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Update/No.46, 2009 UpdateEAB www.esperanto-gb.org ✩ Gisdateˆ A quarterly organ of the Esperanto Association of Britain Kvaronjara organo de Esperanto-Asocio de Britio ★ No. 46, July–September 2009 N-ro 46, julio–septembro 2009 ISSN 1741-4679 International communication without discrimination ★ Respect for all cultures Internacia komunikado sen diskriminacio ★ Respekto por cˆiuj kulturoj British Congress Exclusive: in Salisbury – ‘A very • What the British worthwhile weekend’ Government he 90th British Congress of Three anniversaries Esperanto emanated from Now, some two millennia after thought of Tthe historic town of Salis- the end of the Iron Age, which bury, the environs of which bear gave rise to the modern town, testament to some 5,000 years of Salisbury’s Sarum College hosted Edmond civilisation. Three different another culture, this time of cultures erected the incompara- Esperantists. Chief organisers Privat ble Stonehenge. The Romans, Jean and David Bisset had set up Saxons and Normans in turn a varied programme over a (see page 7) repopulated the old Iron Age fort weekend of anniversaries, of Old Sarum. Continued overleaf • Entrepreno Triballat uzas Esperanton por komuniki kun itala filio (vidu pa©on 15) Above: Some of the participants at this year’s British Esperanto Congress in Salisbury. Right: View of the congress venue, Sarum College, in the Cathedral Close EAB-Ìisdate • 1 BRITA KONGRESO DE ESPERANTO BRITISH ESPERANTO CONGRESS namely the 150th of Zamenhof’s matter of fact, although it wasn’t out on something else that we birth and 100th of Ivo Lapenna’s, the first thing I’d ever read in were looking forward to seeing. and the 50th of the founding of Esperanto, the Asterix books Whilst we were arriving at our Junularo Esperantista Brita (JEB). were the best for me as a begin- campsite and setting up our tent, The congress started on the ner. I recall vividly observing David Kelso was presenting a talk afternoon of Friday, 17 April, certain things that I hadn’t titled ‘Esperanto – Not Only a and was due to spread over a encountered in my learning Language?’. Notwithstanding my period of three days, plus a courses and wouldn’t have inherent interest in discussing fourth day for an excursion to intuitively derived, things which esperanta∆oj, I particularly enjoy Bemerton, Avebury Ring and Old shaped my Esperanto. (One David’s presentations, delivered Sarum. Therein lay a problem for example would be a character eloquently and professionally. me and Clare, who are burdened yelling KION?! when somebody We arrived, armed with two with work commitments and so says something he finds inappro- cakes for the JEB celebration, missed the opening day’s events priate. Although analysing briefly right in time for a baptism of and a talk on Asterix by JEBano makes it clear that the accusative fire. The first thing on the agenda Andrew Weir. form is correct there, I had never in which we could participate considered it.) was EAB’s AGM. Asterix teaches Esperanto Missing the latter particularly ‘Rotten logistics’ AGM aggrieved me, since I have three Unfortunately for us the rotten Sadly, the AGM followed the Asterix books in Esperanto, and a logistics of getting to Sarum pattern established during the few in other languages. As a College meant that we missed three previous AGMs, where worthwhile talk on such projects as Springboard, publicity and proposals was non-existent, because the meeting degenerated into a one-man show, littered with interference, objections, frivolity, petty insults and a leadership challenge. The fact that his conduct appeared not to swing a single vote his way (since, I believe, his • Material for the next issue of EAB Update should be with the editor no later than 24 August. • Materialo por la venonta numero David Kelso takes questions for discussion after his much-appreciated talk de EAB-Gˆisdate atingu la redaktoron ‘Esperanto – ne nur lingvo?’, which opened Saturday’s proceedings. plej laste la 24-an de aügusto. EAB-Update / Gˆ isdate is a quarterly organ of the Esperanto Association ❏ EAB also publishes the review La Brita Esperantisto, wholly in Esperanto of Britain / estas kvaronjara organo de Esperanto-Asocio de Britio, / EAB eldonas ankau˘ la revuon La Brita Esperantisto, tute en Esperanto. Esperanto House / Esperanto-Domo, Station Road, Barlaston, Stoke- ✰ on-Trent ST12 9DE. ❏ Tel. 0845 230 1887 or +44 (0)1782 372141 EAB is a registered charity (No. 272676) and an affiliated national Fax / fakse: on request / lau˘pete association of the Universal Esperanto Association, which has official relations with the United Nations and Unesco / EAB estas legˆe registrita E-mail / rete: [email protected] bonfara asocio kaj aligˆinta landa asocio de Universala Esperanto-Asocio Websites / ttt-pagˆaroj: www.esperanto-gb.org (Nieuwe Binnenweg 176, NL-3015 Rotterdam, Nederlando. Tel. 