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The ELNA Newsletter: News of the Language Problem and Esperanto as the solution
The ELNA
Central Office
is in the
process of
moving to
larger
quarters.
Business as
usual during
alterations.
Ĉu
vi jam
pagis vian
kotizon por
1994?
«
;
0e la Prezidanto de WEIA.
BATALI KONTRAŬ MALJUSTO
de John C. Wells
[La Prezidanto de la Universala Espe-
ranto-Asocio dissendislajenan mesaĝon
al la tuta mondo okaze de la nova jaro
1994.]
Kiam ni staras sur la sojlo de nova jaro,
konvenas paŭzi foje kaj fari bilancon pri
la stato de la mondo kaj pri nia propra
stato. Sur la sojlo de la jaro 1994, ni vidas
mondan situation, en kiu troviĝas—kiel
kutime—elementoj pozitivaj kaj
elementoj negativaj. Kiel ĉiam, la
estonteco estas necerta.
En Sud-Afriko reprezentantoj de la du
ĉefaj partioj, de la du ĉefaj rasoj, atingis
interkonsenton, kiu antaŭ nur mallonga
tempo ŝajnus utopiaĵo. Kvankam ne
mankas malkonsentaj voĉoj, almenaŭ oni
nun vidas tie la eblecon de paca sol vo, kie
antaŭe oni atendis nur sangan militon.
Simile, post longa malpaco nun vidiĝas
perspektivoj de paco en Kamboĝo kaj en
Palestino. En la insuloj, kie mi mem
loĝas, ni havas nun en Norda Jrlando pli
bonan perspektivon de paca solvo ol
ekzistis de multaj jaroj. En ĉiuj tiuj lokoj
provizore sukcesis paca traktado inter la
konfliktantaj flankoj.
Ni ne forgesu laŭdi la finan sukceson
de la sepjara interregistara traktado pri
GATT (Ĝenerala Akordo pri Tarifoj kaj
Komercoj)—kvankam ankaŭ pri tiu
atingo, kiu pozitive influos la mondan
ekonomion, ne mankas malkonsentaj
voĉoj. Forestas tie, ekzemple,
interkonsento ĝis kiu grado la kulturo kaj
ties produktoj estas varo.
Tamen, en pluraj mondopartoj ni vidas
nur disfalon kaj seniluziiĝon. En Bosnio
kaj Hercegovino la kruelo kaj la batalado
daŭras: la bela idealo de ŝtato, en kiu
diversaj etnoj povuskunvivien harmonio,
ŝajnas definitive perdita. En Angolo, en
Kartvelio, en Somalio, en Sudano, ne
venas fino al militado. Granda perturbo
trafis Rusion kaj aliajn partojn de la eksa
Sovetunio, kie la situacio ankoraŭ tute ne
estas stabila. Oni nepovas ne havi gravajn
timojn pro la tiea kresko de ekstremaj
naciismoj, naskitaj el malespero, malordo
kaj ekonomia mizero.
Kvarikam la vivo ŝajnas dependi de
hazardaj aferoj, ni ĉiuj havas la moralan
devon pledi kaj kampanji por tio, kio
estas bona kaj justa. Ni devas batali
kontraŭ maljusto. Kiel individuoj, ni
ŝajnas atingi malmulton. Ni tamen
memoru, ke el niaj malgrandaj, ĉiutagaj
decidoj povas flui ankaŭ grandaj rezultoj.
Eventoj, ŝajne negravaj en si mem, povas
ja havi grandajn kaj netakseblajn sekvojn.
Tio validas same en niapersona vivo, kiel
ankau en pubbkaj aferoj.
Unu eizemplo: en Litovio, antaŭ iom
pli ol cent jaroj, Aleksandro Zilbernik
donis al sia filino Klara doton okaze de
ŝia edziniĝo al juna okulkuracisto. Tuj
(fakte, eĉ antaŭ la geedziĝaceremonio) la
juna fianĉo foruzis grandan parton de la
doto por eldoni proprakoste libron pri sia
fantazia projekto de lingvo intemacia.
Imagu, se Ludoviko estus trovinta alian
fianĉinon, kies patro ne povus aii ne volus
doni doton; imagu, se Klara aŭ ŝia patro
estus malpermesinta tiun neortodoksan
uzon de la dotita sumo. Sen tiu doto, la
Internacia Lingvo de Zamenhof eble
neniam estus vidinta la taglumon. Vere,
se tiuj eventoj estus iom aliaj, ankaŭ
grava elemento en la kulturhistorio de la
homaro estus alia, nia Asocio ne ekzistus,
kaj vi ne legus ĉi tiujn vortojn. Estas
agrablekonstati, keEsperanto nun ricevis
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EDITORIAL
POTPOURRI
The editor likes to devote this column to
a single topic. The president finds that he
has to cover a multitude of topics in his
column. Since the two are the same person,
they have to fight for this space. This time,
the president wins.
We need another editor.
Apology
hi the last issue I listed the names of the
editors of local bulletins who deserved
recognition for their good work. I based
those names on copies of bulletins that I
happened to have right in front of me. The
list was not meant to be exhaustive. Timo-
thy Ryan of La Potomaka Esperantisto and
Edveno Grobe of Arizona Stelo (not to
mention John Starling of La Semanto and
Michael Larkin of La Rikoltanto, both in
Michigan—I rarely see those bulletins, but
the few copies I've seen look very good)
could well have complained because I
failed to mention them. They did not do so,
but let me take the opportunity to apolo-
gize for omitting them in the first place and
to add them to the list.
Actions of the Board of Directors
The Board recently made two important
decisions.
First, the Board has voted to provide
seed money for sending out amass mailing
to advertise the new Catherine L. and Wil-
liam H. Schulze Education Fund to both
members and non-members. I will have
more to say about this in another section.
Second, the Board has voted to autho-
rize a move of the Central Office. This
move, which should be finished by the
time you read this, is not a huge operation,
and should not impact ELNA operations
more than minimally, hi essence, it in-
volves transporting everything in the Cen-
tral Office down a long hallway to a brand
new space consisting of a suite of four
rooms, three one-person offices and along
room considerably larger than our current
largest room, which will be used for the
book service, part of the archives, and
meeting/study space for visitors. ELNA's
telephone numbers and e-mail address will
not change, and those who visit the office
will still go to the same building.
Politics
Some time back, I pointed out that, with
respect topolicies that don'trelate to Espe-
ranto (and with respect to some policies
that do relate to Esperanto), ELNA is a
neutral organization. On the other hand,
once an established political group or or-
ganization codifies an official position on
Esperanto, we will be glad to advertise that
position (though if the position is unfavor-
able, the organization in question may be
less than happy with the kind of advertis-
ing we give it). This is the case with the
Transnational Radical Party, which for
more than a year now has been mailing
high-quality informational material in Es-
peranto to Esperantists and others all over
die world. TRP recognizes Esperanto as a
valid and useful language, and even in-
cludes it as one of five languages on its fax
cover sheet (all the Esperanto words are
spelled right, which is more than one can
say for their English equivalents!).
Giorgio Pagano of the TRP has sent us a
half-page article which describes the party's
position on Esperanto, and I am publisliing
it here. I expect that some members will be
less than enthused at this perceived intru-
sion of politics into a neutral magazine,
and I wish to reemphasize here that, except
for our appreciation of the TRP's support
for Esperanto, ELNA does not, as an
organization, endorse or oppose any
TRP policies or programs—we will leave
that up to our individual members. For
those interested in receiving TRP materi-
als, their address will be found in the
Announcements column.
Funds and Donations
It is always embarassing to have to wan-
der around, hat in hand, begging for money
in order to survive. ELNA, fortunately, is
not in this position. We have plenty of
money with which to survive.
On the other hand, ELNA exists not just
to survive but to prosper and undertake
new enterprises to help promote and teach
Esperanto. In recent years, this has be-
come more difficult. While our dues in-
come has increased over the last half de-
cade, along with our number of members,
it remains only a minor part of our annual
budget. We also depend to a great extent
on interest income, which has declined
with interest rates over the past two years;
those who live by bon-owing—the Federal
Government is the best example—may
cheer the drop in interest rates, but those
who live by lending, saving, or invest-
ing—ELNA, for example—have less rea-
son to be happy. So, while we continue to
carry on our standard day-to-day opera-
tions, we have been less able to open up
new territory than we would like.
This is why we have Funds to which
members and non-members alike can Do-
nate if they wish to support Esperanto
financially.
A list of Funds is available on request
from the Central Office, and will probably
appear in this magazine one or two issues
down the road. Here, I want to mention two
new ones and one older, but underused,
one.
(1)  The Catherine L. and William H.
Schulze Education Fund. You will already
have seen information about this Fund. It
is being spearheaded by ELNA Secretary
Ellen Eddy, whose aim is to collect a total
capital of at least $100,000. This capital,
and additional donations to be added later,
will remain untouched; the interest from
the Fund will be used to provide aid to
educational projects in which ELNA has
an interest.
I should mention here that ELNA itself
is not likely to initiate any such projects in
the immediate future; we don't have the
expertise in the organization to do so, and
in any case there are other organizations in
this country for that—the American Asso-
ciation of Teachers of Esperanto and the
Esperantic Studies Foundation spring im-
mediately to mind. But we do have a man-
date, in our Statuto, "to further education
in ... Esperanto." We can do this best by
providing support to those outside projects
in which we have decided to take an inter-
est. At the moment, the San Francisco
State University courses are the most obvi-
ous example of such a project, but almost
certainly the University of Hartford courses
will be added to the list, as well as other
summer courses taught at universities in
the Midwest and North Carolina and cer-
tain non-university educational projects.
To provide this needed support, ELNA
needs money—more than it has available
now, given the other needs of ELNA. A
dedicated Fund seems the best way to go
about making such money available.
(2) The Achievement Awards Fund. You
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The New York Magazine (Oct. 18,1993),
which earlier published a gratuitous slam of
Esperanto by theater reviewer John Simon,
a letter of correction by Don Harlow, and a
"rebuttal" by Mr. Simon, has now pub-
lished a letter by Pierre Jelenc pointing out
the inconsistency of Simon's complaining
about Esperanto's "bastard" status while
praising English's admixture of German
and Latin, (provided by Pierre Jelenc)
"At the beginning of the twentieth cen-
tury, a language war raged in Palestine. The
contenders: Yiddish, Russian, French, Ger-
man, Esperanto, English and Hebrew."
From an ad for the Israeli film "The
Wordmaker" (in Hebrew, with English sub-
titles) inMetro (Oct. 21-27,1993). (sent by
Don Coleman)
Judson Brown, Staff Writer for the Daily
Hampshire Gazette (Nov. 17, 1993), de-
votes an article to Esperantist Sally
Lawton's translation of Spomenka
Stimec's Kroata Milita Noktlibro, written
originally in Esperanto, and to the political
and linguistic situation in former
Jugoslavia. A sidebar contains excerpts
from the book, (sent by Sally Lawton and
Jerry Veit)
Pat Truly of the Fort-Worth, TX, Star-
Telegram, in a syndicated column in the
Charlotte, NC, Observer (Nov. 27, 1993)
dealing with the esoteric aspects of voice-
mail systems, warns of the possibility of
having to "press Three if you wish to speak
to someone fluent in Esperanto." (sent by
Annette Greenland)
A short article in MacLean's (Nov. 29,
1993) describes the problem of crime in
Moscow and its effect on foreign visitors. A
pamphlet explaining to foreigners how to
avoid the problem, the article says, "is only
available in Russian, and police have no
plans to translate it into other languages."
