem members via bulk rate mail at tbIlbe&inning ofNowmber.

E8pel'aDtoUSAlELNA NewaletterVolume 26, No.1ISSN 0030-5065

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