00 31 10 www.esperantoeducation.com 436 1044; fax / fakse: 00 31 436 1751; e-mail / rete: [email protected]; www. ❏ Membership of EAB costs £25 a year (£20 concession); supporter or uea.org), kiu havas oficialajn rilatojn kun Unuigˆintaj Nacioj kaj Unesko. youth member £10 / Membrigˆi en EAB kostas £25 pundojn jare (£20 ✰ rabatite); subtenanto au˘ juna membro pagas £10 pundojn. ✰ ❏ EAB is also affiliated to the International League of Esperanto Teachers ❏ and the European Esperanto Union / EAB aligˆis ankau˘ al Internacia Ligo de Material for Update should be sent by e-mail, computer disk (rtf format, Esperantistaj Instruistoj (ILEI) kaj Eu˘ropa Esperanto-Unio (EEU). please) or hard copy direct to the editor / Materialon por Gˆ isdate oni sendu ✰ rete (formaton rtf, mi petas), diske au˘ papere rekte al la redaktoro: Geoffrey Sutton, 7 Clover Road, Aylsham, Norwich NR11 6JW; e-mail / rete: gsutton ❏ The views expressed in EAB Update are not necessarily those of the @computekmail.co.uk. Material may be in Esperanto, English, Welsh or Management Committee of EAB / La opinioj esprimitaj en EAB-Gˆ isdate ne Gaelic / Materialo rajtas esti en la lingvoj internacia, angla, kimra au˘ gaela. nepre estas tiuj de la Administra Komitato de EAB. 2 • EAB Update BRITA KONGRESO DE ESPERANTO BRITISH ESPERANTO CONGRESS ten votes were all pledged to him prior to the BK by his – mainly postal-voting – supporters) will do nothing to change things, I would wager. Certainly, it appears from his reaction when the results were read that his belief is that he was robbed of victory by ‘dirty tricks’ from ‘Kelso’s cronies’, rather than the membership’s collective nausea at his performance. So I unfortu- nately remain apprehensive that next year’s AGM might be a repeat affair, in which one There were three film crews at the congress. One was there for two days and person prevents the membership hopes to make a documentary on Esperanto. On the Friday, two young men from discussing things pertaining came on their own initiative from a local internet company – they inter- to the association and its projects. viewed Andrew Weir and John Wells (above). Meridian TV also came; we believe he was an Encore contact. Below: The presentation of Marjorie TV crew Boulton’s play La Son©o de la Kursgvidantino being filmed. Fortunately, Peter Barker’s television crew weren’t present for the AGM. Peter is a young man who is recording a pilot documentary on Esperanto, in the hope of having a fuller programme commissioned. It particularly stood out to me that – unlike other journalists whom we’ve encountered through Esperanto – Peter had actually put time into researching it. I had spoken to Peter on the telephone prior to the event, and met him for a face-to-face chat during the lunch break. We arranged for him to sit down (PIV) required a small time articles all outside work inspires with various JEBanoj and attend investment, but to think that he awe. I was always going to love our anniversary celebration. completed this, Lingvaj Respondoj, this lecture, but Graham made it Leteroj de Zamenhof, Lingvo kaj even better than it might have Blakey on Waringhien Vivo, Plena Analiza Gramatiko, been, with injections of humour After lunch (and the results of and thousands of magazine and small anecdotes about his the elections), Graham Blakey gave us an hour’s talk on Gaston The members’ votes were as follows: Waringhien. I’ve not been shy in For Against Abstain David Bisset 74 7 9 expressing my admiration of GW Jean Bisset 73 7 10 in the JEB forums, and Graham Joyce Bunting 84 4 2 did more than justice to a true Ian Fantom 15 65 10 Esperanto superstar from yester- Geoffrey Greatrex 68 6 16 year. Edmund Grimley Evans 71 7 12 Clare Hunter 82 2 6 Even though I was familiar David Kelso 80 5 5 with some of GW’s work, I had John Wells 82 5 3 never realised until Graham’s For president: presentation just how prodigious Ian Fantom 10 was his output. Of course, I don’t John Wells 74 imagine that composing and Following were elected to the Management Committee: D. Bisset, J. Bisset, editing the Plena Ilustrita Vortaro J. Bunting, G. Greatrex, E. Grimley Evans, C. Hunter, D. Kelso and J. Wells (pres.). EAB-Ìisdate • 3 BRITA KONGRESO DE ESPERANTO BRITISH ESPERANTO CONGRESS Anniversary time The time of 4:30 marked anni- versary time. Jean Bisset had kindly seen to it that there was enough wine for everyone to raise a glass. I had had a couple of personalised cakes made and, after a few words from John Wells acknowledging the triple anniversary, the cake was duly sliced and distributed. Unfortunately, I had conse- crated all of my preparation time Above: Hju Rid (left) lectures on own life. I hope that other to designing the cakes and the economy as a linguistic factor, people follow Graham’s example getting them made, via three introduced by Andrew Weir.
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