The article's title is "If only Esperanto had
caught on." (provided by the Central Of-
fice)
About half a page in Principia College's
newsletter Principia Purpose (Fall, 1993)
is devoted to the summer, 1993, Esperanto-
oriented trip of Prof. Duncan Charters,
former ELNA President, to Europe, where
Charters and his family visited and Char-
ters lectured at the Kultura Centro
Esperantista in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Swit-
zerland, the Universala Kongreso in
Valencia, Spain, and Chateau Gresillon,
Bauge, France, (sent by Duncan Charters)
Well, if we are to be known by the com-
pany we keep, we are gradually coming up
in the world. In an article "First Nation in
Cyberspace" about the internet in Time
(Dec. 6,1993), a box accompanying a dia-
gram of the internet backbone in the United
States indicates that topics of interest "For
Profs" include "DNA sequences, geologic-
fault maps, asteroid databases, taxonomuy
news, conversational Esperanto."
A long biographical article about nation-
ally known science-fiction and fantasy fan
Fonest J. Ackerman, a long-time ELNA
member, by Martine Bode of the Albany,
NY,Times Union(Dec. 27,1993), mentions
that Ackerman is "a passionate devotee of
the artificial language Esperanto." (sent by
Enrique Ellemberg)
It may be time to start a special Jeopardy
(Dec. 28,1993) column. Less than a month
after devoting (for the second time!) an
entire category to Esperanto, this national
TV quiz program again used the language
for a question in the "Language" category,
(reported by John Massey)
Dr. Stanley Drake, President of the Inter-
national Society of Friendship and Good
Will, is a "Man on mission: Spreading the
Esperanto language," according to a front-
page article by staff writer Joe DePriest in
the Charlotte, NC, Observer (Dec. 29,
1993). The article describes Drake's life
and work for Esperanto and the Esperanto-
oriented activities of the ISFGW. (sent by
Stanley Drake; we've also received copies
of the article from the State College, PA,
Centre Daily Times [Jan. 8,1994; Cornelius
McKown] and the Contra Costa County,
CA, West County Times [ Jan. 20, 1994;
Angela Harlow])
ELNA member Prenda Cook, arguing
for a world language in the letter column of
The Christian Science Monitor (Dec. 31,
1993), makes a case for Esperanto, a lan-
guage without exceptions, (sent by Ron
Glossop and Prenda Cook)
The St. John's College alumni newsletter
The Reporter (Dec. 1993), in its "Alumni
Notes" column, reports that alumnus
Michael Sloper was recently appointed
Director of the Central Office of the Espe-
ranto League for North America, and gives
ELNA's address as a contact point, (pro-
vided by Miko Sloper)
An article about a project to translate the
Bible into Klingon, the language of a ficti-
tious warrior race in the various Star Trek
TV series and movies, which appeared in
the Albany, NY, Times Union (Jan. 11,
1994), is headlined "Sure beats Esperanto,"
although it does not mention Esperanto
anywhere in the body of the article.
Whether the two principals in the project
would agree with the headline is doubtful,
since both are members of ELNA... (sent
by Enrique Ellemberg; the article has ap-
peared in a number of other newspapers and
on the net, as well)
Are we missing something here? The
television quiz program Jeopardy (Jan. 14,
1994) once again used Esperanto in the
"Language" category, asking its contes-
tants for the question to which "The Espe-
ranto verb ami means this" is the answer,
(observed by Angela Harlow)
"Pardon me. How much is that in
spesmiloj?" asks Christopher Batio of
World Coin News (Jan. 17, 1994) in an
interesting long article about the history of
Esperanto coinage. The article is accompa-
nied by pictures of Zamenhof, the
Universala Ligo's one-stelo coupons, and a
number of different Esperanto coins from
various epochs, (provided by the Central
Office)
Accompanying Christopher Batio's ar-
ticle in World Coin News (Jan. 17,1994; see
above) is a short favorable editorial about
Esperanto. Quote: "The important thing to
remember, though, is that [Esperantists]
still dare to dream such things. In the face of
atrocities in Bosnia, tensions in the Middle
East and a nuclear scare over North Korea,
we need to be reminded that things can be
better." (provided by the Central Office)
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
telejouranl On the Road Again did a feature
story about a New Brunswick man who has
invented an unsinkable lifeboard for the
North Atlantic. His creation is called "the
Esperanto II." (reported by Robin
Henderson)
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NOVAĴOJ EL ARIZONO
de Edveno Grobe
[Edveno Grobe, kiu redaktas Arizonan
Stelon por la Esperanto-komunumo en
Aiizono, sendis al ni ĉi tiun apartan
raporton pri la agado en tiu ŝtato.)
Nova aro da Esperanto-iernkursoj
okazadas nuntempe ĉe Mesa-Senior-Cen-
ter en Feniks-areo. Kuninstruas la
baznivelan kurson Lucile Winter, Ila
Martin kaj Nita Jones. La postbazan
kurson kuninstruas Edveno Grobe, Vilĉjo
Shanks kaj Vilĉjo O'Ryan.
Jus fondita Orienta-Valo-Esperanto-
Klubo tre sukcese okazigis sian unuan
kunvenon la 13an de januaro en urbo
Mesa ĉe Centennial-Village,
loĝapartamentaro de gastigantino Elfe
Sproge. 15 partoprenintoj ĉeestis la
kunvenon kiun prezidis prezidanto Chris-
tine Johnson. Edveno Grobe prezentis
amuzan prelegon pri viraj vestaĵoj,
elmontrante kaj priskribante Esperante
tri-kvar dekduojn dadiversspecaj vestaĵoj
elektitaj el lia hejmprovizejo kaj
kunportitaj al la kunveno.
En urbo Fenikso konstante instruas
Esperanton elektronike du arizonanoj
studintaj lastasomere ĉe S.F.Ŝ.U. Toni
Misty Johnstone instruas lokaregione
pertelefone dum Ronaldo Harvey instruas
mondaskale pere de komputilreto kiun li
partoprenas.
Angelina Taremi, de urbo Glendale,
daŭre laboras starigi Esperanto-domon
en Feniks-areo, vendante de ŝi desegnitajn
Esperanto-temajn T-ĉemizojn kaj de ŝi
bakitajn iranmodajn pastaĵojn, akceptante
kaj tranoktigante eksterŝtatajn gastojn
(ekzemple, plej lastatempe minesotan
samideanon Joan Philips), instruante
Esperanton telefone kaj vizaĝ-al-vizaĝe,
verkante artikolojn por diversaj movadaj
periodaĵoj. Tiurilate, Steĉjo Norvell de
kanada urbo Halifakso informas, ke li
baldaŭ aperigos aitikolon de Angelina en
halifaksregiona novaĵbulteno Inter Ni.
Alia arizona S.F.Ŝ.U.-studinto, Vilĉjo
Munsil, de urbo Yarnell, helpe de
kunsamideana fratino Lois Hunt, de urbo
Scottsdale, kaj ŝia fakmuzikista edzo,
surbendigis kaj vendofertas kasedon de
kristnaskaj himnoj kantataj de VilCjo en
belsona tenorvoĉokaj Esperante kaj angle.
Pluaj informoj pri la kasedo disponeblas
ĉe la jena adreso de Vilĉjo: P.O. Box
1111, Yarnell, Arizona 85362.
Attila Magyar, de urbo El-Mirage, kiu
lernis Esperanton kiel juna soldato en
Hungario kaj kiu tre aktivumas en
romkatolikaj Esperanto-rondoj, vizitis
Eŭropon en januaro kun sia nova edzino
por rekunligi jam antaŭe estigitajn
kontaktojn kun tieaj samreligiaj
samideanoj.
Edveno Grobe daŭre verkas artikolojn
por Monato kaj La Gazeto (plejofte
indiantemajn) kaj "skribtablo-supraĵe"
eldonas 12-16-paĝajn informlibretojn pri
arizonaj temoj. Nun disponeblas kontraŭ
po unudolara mondonaco havigota al
Arizona Stelo lajenaj titloj: (1) "Tragedio
apudHilao-Rivero: lakvinjarakaptiveco
de blankrasa junulino ĉe Mohavaj-
Indianoj (1861-1866J)"; (2) "Perdita
Orminejo en Superstiĉa Montaro: Jacob
Walzkaj la 'Nederlandula' Minejo (1871-
1891)"; (3) Patro Kino: 17-jarcenta
misiisto ĉe sudarizonaj indianoj (1681-
1711)"; "Henriko Vikenburgo kaj
Vulturo-Minejo (1862-1905)"; (5) "Lon-
don-Ponto Alvenas Arizonon (1962-
1971)"; (6) "Navahoaj Cifroparolantoj
de Arizono (1941-1945)". La adreso de
Edveno estas: 1620 North Sunset Drive,
Tempe, Arizona 85281.

LANGUAGE IN THE NEWS
[ Your rights are at steak...]
A federal appeals court ruled that a
South San Francisco meat packing plant's
rule bauning on-the-job conversations in
languages other than English did not vio-
late the civil rights of bilingual Hispanic
workers.
Reversing a longstanding policy of the
Equal Employment Opportunity Com-
mission, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in San Francisco held that En-
glish-only mles do not necessarily create
a discriminatory work environment for
non-native English speakers.
The three-judge panel reversed a lower
court judge's ruling in favor of two His-
panic employees and their labor union,
who challenged the work mle established
by the Spun Steak Co. in 1990.
But the court said Spun Steak workers
who were not fluent in English could
pursue the lawsuit if they could show they
were adversely affected by the rule.
[From the Oakland, CA, Post, July 21,
1993; provided by lonel Onet]
[Icutmine, too. When I can get away with
it.)
Man will cut grass and other general
yardwork. Extremely low rates.
[Classified ad in the Hartford, CT,
News, July 21, 1993; provided by lonel
Onet.)
[More priorities.)
Piero Beatrice of Perugia, Italy, living
here temporarily on a business assign-
ment, thinks he knows what's wrong with
San Francisco's priorities. A few days
ago, standing near the line of tourists at die
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Newsbits From and About the Central Office
We have real news about the Central
Office: we are moving! Yes, after a dozen
years in the same office space, we need to
expand. The book service has grown in
recent years so that the shelves are practi-
cally bursting with books filed and stacked
two-deep. ELNA's successful publishing
efforts have also contributed to our cramped
conditions, for now we function as a sort of
warehouse for dozens and dozens of boxes
full of textbooks. Soon Benson's Compre-
hensive English-EsperantoDictionary will
go to press, further compounding our prob-
lems, pushing the office staff into shrinking
reserves of open space and navigating a
maze to reach thecoffee machine.
