On Saturday, 10 September 2022, 12 members of the Federation participated in the annual general meeting (AGM) – five at Esperanto House, and seven via Zoom (including Terry Manley from Armidale and Rainer Kurz from Germany). Jonathan started the meeting with an “acknowledgment of country”. After we approved the minutes of the last AGM (12 September 2021), Jonathan read the president’s report aloud. (See below.) Next, Dmitry read aloud a summary of the treasurer’s report for the 2021–22 financial year: The monetary value of the entire property of the Federation on June 30, 2022 was $1,900,119.83 (however, this is based […]
Category Archives: meetings
A new way to have meetings: virtually
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the rules of social distancing, regular meetings of Esperanto clubs have had to stop. Instead, a new form has been set up: the virtual meeting – most often via the video group chat system, Zoom. While the older Skype system works like a telephone conversation (one person calls others, who already must be connected to the caller), Zoom works in a way like a traditional meeting place: Anyone with the link and password is allowed to enter. [1] In addition, Skype is free for conversations with no time limits, and theoretically no limit on […]
Letter from Bjelovar Esperantist Society
On Sunday, 1 March 2020, during the monthly meeting of Esperanto NSW, we had a special guest from Croatia: Damir Matašin, the great grand-nephew of John Matasin, whose hard work and generosity enabled the purchase of Esperanto House in the 1960s. Damir brought with him gifts, including a beautiful book on the history of the Esperanto movement in Bjelovar, Croatia, written by Josip Pleadin. On the blank first page of the book was pasted a letter from the president of Bjelovar Esperantist Society, to Esperanto NSW. The text, translated into English: BJELOVAR ESPERANTIST DRUŠTVO BJELOVARIAN EXPERANTIST SOCIETY 43000 BJELOVAR, Vlatka […]
President’s Report 2018
For the period 13 November 2017 – 7 October 2018 Presented at the Annual General Meeting of the Esperanto Federation of NSW, 7 October 2018, by the president, Jonathan Cooper Governance At the 2017 Annual General Meeting, Jonathan Cooper was elected as both president and interim treasurer. At the December 2017 board meeting, Dmitry Lushnikov agreed to become treasurer if he could get support from Jonathan Cooper and Alan Turvey. This was consented to and Dmitry was duly appointed treasurer. Events During the 328 days since the last Annual General Meeting, 101 advertised Federation events were held at Esperanto House: […]
Next Pizza night: 17 Feb
The next Pizza night will be Saturday, 17 February 2018. Join us at Esperanto House for music, videos and pizza. Don’t worry if you’ve never studied any Esperanto before; we can explain what it’s all about. Beginners and the simply curious are absolutely welcome! The Esperanto lesson will start at 5pm, followed by the actual Pizza night at 6pm.
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 […]
Zamenhof Day at Esperanto House
13 December 2015 Chris Holliss reports: Thirty people came to the very successful celebration. It was wonderful to meet long-time friends. We chatted about the past year, even past years. We also enjoyed delicious food. This was evident by the empty plates strewn about the tables afterwards. Two special cakes were saved from the hungry hoard: gifts for Eunice Graham (for her birthday) and Margaret Chaldecott (for her many, many years of secretarial work for the Esperanto Federation of NSW). The good atmosphere continued with three interesting talks: Richard Delamore showed a video about his studio and collaborators. He explained […]