30 November 2017 The Language Festival Association is hosting a free language festival on Saturday, 3 December, at Erina Fair. The purpose of this language festival is to promote awareness of language diversity, by providing “tasters” of multiple languages and cultures in a fun environment. A highlight will be a fascinating presentation by Australian linguist, Dr Gregory Cooper. In the early 1980s Dr Cooper travelled to remote north-western Pakistan to study an as-yet unwritten language. Just by interacting directly with the native speakers, he was able to learn the language (Kalashamondr), create a system of writing for it and teach […]
Monthly Archives: November 2017
AGM postponed until 19 November
Unfortunately, the quorum of 10 members, as required by our current constitution, was not reached yesterday, so we were unable to make any decisions (including the election of directors). However, the constitution allows us to adjourn the AGM for a week, when the quorum will be reduced to 2. Because 4 (maybe 5) members were going to meet next Sunday at Wyong anyway, we have changed the location. So, the reconvened AGM of the Esperanto Federation of NSW will be: Date: Sunday, 19 November 2017 Time: 11:45am Place: Albert’s Cafe, western side of Wyong railway station (turn left as you […]
President’s Report 2017
For the period 4 September 2016 – 12 November 2017 Presented at the Annual General Meeting of the Esperanto Federation of NSW, 12 November 2017, by the president, Jonathan Cooper Governance From the 2016 AGM until 30 July 2017, the board consisted of: President: Jonathan Cooper Vice president: Dmitry Lushnikov Secretary: Nicole Else Treasurer: Alan Turvey Other board members: John Casey, Richard Delamore On 1 August 2017, John Casey resigned. At the board meeting of 6 August 2017, Andrew Spannenberg was appointed as replacement board member until the AGM in November. Events Apart from the regular monthly Sunday meetings, the […]
AGM 2017
To every member of the Esperanto Federation of NSW (EFNSW): The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of EFNSW will take place at Esperanto House on 12 November 2017 at 11 am. The board will resign and the positions will be assigned during the meeting. Please note that due to the AGM, there will be no meeting on the first Sunday of November. We hope you can attend the AGM, and please let us know if you can help the Federation in any way. If you CANNOT attend but would like to vote, you can ask someone vote on your behalf (as […]