So when our next-door neighbors re-
vealed their expansionist designs and of-
fered to help us relocate fifteen meters down
the corridor to a larger and prettier office,
we did not resist.
I take this as an auspicious sign of upward
mobility of the Esperanto movement.
Another positive indicator is the recent
upsurge of electronic mail and Internet traf-
fic in Esperanto. In addition to conducting a
large part of my daily tasks via e-mail I stay
abreast of current events and ongoing dis-
cussions throughout Esperantio by means
of the Internet newsgroup soc,
culture.esperanto and the weekly Internet
Relay Chat on channel #esperanto 1500-
1700 UT Tuesdays. A recent Internet report
showed that over 30,000 people perused the
newsgroup during the recent months, tre-
bling the amount during the last year.
It seems clear to me that as the Internet
expands to be a progessively more interna-
tional phenomenon, anglocentricity will be
eclipsed by polylingualism, which will
usher in growing recognition and applica-
tion of Esperanto; the Internet will adopt the
International Language.
We have recently created an ftp (file
transfer protocol) site from which people
can download address lists, introductory
materials, events calendar, essays, etc. We
shall eventualy expand the site to include an
on-line book catalog among other goodies.
Our address is ftp.netcom.com:/pub/elna. I
welcome and encourage you all to join the
Information Age and I hope to meet you on
the Internet!
I also welcome you all to come visit the
new Central Office in person, especially
during our Open House on July 10, during
the San Francisco State University Espe-
ranto Courses.
—Miko Sloper
Director, CO.
Announcing anew ELNA project to help local groups:
The Local Group Achievement Awards
_
Why the Achievement Awards?
Local groups are the very foundation of
the movement New people first meet Espe-
rantists face-to-face at local groups. They
learn and practice in local groups; they want
to try out their Esperanto, ask questions, get
advice from more experienced speakers.
Local groups give people a low-cost, low-
risk entry to the movement Beginners be-
come active and committed in local groups.
Most ELNA members started out in a local
group; almost all of our activists launched
their "careers" as officers in local groups.
But, all too often, our local groups are inef-
fective. They inadvertently turn people off,
or don't make an effort to attract new
people.
What are the Achievement Awards?
ELNA, through the Local Groups Com-
mission, is taking steps to help our local
groups grow, gain strength, and become
more effective. At the next Landa
Kongreso, the Local Groups Commission
of ELNA will present cash awards ranging
from $25 to $250, and trophies, to local
groups that achieve certain goals over the
next year.
What does the movement gain?
We believe this project will motivate lo-
cal groups—the foundation of the move-
ment—to grow, to strive, to prosper. We'll
reward excellence in areas that we think will
help ELNA and the Esperanto movement.
On July 17,1994, at a ceremony during the
Landa Kongreso, we will present the
Awards to the winning local groups. In
addition to gaining recognition in front of
all of ELNA, the winning groups can spend
their checks any way they want—on further
growth, on publicity, or even on a big party.
Many local groups have worked long and
hard for the movement. It's time we recog-
nize their labor, and thank them, and en-
courage them.
What does ELNA gain?
ELNA itself will benefit. First, of course,
stronger local groups mean a stronger Espe-
ranto movement. They will publicize Espe-
ranto better, create more activists, encour-
age interested people to get involved. Sec-
ond, we're giving some Awards to groups
with the highest percentage of ELNA mem-
bers. These Awards will motivate the local
groups to recruit their members to join at the
national level. We're also asking for lists of
local Esperantists so we can help the local
groups encourage their members to join
ELNA.
Where will we find the money for the
Achievement Awards?
Just as the members of ELNA helped to
fund the Richardson book, we will ask for
Sponsors to donate the Awards. We will
announce the Sponsors' names when we
present the Awards, and we'll list their
names in an Achievement Awards booklet.
Total expenses will be approximately
$2000. This is less than the amount donated
by just the large donors listed in the
Richardson book.
Look for the Sponsor letter and form
elsewhere in this esperanto usa. It will have
complete details on the Awards and on how
to sponsor one.
Last notes:
If your local group has not filled out a
survey, or if you have questions or sugges-
tions, please contact David Wolff, 6 Durkee
Road, Acton MA 01720. Home phone:
(508) 264-0286, 8pm-10pm Eastern time.
—David Wolff
As of February 1, there are
165 days to awards
esperanto/usa 1993(5)   5
[La rubriko Anoncoj enhavas diversajn
reklametojn, petojn, ktp., kiuj estas
diskonigindaj sed ne povas trovi lokon en
alia rubriko. Nek ELNA nek la redaktoro
povas promesi aŭprirespondeci definitivan
plenumon deio ajn promesita en anonco.]
La 23an de julio 1993, dum la Internacia
Esperanto-Konferenco en Kondoros
(Hungario), la Organiza Societo de
Internaciaj Esperanto-Konferencoj
atribiiis la OSEEK-premion por 1993 al
Ulrich Lins pro lia verko La danĝera lingvo,
eldonita en 1988. La premio nun volaras
300 ekuoj kaj estas laŭstatute rekompenco
al verko ne beletra.
La Internacia Esperanto-Konferenco
94 okazos en Homburgo, Sarlando/
Germanio, la 16an ĝis 23a de julio 1994, en
la bonveniga kaj hejma etoso, kiun Jozef
Dorr, prezidanto de Sarlanda Esperanto-
Ligo, sukcesas krei jam de multaj jaroj,
kiam li organizas kulturajn semajnfinojn en
Homburgo. La regiono estas verda, arbara,
riĉe je monumentoj ĉiuepokaj. La ĉeftemo
grave aktualeca—Ksenofobio: kaŭzoj kaj
rimedoj—kunvenigos prelegantojn kaj
debatemulojn. Aliuloj preferos lingvo-
kursojn. Aliĝoj, informoj ĉe: Sarlanda
Esperanto-Ligo, Querstrasse 11, DE-
66287 Germanio, tel. +49 6897-62142.
La 78a Brita Kongreso de Esperanto
okazos en la urbo Richmond-on-Thames
(ĝuste sude de la Tamiza Rivero, kie ĝi
trafluas Londonon) je la semajnflno de 1-4
aprilo (Pasko), 1994 en la Richmond Adult
and Community College. Por informoj,
kontaktu la Sekretarion: S-ino Klara
Harrison, "78a Brita Kongreso de Espe-
ranto", 53 The Marina, DEAL, Kent
CT14 6NP,Britio.
TKEK '94, la tradicia Tut-Kalifornia
Esperanto-Konferenco, okazos la 8an-
10a de aprilo, 1994, ĉe la Hotelo Radisson
Plaza en San Jose, CA. Regisfriĝo kostos
$36.00, bankedo kostos $26.50, kaj loĝado
kostos $60.50/ĉambro/nokto (sendepende
ĉu unu ĉu du homoj logos en la ĉambro). En
la programo troviĝos klubraportoj,
instruado kaj lernado de Esperanto, "Kiel
sperti la mondon per Esperanto", kaj
~prezentoj pri komputilteliniko kaj Espe-
ranto (komputiloj, la reto, litertipoj por
komputiloj...). Por informoj kaj aliĝilo
petu al: Ligo de Orient-Golfaj
Esperantistoj, P.O. Box 324, Berkeley
C A 94701, tel. (510) 653-0998 (lonel).
La Belartaj Konkursoj de UEA ĉe la
Universala Kongreso havis en 1993 unu el
siaj plej bonaj rikoltoj de la lastaj jaroj. En
1994 la Belartoj Konkursoj havos la jenajn
branĉojn: Poezio, Prozo, Teatraĵo, Eseo,
Kanto, Vidbendo kaj Infanlibro de la Jaro.
Konkursaĵoj devos alveni ĉe UEA antaŭ la
31a de marto, 1994. Por detala regularo,
sendu unu respondkuponon al: Universala
Esperanto-Asocio, Nieuwe Binnenweg
176, NL-3015 BJ ROTTERDAM,
Nederiando.
Pro pasintjaraj sukcesoj, la Kultura
Esperantocentro de Montpellier organizes
de la 3a ĝis la 10a de septembro la 20an
Internacian Semajnon de Esperanto en
mediteranea havenurbo Sete. Kiel ĉiujare
vi trovos vere internacian etoson. Ankau,
banado, porpiedirantaj promenadoj,
ekskursoj, vizitoj, kantado, interesaj
vesperkunvenoj kaj bona manĝo ĝojigos
vin. La restadokosto estos tre modesta, kaj
eblas tendumi proksime. Por aliĝoj kaj
informoj: Centre Culturel Esperanto de
Montpellier, 5 Rue du Docteur Roux,
FR-34000 MONTPELLIER, Francio,
tel. +33 67 54 15 43.
La Langvedok-Rusiljona Esperanto-
federacio invitas vin al la 86a Franca
Kongreso, kiu okazos en Agde (Restadejo
"Batipaume") apud Maro Mediteranea, la
llan ĝis 15a de majo. Diverspeca
programo atendas vin: ripozo, turismo,
vingustumado, kvarhora navigado sur la
"Kanalo de la Sudo" kaj la lago de Thau,
ekskursoj al la urbo de Moliere (Pĉzenas),
al la lando deKataroj, al la famega malnova
urbocentro de Carcassonne, ktp. Aliĝoj kaj
informoj: Charles Gerard-Voincon, 4
Rue du Docteur Rives, FR-66000
PERPIGNAN, Francio, tel. +33 68 55 51
77.
Ĵus antaŭ la supere menciita kongreso,
disvolviĝos en la sama restadejo la kutima
lingva staĝo organizita de la BĜziers-a Es-
peranto-rondo, ĉijare de la 7a ĝis la 1 la de
majo 1994. Tiel eblos pasigi tutan
semajnon en esperantista etoso por eklerni
rapide aŭ pli funde scipovi la Internacian
Lingvon. Interesatoj bonvolu sin turni al
unu el la jenaj homoj: Suzanne Authier, 9
Rue Georges Picot, FR-34500
BEZIERS, Francio, tel +33 67 3113 18;
Fernande Terral, 17 Rue Gratiolet, FR-
34500 BEZIERS, Francio, tel. +33 67 31
13 46; Jean-Pierre Peray, Combejean,
34360 SAINT-CHINIAN, tel. +33 67 38
03 52.
Restas mallonga tempo ĝis nia eldonejo
aperigos Internacian Adresaron de
Lokaj/Regionaj Esperanto-Organizoj.
Se vi volas listi ankaŭ vian E-organizon en
la planata adresaro, bonvolu sendi al ni la
jenajn informojn, kiujn ni planas aperigi:
Nomo de la organizo (E-lingve); ĉe
(kontaktpersono, se necese); adreso
(nacilingve, tiel kiel ĝi devas aperi sur
poŝtaĵoj); telefon- kaj/aŭ faks-numero(j)
kun landa kaj regiona/urba antaŭnumeroj;
aliaj kontakteblecoj (komputilretaj adresoj,
telekso, ktp.); ĉu via organizo eldonas
bultenon? se jes, bv. sendi la necesajn
informojn (lingvo, ofteco, grandeco, prezo,
ktp.); aliaj informoj, kiujn vi konsideras
aperindaj. Estas nenia kosto por listi vian
organizon en la adresaro. Gria prezo
dependos de ĝiaj amplekso kaj formato.
Adreso de la eldononto: Eldonejo Bero,
P.O. Box 13492, Berkeley CA 94701,
Usono.
Helpo kaj inspiro por la vivo! Ricevu
senpage kristanan literaturon en Espe-
ranto. Petu ĝin de: Jerald Veit, 446 S.
Quaker Lane, West Hartford CT 06110,
Usono.
Okazos en la urbo Natal la 30a Brazila
Kongreso de Esperanto de la 10a ĝis la
15a de julio, 1994. La temo de la kongreso
estas: esperanto: aliro al Hngvoj kaj
kulturoj. La Loka Organiza Komitato
aparte direktas invinton al usonaj
esperantistoj kaj grupoj partopreni kaj
prezenti prelegon enkadre de la kongreso
kaj eĉ en neesperantista medio> La lokaj
organizantoj kompreneble ĉion faros por
faciligi turisman vojaĝplanon de la
prelegontoj tra la ĉefaj urboj de Brazilo kaj
afable akcepti kaj ĝuigi ilin dum ilia restado
en Natal. Necesas nur ke ili bonvolu sendi
siajn preleg- kaj vivresumojn kun
vojaĝoskizo pri urboj vizitotaj ĝis fino de
marto al: LOK-Sekretario, C. Postal 291,
BR-59001-000 NATAL, Brazilo.
Okaze de la malfermo de la Kampanjo
por la rajto je la internacia lingvo
iniciatita de la Transnacia Radikala Partio,
ekde la unua semajno de januaro aperos
Translimen!, dulingva semajna bulteno de
informado, kulturo kaj profundigo pri tiu
temo. La ĉefa celo de la iniciato estas liveri
ĝustan informadon pri la politikaj iniciatoj
de RP pri Esperanto. Kiu deziras senpage
Daŭngota sur paĝo 11
6    esperanto/usal 993(5)
WILLIAM H. SCHULZE 1908 -1993

Esperanto and especially ELNA lost a
selfless dedicated leader on November
19, 1993. After an extended illness,
Estrarano Bill Schulze died. The list of
his activities and achievements mirror a
three-decade belief that Esperanto is the
answer for world intercommunication.
At die time of his death he was a long-
standing ELNA board member, a Life-
time and Honorary Member of ELNA, a
Lifetime Member of UE A, a member of
the Capital Fund Finance Committee,
treasurer of SFERO (San Francisco Es-
peranto Regional Organization), and half
of the Schulze team that handled the free
ten lesson postal course. He was a
teacher, historian, financial advisor, and
most importandy, a friend. However,
these achievements do not adequately
reflect his full contribution to Esperanto,
and more importandy to ELNA. These
are reflected through the years and follow
closely the development of ELNA and
Esperanto in the U.S.
"Traktu serioze vian Esperantistecon."
These words spoken by past UEA presi-
dent Humphrey Tonkin at the annual
ELNA convention in West Hartford,
Connecticut this year, were taken quite
literally by Bill Schulze almost thirty
years before many of us applauded them
last summer. In 1965, Bill, at the age of
57, left his executive position with South-
em Pacific Railroad Company and for-
feited not only his lucrative salary but a
valuable pension, to devote the rest of his
life to Esperanto. He felt diat by living
modesdy, he and his wife, Cathy, could
manage. We all have been die beneficia-
ries of that unselfish decision.
One of his first tasks was to develop a
book service, with the aim of putting
good literature, not just learning aids,
into the hands of Esperantists. The sales
during the 60's and 70's provided a con-
siderable boost to Esperanto publish-
ing—especially the excellent Stafeto
publications. He worked at bringing re-
spect to the Esperanto movement by
making suppliers, bankers, and others
aware that they were transacting business
with an Esperanto organization.
In 1966, Bill took over as director of
the west coast branch of the Esperanto
Information Center (EIC) when it be-
came too much for Cathy to handle alone
with her various teaching and speaking
jobs throughout the county. During that
time, libraries throughout the country
acquired Teach Yourself Esperanto. Be-
cause the EIC Burlingame post office
address was listed in it, a constant string
of inquiries came—many from educa-
tors. This became a source of frustration
as inquirers were scattered all across the
country. There was no university training
center for them in the US.
In 1969, Bill wrote San Francisco State
University a proposal for establishment
of courses in California. He began his
letter with the question: "Why do Ameri-
cans have to go abroad for advanced
Esperanto studies?" The answer came
back from Dr. Lloyd O'Connor: "Why,
indeed?" The result was approval of an
Esperanto program at SFSU for summer
1970 with William Auld as the first in-
structor. To allay the university's fears
that not enough students would come to
pay for a foreign instructor, Bill made a
financial guarantee against any loss.
Fifty-four students, more than the 20
needed, registered and the courses con-
tinue to this day.
Sometimes Bill had to push strongly
for changes he thought necessary for
ELNA. After years of absorbing the costs
of administrating the EIC, in 1972, he
asked for reimbursement. This caused
the membership of ELNA to accept the
costs of supplying services. Around the
same time, he proposed the need for an
ELNA office with a paid director. ELNA
did not have funds for this but the work
had become too much for Bill and Cathy.
To help financially, Bill turned over the
book service—worth some $20,000 +
wholesale with an arrangement for
ELNA to repay him as money came in
over subsequent years. He provided other
financial help in those difficult first
years. In the meantime he and Cathy
continued to work as volunteers.
At the end of 1982 a trickle of lessons
from postal students began arriving at the
EIC. At first, Cathy handled them, but the
teacher in Bill soon prompted him to take
a hand. He had clever ways of helping
people discover and correct their errors.
He enjoyed the personal contact with
eager, talented students, many who later
came out to SFSU. At last count over
6,000 students have benefited from their
part in the free postal course.
For several years, Bill represented
ELNA during the business meetings at
the UEA conventions. Invariably he
served on the Finance Commission ex-
amining the budget. Because there was
no language barrier, the most competent
people were selected for that commis-
sion. Serving with Bill were people from
many national backgrounds. He was im-
pressed by how much they were able to
accomplish in a matter of hours—a feat
impossible without a common language.
Over the years, Bill was a generous
supporter of the Esperantic Studies
Foundation. ESF was founded in 1968 by
Drs. E. J. Lieberman, Jonathan Pool, and
Humphrey Tonkin on the premise that,
although Esperanto has been around for a
long time, it is under-researched. One of
its goals is to foster such research by
competent educators. Bill immediately
thought ESF was worthy of support. Dr.
David Jordan has since joined the team.
During the last difficult months and after
his death, messages arrived from all over
the world. One of the most fitting came
from Simo Milojevic, General Director
of UEA: "..se homapaso trala vivo lasas
memorinde honestan spuron, tio
almenaŭ iom mildigas la doloron de la
perdo. Via edzo certe lasis tian spuron
ankaŭ en UEA, kies fidela apoganto li
estis dum jardekoj, i.a. kiel membro de
Societo Zamenhof kaj patrono de la
Novjorka Oficejo. Pluraj el ni en UEA
konscias, ke fakte ankaŭ li estus povinta
plenrajte preni lokon apud vi en la
Honora Membraro de UEA."
Past ELNA president Duncan Charters
added this personal note: "I always
looked forward to any time when I would
have the opportunity to be with him or
talk to him, and perhaps that is one the
best tributes. There are people whose
qualities in some unique way add to one's
life experience and permanently enrich
it. Bill was one of those."
All of us, whether we knew Bill per-
sonally or not, will reap the benefits of his
dedication to Esperanto. He will be
greatly missed, but his spirit will live on
in the lives of those he touched and en-
couraged. This will be his greatest contri-
bution.
—Ellen Eddy
from historical information
supplied by Cathy Schulze.
esperanto/usa 1993(5)   7
KLINGON AND ESPERANTO: THE ODD COUPLE?
by G. F. Proechel
-r->
[ELNA member G. F. Proechel is perhaps
better known to the world at large as the
gentlemen who in 1993 hosted the first
Klingon language camp in Minnesota.
Currently he and another ELNA member,
Mark Shoulson, are in the news for their
project to translate the Bible into Klingon.
And what is Klingon, you may ask? An-
other Ido? Another Loglan? Read on...]
There's a new star rising in the east and
it isn't the green star of Esperanto nor is
it the star of Bethlehem. It is the unlikely
home star (juH Hov) of Klingon, a made-
for-TV-and-movies language that is spo-
ken by the science-fiction warrior race
from the Klingon Empire of Star Trek
fame. Klingon is an artificial language
which made its debut in 1984 in "Star
Trek EI: The Search for Spock". The
"Klingon Dictionary" which was written
by Dr. Mark Okrand is now in its second
printing with some 250,000 copies in
print. In 1992 the Klingon Language In-
stitute was formed and already has some
600 members worldwide. A second
organiztion of Klingon fan clubs is the
Klingon Assault Group which also en-
courages students in the use of the Klingon
language by its 2500 members.
Last summer I took up the study of
Klingon, decided to run a Klingon Lan-
guage Camp in Red Lake Falls, MN, and
became an instant celebrity. While par-
ticipation in the two-week camp was
modest, the publicity was incredible with
journalists from TV, radio, newspapers
and magazines from around the world
vying for coverage rights.
We've now formed the Interstellar Lan-
guage School, Inc., are writing a textbook
in Klingon, translating the Bible into
Klingon, are organizing Klingon courses
throughout Minnesota, and conducting
church services and weddings in Klingon.
Next July, the Second Annual Klingon
Language Camp will take place in Red
Lake Falls, MN. Pretty heady stuff!
One wonders what would have hap-
pened if the producers at Paramount had
elected to have the Klingons speak Espe-
ranto or even Volapiik. Would Esperanto
now be riding a new wave of popularity
as the Klingon language is now experi-
encing? One can only sigh and say, "That
ain't how it happened."
Are Klingon and Esperanto competi-
tors of the artificial language scene? Per-
haps, but they certainly weren't intended
to be. Esperanto was created to facilitate
human communication by discovering
the most universal elements in the most
widely spoken European languages and
regularizing them into an easily acquired
interlanguage. It was meant to overcome
the realities of human communication
problems. Klingon, on the other hand,
was created essentially for the exact op-
posite reason. It was not meant to facili-
tate communications, but to entertain.
Dr. Okrand started with the premise
that since the Klingons were an alien
race, their language was unlike any hu-
man tongue, least of all English. He de-
liberately selected difficult and abstruse
sounds, not common ones. He created a
grammar that resembles none of the com-
monly known international languages.
(It may resemble some elements of ob-
scure American Indian tongues in which
he has specialized in his studies.
[Costanoan.—the editor]) Syntax is al-
most the exact reverse of English. If I had
said "Lieutenant Worf killed the Romulan
with his phaser gun," the Klingon word
order would be phaser gun-his-using-
while-Romulan-kill-Lieutenant Worf.
Esperanto thrives on cognates and prides
itself on instantrecognition of much of its
text. Klingon, on the other hand, has very
few "surface" cognates. Let's take the
expression "Inteligenta persono lernas
Esperanton facile." The parallel Klingon
would be, "tlhlngan Hoi Ghojchu' nuv
val," or "Klingon-language-learas-
clearly-humanoid-intelligent." [This is
also legitimate Esperanto order, by the
way—"Esperanton lernas facile persono
inteligenta."—the editor] Not a very
promising beginning.
Note in the above sentences I talked
about "surf ace" cognates. There are a few
words derived from terrestrial languages
(or Terran languages, as they are known
to Klingonists). Human is the word for
"human". Tera', obviously derived from
the Latin terra, is the word for "planet
earth". Dr. Okrand, however, has abound-
less sense of humor, and has endowed his
language with endless puns, and tongue-
in-cheekdefinitions.TheKIingonequiva-
lent to mal- is an element that reverses the
meaning of whatever it is attached to is
the suffix -Ha'. As if you made a state-
ment and men ridiculed it by adding "Ha"
to it. It's heavy is 'ugh, beautiful is 'IH
(pronounced something like ick) and res-
taurant is Qe' which resembles a gagging
sound.
While Esperanto prides itself in its
complex array of vowel endings which
indicate very clearly the parts of speech
or case of the word, Klingon will have
none of this. Most Klingon words are no-
nonsense one syllable constructs. There
is a rale in the Klingon language that no
word can begin with a vowel. However,
many words being and end with some-
thing called a glottal stop—that catch in
the throat that Cockney speakers make
instead of a "t" in words like "butter".
Since this is marked by an apostrophe,
most Klingon text books look like the
editor has let his pet chicken walk all over
the paper when he has finished. Dr.
Zamenhof tried very hard to avoid hom-
onyms when he created Esperanto (he
failed; in modern Esperanto there are
quite a few). Dr. Okrand seems to have
gone out of his way to create them. As a
consequence, sentences are frequently
ambiguous and one must be very careful
to observe the word order, which is ob-
ject-verb-subject, duj can mean "ship" or
"instincts'',/^' is "feed" or "buy", wej is
"three" or "not yet". You can get hom-
onym constructs: HomHom, which means
"little bone", DaqDaq, which means "in
a place", pu'pu', which means "talking
phasers".
When all is said and done (or the end of
the day, the way our British colleagues
are fond of saying), despite these obvious
differences, Klingon and Esperanto do
have a lot in common. Although Dr.
Okrand went out of his way to create
abstruse grammatical rules and gratu-
itously threw in irregularities to make it
seem more like a natural language, when
one has mastered the complex grammar
and sound system Klingon tends to give
you the "feel" of Esperanto. Its rules of
formation are much more regular than a
natural language and you can work your
way out of a situation where you don't
know the correct word by manipulating
the existing stems, just as well as you can
in Esperanto. The 2,000 plus words which
are now available can be greatly expanded
8    esperanto/usal 993(5)

by the use of prefixes and suffixes, just as
is the case in Esperanto.
Klingon is presently considered diffi-
cult as a spoken language, because of its
strange sounds, unusual word order, and
unfamiliar words. Progress in all skills
can be slow and there are even fewer
places to practice Klingon than Espe-
ranto. None of this seems to deter
Klingonists. Many fans simply say, "It's
fun!"
What of the future? Can Esperantists
learn anything from Klingon? All I can do
as someone who is both an Esperantist
and Klingonist is shake my head and
smile. My advice is to try to get Para-
mount Studios to try to find a planet
where Esperanto is spoken and to portray
these Esperanto-speaking space aliens in
a way that will make them at least as
appealing as the Romulans or the
Klingons. The idealism of Zamenhof's
vision seems to be passe" and science
fiction is in.
[Editor's note: Going by the press,
Klingon's present is bright. Its future may
be less so. Star Trek: The Next Genera-
tion, with its popular Klingon Lieutenant
Worf, is going off the air at the end of this
season, and although Worf will likely be
back in theatrical-release movies, those
will appear at the rate of only one every
two or three years. Klingons are only an
occasional presence in Star Trek: Deep
Space Nine, and though there are reports
of one half-Klingon character in the new
Star Trek: Voyagers series, that will have
no contact with the Klingon Empire, tak-
ing place halfway across the galaxy. So,
question: will the Klingon language keep
going on its own momentum, or will it
fade with the characters who have given
it impetus ? Or—conceivably—will Para-
mount decide that there is so much com-
mercial value in the Klingon language
that they continue to push it by restoring
a Klingon presence to the small tube?
Time will tell. Meanwhile, you can find
out more about Klingon language camps
from Mr. Proechel at: P.O. Box 281, Red
Lake Falls MN 56750, tel. (218) 253-
4149.]
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ESPERANTO AND KLINGON COMPARED
Parts of speech
Verb tenses
Word order
Homonyms
Cognates
Sounds
Person
Sample phrases
KBingon
Unmarked
None. Klingon has perfec-
tive and imperfective as-
pect. Endings -pa' or -ta'
indicate perfective.
Rigid. Object-verb-subject.
Many. e.g. ta'ta'ta'ta': The
emperor accomplished the
deed.
Almost none. Human, tera':
human, earth
Many unusual sounds for
English speakers.
Complicated system of pre-
fixes, e.g.?7= I, v/= I plus
object qa- = l-you
tlhlngan Hoi ghojchu' nuv
val.
qmuSHa'
Esperanto
Determined by endings: -a,
-e, -/, -o
Marked by endings: -as, -is,
-os, -us, -u
Flexible
Few
Many
Almost all common sounds
Personal pronouns mi, vi, //,
etc.
Inteligenta persono lernas
Esperanton facile.
Mi amas vin.
V
esperanto/usa 1993(5)   9
ESPERANTO: POLITIKA BATALO
[La jenan artikolon ni ricevis por
aperigo de la Transnacia Radikala Partio,
el ties ĉefejo en Romo, Italio. ELNA ne
estas politika organizo, kaj ĝi rajtas nek
subteni nek kontraŭi lapli multajn celojn
de TRP; sed kun unu celo de la organizo,
certe preskaŭ ĉiu esperantisto konsentos,
Interesitoj povos kontakti TRP-on ĉe
adreso trovebla inter la Anoncoj.]
En la tutamondo pli kaj pli intensiĝas la
"lokaj" militoj sur etnaj aŭ religiaj bazoj;
ŝanĝiĝas la politikaj kaj militistaj
ekvilibroj; Eŭropo, sed ankaŭ UNo, estas
senpovaj, ĉesigi tiajn kruelegaĵojn, kiajn
oni opiniis jam nepenseblaj; sur Eŭropo
tre forte premadas homamasoj serĉantaj
eblecon de pluvivado kaj tia premado fine
estigos eksplodajn kondiĉojn en la tuta
okcidentamondo. ĉio ĉi hodiaŭ, pli ol iam
ajn antaŭe, elstarigas la neceson, redifini
la regulojn de la tutplaneda kunvivado kaj
la personajn rajtojn, kaj trudas tutmondan
restrukturadon, kiu transiru etnajn kaj
naciajn dividojn en vere ekologia
superrigardo. La Radikala Partio f ormiĝis
de Giorgio Pagano
sur lakonscio pri tio5 ke hodiaŭ ne ekzistas
naciaj elektoj povantaj vere konsistigi
solvon. Jam en 1979 la tiama RP, ankoraŭ
ne transnacia kaj transpartia, alfrontis la
draman situacion de la malsato en la
mondo kiel politikan problemon ŝarĝitan
de elsekvoj ne nur por la malriĉaj landoj,
sed ankaŭ por la riĉaj. Nun tio estas realaĵo
aperanta sub ĉies okuloj.
Se hodiaŭ ĉio moviĝas je tutplaneda
nivelo, tiam estas neeviteble utiligi ne-
etnan intemacian lingvon, kiu garantiu
interkomunikadon de ĉiuj kun ĉiuj.
La internacia lingvo Esperanto ne
plimultigas la diskriminaciojn, vere
favoras justan distribuadon de la homaj
rimedoj, estas vehiklo de demokratio kaj
ne estigas, kontraiie, novajn tavolojn da
"eksterlasitoj"; tial ĝi liodiaŭ konsistigas
politikan solvon tre pli realisman ol la
angla lingvo.
La Radikala Partio transnacia opinias,
ke sen lingva demokratio ne eblas realigi
iun ajn politikan demokration, kaj do ĝi
vidas Esperantonkiel celon strikte ligitan
al la propra kialo ekzisti kaj esti
transnacia. Tio ĉi estas la elekto, kiun la
RP transnacia oficiale faris en sia
kongreso de februaro 1993, sed pri kiu oni
jam de antaŭ kelkaj jaroj laboras ĉe la
Eŭropa Parlamento kaj ĉe tiuj naciaj
parlamentoj, en kiuj ĉeestas anoj de RP.
La tempo premas al la punkto de ne-
reveno; la problemon pri la lingva
demokratio oni devas urge porti sub la
atenton de la publika opinio, oni ne plu
rajtas simple susuri ĝin inter specialistoj,
fakuloj, adeptoj. Tial, al la esperantistoj,
kiuj ankoraŭne estas kunni, ni diras: se la
Internacia Lingvo, via Esperanto, povas
esti por vi io pli ol romantika abstraktaĵb
aŭ ol plezuro de ekumena kunveno,
alprenu al vi la respondecon, doni al ĝi
konkretecon; vi ne rajtas senigi vin je la
tasko doni forton al la ununura partio, kiu
strebas al tiu transnacia celo: membriĝu al
la RP transnacia, por ke ni estu kune, se
Esperanto (ankaŭ por vi, angle-
parolantoj!) estu la "Internacia Lingvo"
celanta"malferaii'?, kaj neĵargono celanta
"eksterlasi".
SKOLTA AGADO EN ESPERANTO—PROFUNDE INTERNACIA SKOLTADO
de Anna Margareta Ritamaki
En oktobro 1993 pasis 75 jaroj de Mam
Alexander William Thompson skribis
libreton "Propono pri SkoltaEsperantista
Ligo". Tio estis la komenca paŝo por la
kunllgo de du grandaj idealaroj, la skolta
kaj la Esperanta. Tio naskis la Skoltan
Esperantistan Ligon, ekde 1972nomatan
SkoltaEsperanto-Ligo. Launuaj jaroj estis
sukcesaj kunintemaciaj SEL-tendaroj,kaj
pinte en 1933 partopreno en la Monda
skolta ĵamboreo en Hungarujo loin granda
grupodeEsperantoparolantaj skoltoj. Sed
la kondiĉoj ne estis favoraj por SEL. La
Monda skolta organizo praktike
malpermesis la uzadon de Esperanto en
1934. "car Esperanto ne havas praktikan
valoron" la organizo decidis "ne
rekomendi" la lingvon al siaj
membroorganizoj. Tiun rezolucion oni
nuligis en 1964 kaj nuntempe la sinteno de
la monda skolta oftcejo certe ne estas
malaproba, sed la kontaktoj estas
malmultaj, ĉefe pro la malforto de Skolta
Esperanto-Ligo.
Dum kelkaj jaroj estis granda krizo en
10   esperanto/usal 993(5)
SEL. Gravaj funkciuloj kiuj durnlonge
laboris devis eksiĝi. Estis problemoj trovi
novajn f ortojn. Tiu krizo estis j am plejparte
venkita kiam mi komencis redakti la
organon de la Ligo "La Skolta Mondo"
fine de 1992, eĉ se daŭre ni serĉas novan
ĝeneralan sekretarion kaj pliajn novajn
aktivulojn.
Okazas internaciaj SEL-tendaroj. Jam
okazisplumaciaj SEL-tendaroj SKOLTO
'91, '92 kaj '93. Okazis arrkaŭ aliaj SEL-
aranĝoj en diversaj landoj. Kaj ŝajnas kela
evoluo ne stagnas. Ekzistas planoj ankaŭ
por 1994. Kiel redaktoro estas ĝojige ricevi
raportojn pri lokaj SEL-grupoj el la tuta
mondo. Okazas kursoj laii la skolta
lernolibro Ĵamborea Lingvo, Mu baldaŭ
aperos en renovigita eldono. SEL planas
aktive partopreni la grandajn skoltajn
tendarojnenNederlando 1994 kaj 1995,1a
Eŭropa kaj Monda ĵamboreoj.
Por mi, antaŭe tre aktiva skoltino, poste
tre aktiva Esperantistino, la SEL-tendaroj
estis mirindaj travivaĵoj. Esperanton ni ne
uzis nur generate por uzi Esperanton, por
umi kune ĝenerale. Esperanton ni uzis pro
nia komuna intereso, pro skolteco kaj niaj
aktivecoj estis fradicie skoltaj. Esperanto
estis por ni bongusuga spico, kiu donis
profundan intemacian etoson. Certe ne
nur SEL, sed ankaŭ multaj aliaj fakaj
organizoj povas atingi la samon. Espe-
ranto atingas homojn kiuj ne interesiĝus
nur pri la generate Esperantomovado car
Esperanto donas plian, intemacian dimen-
sion al la jam kutima agado.
La Jubilean Numeron de La Skolta
Mondo vi povas ricevi kontraŭ du
internaciaj responojorponoj, mondonaco
(uea-konto: selx-m), aŭ eĉ senpage
skribante al laredaktorino: AM RitamaM,
Peltolavagen 6 B 36, FI-20720 ABO,
Finnlando, retadreso <aritamaki@
finabo.abo.fi>. En ĝi aperas informoj pri
la historio de SEL, sed ankaŭ pri la nuna
agado.MembrojdeSELricevaslagazeton
kvarfoje jare. AM donos pliajn informojn
ankaŭ pri SEL kaj la eblecoj membriĝi.
"■'■:
siomsw
©   ©
[D-ro Giorgio Silfer estas Prezidanto de
la Kooperativo de Literatura Foiro]
La alineo dediĉita de Humphrey Tonkin
al raŭmismo (esperanto usa, 3/93) ne
kongruas kun la, cetere alta, nivelo de lia
ĉefparolado dum la 41a kongreso de
ELNA, la 17ande julio 1993. Leginte ĝin,
mi devas simple dedukti ke li
miskomprenis raŭmismon.
Sufiĉas legi atente la tekston de la Mani-
festo de Raiimo, 1980 (ĉu ĝi iam aperis en
laELNA-organo? mi persone ne memoras)
kaj de postaj dokumentoj (ekz. la
Konkludoj de Segedo, 1988) por rimarki
ke nenie oni asertas "ke estas pli grave
profundigi nin en la scio kaj utiligo kaj
ĝuo de esperanto ol konvinki aliajn aliĝi".
Ankaŭ raŭmismo celas la disvastigon
de nia lingvo: pri tio kolego Tonkin ne
havu dubojn—li ne kalumniu laraŭmistojn
egoismaj aŭ eĉ egotismaj. Sedeble Tonkin
kaj la raŭmistoj ne disvastigas la saman
lingvon: por li verŝajne taŭgas sloganoj
kiel "la dua lingvo por ĉiuj" aŭ "la
internacia helplingvo"—por ni, ne.
Laŭ la punkto 3 de la Manifesto de
Raŭmo, ni sentas nin parto de "mem
elektita diaspora lingva minoritato": ni
vidas en Esperantio unikan
parolkomunumon, kun propraj valoroj kaj
vivostilo, prefere ol movadon por
propagandi filantropaĵon al la mondo. Ni
deziras konstrui kaj progresigi ĉi tiun
komunumon, nian lingvo minoritaton; kaj
tion farante, ni ankaŭ disvastigas
esperanton—ne kiel internacian
helplingvon, sed kiel transnacian
kulturlingvon.
Humphrey Tonkin evidente ne konscias
pri la granda novaĵo de raŭmismo: ni
asertis, ekde 1980, ke lingvoj estas ne nur
rimedo por komunikado, sed ankaŭ (kaj
precipe) por identiĝo.
Tiel longe kiel iuj bonvolaj UEA-anoj
klopodis disvastigi esperanton laŭ
finvenkismaj principoj, lalnternaciaPEN-
Klubo fermis al ĝi sian pordon; kiam la
Esperanta PEN (fondita en novembro
1991) petis la aliĝon al PEN Internacia,
kaj argumentis sian pcton raŭmisme, tuj
ĉelaunuamondkongresoĝiestis akceptita.
Nia lingvo akiris pli da prestiĝo (kaj iom
pli da uzantoj ĝi akiros).
Aliflanke, laradikoj deraŭmismo sinkas
ĝis Zamenhof, km en 190105 28 skribis al
Kofman: "Lingvo Internaciafortikiĝos por
ĉiam nur en tia okazo, se ekzistos ia grupo
dahomoj, kiu akceptus ĝin kiel sian lingvon
familian, heredan. Cento da tiaj homoj
estas por la ideo de lingvo neŭtralamultege
pli grava ol rnilionoj da aliaj homoj. Hereda
lingvo de la plej malgranda kaj plej
sensignifa popoleto havas vivon multege
pli garantiitan kaj neestingeblan, ol
senpopola lingvo, kiun uzus eĉ rnilionoj
da homoj".
Giorgi Silfer
[Mi mem nekomprenas, kial ekzistas tiom
da streĉiteco inter tradiciemuloj kaj
raŭmismanoj—sed la streĉiteco ne estas
nur unudirekta; ne Prof, d-ro Tonkin
"kalumnias" pri "pracelanoj" en siaj
informoj, aŭ uzas terminojn kiel
"finvenkismaj principoj" pri UEA-anoj,
por kiuj "una venko" estas ankaii ŝerca
esprimo. Sedlaŭmiestassufiĉedaspaco—
kaj ankaŭ suŭĉe da bezono—en la Espe-
ranto-movado por ambaii skoloj.
Iom responde al du argumentoj de d-ro
Silfer. (1) Mi estas ano de UEA jam 34
jarojn, kaj ne memoras, ke ĝi iam ajn
frapis ĉe la pordo de la Internacia PEN-
Klubo, des malpli argumentis al ĝi
"fin venkisme "; do la PEN-Klubo nepovis
"fermi al ĝi sian pordon ". Kio tutcerte ne
subtrahas ion ajn de la grava sukceso de
Esperanta PEN, akceptigi sin ĉe PEN-
Klubo. (2) La menciita opinio de
Zamenhof, pri la bezono de denaskaj
parolantojpor garantii la estontecon de iu
lingvo, ne multe trankviligos denaskajn
parolantojn de la dalmata, manksa,
kornvala, aŭ kelkdek an kelkcent
nordamerikaj lingvoj ankoraŭ uzataj en la
epoko de Zamenhof—car, malgrau. centoj
aŭ eĉ miloj da denaskaj parolantoj, tiuj
lingvoj jam ne ekzistas. Kontraŭe al Z
(pardonu la herezon!), mi opinias, ke la
vivo de amata lingvo, eĉ sen hereda
komunumo, estas multepli bonegarantiita
ol tiu de iu ajn malgranda lingvo, kies
ekzisto dependas entute de la historia
sorto.j
[La jena letero alvenis ee la ELNA Cen-
tra Oficejo en decembro. Mi iomete
purigis la gramatikon kaj literumadon.
Kiuj povos helpi, bonvolu helpi!]
Mi estas knabo kun ago de 16 jaroj. Mia
nomo estas M. M. Wickramasinghe. Mi
havas du junajn fratojn kaj unu junan
fratinon. Mia patro estis gazetaro-
fotografiisto. Miapatrino estis instruistino.
La teroristoj mortigis miajn gepatrojn
en 1991. La teroristoj [bombis]* nian
aŭtomobilon kun niaj gepatroj. Hi bruligis
nianhejmon. Nun ni vivas kun niaj geavoj.
Hi estas malriĉaj kaj tre maljunaj kaj
malsanaj. Sed mi ne havas aliajn parencojn
nun. Mia avo kaj mi kolektas brullignojn
por domoj por aĉeti nian nutraĵon. Mi
lernas kurson pri fotografio. Miaj
instruistoj helpas min.
Miaj junaj gefratoj ne iras al lernejo car
ili ne havas edukado-materialojn. Mia avo
ne havas monojn por aĉeti iliajn
material ojn. Tial mi petas vian helpon. Mi
dankas vin se vi sendos al ni kajerojn,
plumojn, krajonojn, tukojn kaj Ŝuojn. Mi
petas de vi vian helpon. Milionf oje dankas
vin
M. M. Wickramasinghe
"Santhee"
Garden City
Diyatalawa
Sri Lanka
[*En tiu loko la juna verkinto enŝovis
anglalingvan vorton "insulted," kiu por
mi tute ne havas sencon en la koncema
kunteksto. La vorton "bombis" mi mem
anstataŭis.j
Mi estas nova studento de Esperanto kaj
la itala. Mi uzas simplan metodon kreskigi
mian vort-provizon. Mi aĉetis pakon de
malgrandaj "3-M Post-It Notes." Mi
skribas la nomojn de objektoj, kiujn mi
uzas ofte sur la notoj en Esperanto kaj la
itala. Sur mia spegulo, mi metis noton ...
"la spegulo ... lo specchio." Sur mia
pordo, mi metis noton ... "la pordo ... il
porto" (k.t.p.). Tiu metodo estas granda
helpo kun mia studo de Esperanto kaj la
itala. (Tiu metodo helpas mian familion
lerni kelkajn vortojn, ankau).
Robert Goos
Daŭrigata de paĝo 6
ricevi la semajnan informilon pri la
Kampanjo, skribu al: "Esperanto"
Radikala Partio, Via di Torre Argentina
76, 1-00186 ROMA, Italio, fakso
+39.6.68805396. Noto: Eblas legi
Translimen! eĉ antaŭ ol ĝi estas presita,
konektante sin al Agora Telematika en la
Sektoro "Noticoj Esperanto". Se vi havas
retalirivon, simple tajpu telnet
agora.stm.it aŭ telnet 192.106.239.3 por
atingi Agora Telematika.
esperanto/usa 1993(5)    11
Daŭrigata de paĝo 2
will find an article by David Wolff on this
subject elsewhere in this issue. This Fund
is nowhere as ambitious as the Schulze
Fund—its goal is $2000—and the Achieve-
ment Awards are currently seen as a one-
time experiment, though if they are suc-
cessful in their goals (see the article) they
may be continued in future years.
Simply put, the Achievement Awards
were created to reward local Esperanto
groups for successful activity on the local
level, hi the last few years we've had to
recognize that, in many (or even most)
ways, the local groups are more important
to the success of Esperanto than ELNA.
Yet local groups have a tendency to spring
up, flourish for a time, and then disappear,
leaving little behind them on which to
build. We believe that ELNA has to give
encouragement and support to local groups
to help them continue growing; that is why
ELNA now has a Commissioner for Local
Groups (Don Coleman), why the Commis-
sioner is now in the process of finalizing a
handbook to help local groups, why a
bulletin for local groups is now being
developed, and why David Wolff pro-
posed these Awards and is now working in
the developing Commission for Local
Groups.
If you, too, want to help contribute to the
progress of local groups—perhaps one in
your area!—please consider donating a
sum to this Fund.
(3) The William W. Glenny Fund. This
tiny, underused Fund was established sev-
eral years ago by a donation from Bill
Harmon in memory of Bill Glenny, a Los
Angeles area Esperantist who worked for
many years as the motor of the Esperanto
Association of Los Angeles. The purpose
of the fund is to put copies of David
Richardson's Esperanto • Learning and
Using the International Language into li-
braries around the country.
The Richardson book costs $14.95 per
copy. For sending books to libraries as
donations, ELNA will absorb postal costs.
If you decide to donate money to this fund,
you should probably do so in multiples of
$ 14.95. Let me add that, if you send along
with your donation a list of libraries to
which you think books should be donated,
and their addresses, your list will receive
very favorable consideration.
Donations to all three of the above-
mentioned Funds, as to any other ELNA
Funds, are tax-deductible. I urge you to
consider making a donation to one of them,
or to some other Fund nearer your heart
(again, a list is available from the CO.)
now.
The Commish
One of my stated goals in my campaign
letter of last year was to name a new
Conimissioner for Women's Affairs.
The office of Commissioner for
Women's Affairs was originally estab-
lished some years ago at the request of San
Diego Esperantist Eleanor Stein, who oc-
cupied the post for a number of years but
resigned from it about two years ago. It has
not been filled since. Based on what I have
seen in ELNA, I felt that it needed to be
filled. So I have appointed Becky Harris
Commissioner for Women's Affairs.
Ms. Harris is a relatively recent Espe-
rantist, but has already plunged deeply into
the Esperanto world, including participa-
tion at San Francisco State University and
in the 1993 Universala Kongreso. She is
also knowledgeable about local cable ac-
cess, and helps produce a show (not about
Esperanto, though one of those may be in
the works, too) on her local cable channel.
She actively supports the idea of a "level
playing field" for men and women in the
Esperanto movement, and volunteered for
the post, rather than waiting for me to
come to her. Those with ideas about what
ELNA may need to put or keep women on
an equal basis with men in the organization
should contact Ms. Ffarris; as with Board
Members or other Commissioners, her
address is in the membership list, which
every member should have, or she can be
reached through the Central Office.
There may be those who believe that I
am not being genuinely "sexually egalitar-
ian" by deciding to appoint a woman to this
post rather than considering men as well.
Rest assured that, should I decide that
ELNA needs a Commissioner for Men's
Affairs, I'll definitely appoint a man to that
post. Then everything will be equal again.
Don Harlow
-r
Daŭrigata de paĝo 1
alian "doton" de Aleksandro Zilbernik:
lia renovigita domo en Kaunas la 11-an
de decembro fariĝis Litova Esperanto-
Centro.
Okazis io gravapri la Internacia Lingvo
dum la jaro 1993—pluraj ekstermovadaj
ins tancoj okupiĝis pri la ling va problemo
kaj implicite rekonis larezultojn, kiujn la
Esperanto-movado atingis tra la pasinta
centodajaroj:UmbertoEcopersiajdokto
kaj intelekta kuraĝo sukcesis skui la
letargian silenton pri la komuna lingvo;
en la ejoj de Europa Parlamento oni
simpoziis pri planlingvoj; UNICEF
establis konsultajn rilatojn kun UEA,
Internacia PEN-Klubo rekonis
Esperanton Mel beletran lingvon kaj
akceptis la membrecon de Esperanto-
sekcio, Unesko denove rezoluciis pri Es-
peranto.
Kvankam oftepovas ŝajni,ke nialaboro
ne portas la esperatajn fruktojn, tio ne
estas kialo por ĉesi labori. Ni ne povas
scii, Maj fine estos la rezultoj de nia
strebado. Antaŭ kvin jaroj, Mu estus
povinta imagi la nunan politikan situacion
de la mondo? Kiu scias, Mo estos post
ankoraŭ kvin jaroj, post dek jaroj, post
cent jaroj? Kiu scias, Ma estos la lingva
situacio en la mondo de la jaro 2094?
Ni laboru kaj esperu. Ni ĉerpu la
inspiron el la ankoraŭ ĉiam plene aktuala
mondvizio de Zamenhof:
Ni semas kaj semas, neniam laciĝas,
Pri l'tempoj estontaj pensante.
Cent semoj perdiĝas, mil semoj
perdiĝas,—
Ni semas kaj semas konstante.
"Ho ĉesu!" mokante la homoj
admonas,—
"Ne ĉesu, ne ĉesu!" en kor' al ni
sonas:
"Obstine antaŭen! La nepoj vin benos,
Se vi pacience eltenos."
Kun bondeziroj por la jarŝanĝaj
festotagojkajporlanovajaro 1994,salutas
via
—John C. Wells
12   esperanto/usal 993(5)
NOVAĴO.
Rflrl
For your reading pleasure (and to in-
form those few ELNA members who
haven't contacted us yet), here's the very-
latest news and information from USEJ—
ESPERANTO YOUTH GROUP
FORMED FNNYC... Sashalssenberg,
a very enthusiastic young person from
Larchmont NY, has just founded an
Esperanto club at his high school,
Horace Mann High School in Bronx
NY. Sasha found it very insulting that
his high school teaches eight languages,
but not Esperanto. So he's talking with
the school to see whether classes can be
started. Congratulations and good luck,
Sasha! Contact and support him at:
30 Cooper Lane
Larchmont NY 10538-1820.
NEWUSEJ MEMBER IS POISONED...
but is eventually saved by a flying fish.
If you think that's something, wait un-
til you see what else is in store in issue
no. 3 of Ktp!. If you haven't sub-
scribed yet, make sure to contact USEJ
today. (Ktp! is exchanged with several
other local newsletters in the North-
east... is your group interested??)
WHEN WAS THEFIRSTESPERANTO
PLAYPERFORMED??... Which city
in the world had the most individual
UEA delegates in 1993? Which city
has the mostper million? These are just
some of the interesting things readers
of Ktp! will find out. If you know or
have a fact or statistic about anything in
the Esperanto movement, send them to
us for publication. They can range from
the simple ("When was ELNA
founded?") to the truly trivial ("Which
Esperantist has attended the most
UKs?"). Include a source, if possible.
KICKOFF TIME... is almost here for the
World Cup! If games are happening in
your area and you or your local group
haven't already done so, write to USEJ
to borrow its multilingual flyers about
Esperanto and the movement. They're
available in the major languages heard
during the Cup, including English,
German, French, Spanish, Portuguese,
Russian, Bulgarian, Italian, and Dutch.
JUNULARAJ
Plus, they're well designed, thorough,
and can be photocopied well. So don't
miss this chance to grab the spectators
about Esperanto—in their own lan-
guage!
CALLING ALL CLUBS...USEJ isplan-
ning to produce a booklet or kit to help
members for local clubs. If you'veever
worked with a local club, whether it
was a youth club or not, contact us for
more info. The booklet will not only
contain tips on how to form a local
club, but also suggestions on how to
keep it alive and active.
THENORTHEAST(FINALLY!)...wiU
have its own regional meeting. The
original plan for a Canadian/American
meeting has been scrapped, so it will be
a regional congress instead. According
to the present plans, it will take place
during a mid-April weekend in a cen-
tral Pennsylvania state park, easily ac-
cessible by car from everywhere in the
Northeast US and maybe even South-
em Canada (really). If you'd like to
attent,orhelpplan,contacteitherUSEJ
or:
Anka Minor
101 Harrison Drive
New Cumberland PA 17070
FOR ALL THE NEW MEMBERS OF
ELNA... welcome to the family! USEJ
(Usona Esperantista Junularo) is the
organization for the younger people of
the Esperanto family. If you're under
27, contact us! (Even if you're not
under 27, contact us anyway.) We offer
many services (mcluding a great news-
letter, Ktp!). Plus, you can always rely
on us for information and advice—a
service which is, of course, priceless.
Anyway, here's the address:
USEJ
624 Second Street
Lancaster PA 17603-5114
TEL: (717) 393-4273
FOR THE RETURNING MEMBERS
OF ELNA... thanks for all of your
support and ideas during the past year.
Keep in touch during '94!
Josef Truong
Daŭrigata de paĝo 4
Powell-Market cable car turntable, he
says he was approached several times by
dope pushers offering "Smoke?",
"Coke?" "Whatever you want," etc. Shak-
ing them off, he walked to the Ellis St.
corner and absentmindedly crossed
against the red light—at which a cop in a
cruiser shouted, "Hey, you, are you
blind?" When Beatrice said he was sorry
and tried to point out the nearby pushers,
the officer added, "why don't you learn
English?" and drove off. Piero is not in
love with Ess Eff.
[Herb Caen in the San Francisco, CA,
Chronicle, August 26,1993.]
[Togetherness.]
But the real eye-opener comes from
Japanese manufacturer Yamaha. While
perusing the assembly instructions for his
new Electric Grand keyboard, a reader
found a diagram showing assorted pieces
of hardware and labeled with a single
Anglo-Saxon word of instruction. We
can't repeat the instruction in this family
magazine, but we believe the company
meant 'screw'.
[From Consumer Reports, August,
1993; sent by Barbara Colt.]
[Speaking in tongues.]
Sustained sluggishness in U.S. markets
combined with opportunities provided by
the breakup of the Eastern Bloc, a unify-
ing European market and at least the pros-
pect of a North America Free Trade
Agreement have pushed companies of all
sizes to look for salvation outside the
United States. And they are desperately
seeking executives with multilingual and
multicultural experience to help them
compete.
Paul R. Ray & Co., an executive search
firm based in Fort Worth, reports the num-
ber of searches in which clients request the
job prospect display mastery of another
language has doubled in the last year. The
firm, which is expanding its searches into
Latin America in light of NAFTA, says
today's hot languages are Spanish and
Russian. French, German and Japanese
are also highly prized, as well as Korean
and Chinese.
While English is the international lan-
guage of business on a formal level, a
company that conducts its business exclu-
sively in English is prone to mistakes.
Helga Long, president of the New York-
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Daŭrigata de paĝo 13
based recruiting firm H.M. Long Interna-
tional Ltd., recounts her experience with a
U.S. toy company eager to start manufac-
turing its products in Hong Kong. Speak-
ing to his local managers in the only
language he knew—English—the execu-
tive dictated his wishes, only to see them
subverted.
The payoff from knowing another lan-
guage can be big. During the 1982
Falklands war, Westinghouse was in dan-
ger of losing a contract to design an air
traffic control system for the Venezuelan
government, according to [Allied Signal,
Inc., vice president Isaac] Barpal. The
sore point was the American support for
Britain in the war. But Barpal said
Westinghouse marshaled a cadre of Span-
ish-speaking executives to rescue the
deal.
[Excerpted from an article by Leah
Beth Ward, West CounryTimes, Sep. 12,
1993;provided by Angela Harlow.]
[Punch line]
Jimmy Carter got a standing ovation
when he visited David Letterman's CBS
late show Tuesday night to tout Ins new
book, "Making Peace."
The former president got a few laughs
when he told of giving a graduation
speech near Osaka, Japan, that got big
laughs for a little joke he told. Carter said
he later learned that his Japanese transla-
tor didn't even bother to pass the joke on
to the crowd. "President Carter just told a
funny story and everyone must laugh,"
the translator told the crowd.
[From the Tampa, FL, Tribune, Sep.
30,1993; provided bylonel Onet]
[An American tragedy... again.]
The American dream ended violently
for Yu Hai Liu, possibly because the re-
cent [2-1/2 years] immigrant from China
could not understand English, Oakland
[CA] police said Thursday.
The 31 -year-old Liu... was fatally shot
Wednesday night outside his West Oak-
land apartment by two men police believe
were trying to rob him.
Sgt. Tom Swisher said the two men
"said something to him in English which
he didn't understand and then there was
gunfire. Either they wanted his car or his
valuables."
Swisher said it isn't known if the men
shot Liu because they were angry that he
didn't understand them or just impatient.
[Excerpted from an article by Harry
Harris, Oakland, CA, Tribune, Oct. 1,
1993;provided bylonel Onet]
[Getting with the program.]
Users of 1-2-3 for Windows 4.0 en si-
multaneously recalculate, calculer
maintenant, neuberechnen and saikeisan
their spreadsheets thanks to an unprec-
edented worldwide rollout last summer
that saw Lotus Development Corp. release
its upgrade in 23 languages.
The impetus for U.S. vendors to trans-
late their software is increased revenue.
For the past few years, companies such as
Microsoft Corp., IBM, WordPerfect
Corp. and Borland International, Lie. have
seen the overseas market provide more
than 50% of their total revenue, company
officials said.
"More than half of our revenue for OS/
2 is from outside the U.S.," said Wally
Casey, director of marketing at IBM's
Personal System Products division in
White Plains, N.Y. "I can't afford to be
more than a couple days [behind the En-
glish release] with foreign-language ver-
sions."
[Excerpted from an article by Cara A.
Cunningham, Computerworld, Oct. 4,
1993; provided by George Partlow.]
["Failure Spoken Here."]
Aristeo Zambrano's 11-year-old
daughter is "pretty smart," her father says,
but she still can't read and write at her
grade level, in either English or Spanish,
although she's been in bilingual education
classes in the Oakland public schools for
five years. His older daughter entered
middle school speaking little English, but
received no English instruction—or even
a bilingual aide to help out.
"When a bilingual kid is thrown into a
regular class," [Zambrano] says, "he's not
going to make it. By high school he's so
behindandso frustratedhe's going to walk
out."
Throughout California, students not
fluent in English—a large and increasing
percentage—face similar problems.
Has the movement to reform education
improved things for these students?
So far, not very much, according to a
major study to be issued next month by the
San Francisco think tank California To-
morrow. Researcher Laurie Olsen studied
80 California public schools engaged in
major reform efforts. In only 15 of these
did she find non-English-speaking stu-
dents fully included and benefiting from
the reforms.
In most schools they are neglected,
Olsen says, because most teachers are
monolingual English speakers with little
understanding of the students' cultures or
of the process of learning a second lan-
guage. "No matter how committed and
loving they are, how many volunteer
hours they put in," she says, "they end up
making decisions that are blind to the
needs of the very kids they're trying to
serve."
For example, in some schools, teachers'
enthusiasm for including all children
leads them to abolish the separate bilin-
gual education classes desperately needed
by students with limited English skills.
[Excerpted from an article "Failurespo-
ken here" in the San Francisco, CA, Bay
Guardian, Oct. 6, 1993.]
[Nursing one's gripes.]
Frank Hall, Nito Ceralbo, Fe Calabiao
and Ethwelda Tarrosa say they were fired
from the Casa San Miguel convalescent
home in Concord for speaking Tagalog in
bathrooms and linen closets.
Jordania Reed said she was fired for
speaking Spanish to co-workers in the
hallway at Driftwood Convalescent Hos-
pital in Gilroy.
All say they occasionally spoke in their
native tongues to each other, but not to
patients. But all were written up for alleg-
edly violating "English-only" rules in the
workplace.
What happened was that these employ-
ees got caught in one of the most misun-
derstood—and according to civil rights
groups, most abused—gray areas of the
law. There are no laws prohibiting speak-
ing a foreign language on the job; but
neither are there laws saying employers
who fire people for doing it are commit-
ting an illegal act.
[Equal Employment Opportunity Com-
mission staff attorney John] Peck said
some employers were "overreacting" to
the provision in Title 7 of the Civil Rights
Act that said a requirement to speak En-
glish only on the job may be imposed
because of business necessity. "There are
situations an employer can justify by
showing a compelling business necessity
but they over-reacted because the guide-
lines regarding patient dignity were not
clear.
"We've had situations where employ-
ees were barred from speaking foreign
languages in the lunchroom because the
patients would occasionally use it."
[From an article by Joyce Routson in
the West County Times, Oct. 7, 1993;
provided by Angela Harlow.]
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RAt^
I 25th Year I
San Francisco State University
June 27-Jury 15
three-week multilevel courses.
The best in the world.
With guided sightseeing in San Francisco and
vicinity and group transfer to the ELNA
convention in Sacramento.
University of Hartford
Esperanto workshops July 11-16
Sightseeing in New York and Boston with
arrival July 8
Dr. Humphrey Tonkin, Director.
ELNA Convention July 15-18
Sacramento   CA  kun   plena   program o  de
prelegoj,    distraĵoj    kaj    ekskursoj    en
Sacramento inkluzive la belan kapitolon kaj la
plej bona trajn-muzeo en la mondo.
VOJA&O* "0K*S   VlrV
Antaŭkongreso de 79a UK
(Neoficiala) 15-22 julio - inkluzivas ELNA
kongreson kaj ekskurson tra vitejaj valoj al San
Francisco por flugo al Seulo por la UK.
79a Univ. Kongreso de Esperanto
23-30 julio 1994 - Seŭlo, Koreio
Korea is a hidden treasure, little known to
most Americans. It proved to be a delight to us
when we revisited it in October of 1993 - after
twenty years. Seoul has grown into an
attractive, cosmopolitan city with lush
landscapes among beautiful mountains. And
full of enthusiastic, active Esperantists!
The booming economy has resulted in
luxurious, expensive hotels; but EVS has
contracted with a good, well-situated hotel at
reasonable prices - less than $50 per night
(shared basis). The Korean cultural programs,
national monuments and museums are
wonderful. The Korean culture is not just a
take-off of the Chinese or Japanese, but
distinctive in its own right, as is the Korean
race; and has the added plus of a unique and
very charming sense of humor.
VENU KUN NI AL KOREIO!
Internacia Junulara Kongreso
30 jul-6 aŭg., Chonan, Koreio
Post-UK ekskurso July 30-August 4
Korea is an unusually beautiful country with
numerous national parks, well-preserved
temples and castles and a long, beautiful
coastline. Don't miss the opportunity to see
this delightful, underappreciated country!
Post-Post Ekskurso 4-13 August
Vietnamio, Perlo de la Oriento
Throughout its history, Vietnam has been
heavily influenced by foreign countries.
From its early Chinese origins, through
French rule, to Japanese occupation, and
finally the Vietnam War ending in 1975,
we find a country with a fascinating blend
of ancient and modern sights, western and
oriental ideas. With over 2,000 KM of
coast line and mountains rising to over
3,000 meters, the scenery is as diverse as
its people and its history. We will tour the
length of this Southeast Asian country
from Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon)
through Da Nang and Hue to Hanoi and
beautiful Halong Bay.
The U.S. Government no longer restricts
U.S. citizens from traveling to Vietnam,
and our Esperantist "samideanoj" are
anxious to welcome us. (See the enclosed
brochure.)
Esperantoi Vbjaĝ-Servo
61041^ Salle Avenue
QM^CA 94611
{510] 339-2001
FAX [510] 339-6317
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551, Pinole, CA 94564, tel. (510) 222-0187
Vice President: Sherry A. Wells (1996)
Secretary: Ellen Eddy (1995)
Treasurer: John B. Massey (1994)
Other Board Members: William R. Harmon
(1994), William H. Schulze (1994), Mark C.
Stephens (1994), Thomas Eccardt (1995), D.
Gary Grady (1995), RocheUe Grossman (1995),
Doroteo Holland (1996), David Richardson
(1996), Derek Roff (1996)
Commissioners and Chairs: Don Coleman
(Local Clubs, Nominating), John Dale (Legisla-
tive Affairs), Jim Deer (Tape Service), David
Gaines(Youth), Angela Harlow (Congresses),
Lucy Harmon (Travel Affairs, Audio-Visual In-
struction), Becky Harris (Women's Affairs),
Dorothy Holland (Correspondence Courses), R.
Kent Jones (Education), Dr. Julius Manson
(United Nations), John. B. Massey (Wills and
Gifting), John B. Massey, William H. Schulze
and Sidney V. Steinberg (Kapitala Fondusa
Komitato), John Mathews (Service Clubs),
Catherine Schulze (Postal Course), Sherry Wells
(Publicity), David Wolff (Publishing)
Director, Central Office: Miko Sloper
Vice-Director, Central Office: Ionel Onet
ELNA Archivist: Ionel Onet
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any of the above named commissions or com-
mittees should communicate with the
member(s) shown.
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Family                        $45
Youth (under 27)         $15
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Sustaining                   $60
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ELNA is a non-profit organization function-
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tax-deductible.
A separate supporting category, "Friend of
Esperanto," has been established. A Friend of
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Libraries and other institutions can subscribe
to Esperanto U.SA. at the special rate of $15 per
year.
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Member-Guidebook onlyfJMG)    $ 9.00
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DEADLINE FOR MATERIAL FOR
ISSUE 1994(2) of Esperanto U.S.A. is Mar.
25,1994
Esperanto U.S.A.
Volume 29, No. 5
ISSN 1056-0297
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