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How many members are in your local Esperanto club?

de Alkanadi, 2015-aŭgusto-12

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Lingvo: English

Vestitor (Montri la profilon) 2015-aŭgusto-14 18:52:15

erinja:I am not too interested in the UEA politics and the meetings that go on in that regard. The educational day usually has at least one or two scholarly talks that look interesting and some of the concerts look fun. But for me the point of going to UK is to see the people, not to go sit in a talk about vegetarianism.
That link with wishy-washy stuff turned me away from Esperanto for years. I went to a local meeting at someone's house, in the north of England, in 1997 and I felt out of place. There was a long discussion on Lord of the Rings or something by Stephen Donaldson, which I couldn't even follow (and didn't want to) and there wasn't even anything alcoholic to drink to improve the situation. An older woman kept on touching my knee too.

The same sort of things go on in left-wing politics circles. It attracts a lot of weirdos.

erinja (Montri la profilon) 2015-aŭgusto-14 19:16:56

I know what you're talking about. And I'm glad that such people can find their place in the movement but it isn't just that. It's about finding the right crowd, I know avid Esperantist beer drinkers in both the US and the UK. I spent a week teaching a class for the British summer course and it had a mini private pub in the basement, that we were able to get the key for. Great fun, great conversation, a great group, and not a Tolkien fan as far as the eye could see.

filmo70 (Montri la profilon) 2015-aŭgusto-15 17:44:26

Sfinkso:You missed an important option. "What local Esperanto Club?"
Ĝuste!

Altebrilas (Montri la profilon) 2015-aŭgusto-15 20:30:52

The debate about UKs is very interesting. It's too bad that it's in english and with a title that does not match the topic.

nebrelbug (Montri la profilon) 2019-februaro-28 02:41:59

FractalBloom:The Utah group UTELO has a webpage and references to it all over the place, but as far as I can tell it is defunct. Disappointing given that back in 2001 the USA kongreso was held at my university. Trying to start a new Salt Lake City group but as of yet I have encountered 0 esperantists here.
Mi loĝas en Utah.

nikhil (Montri la profilon) 2019-marto-13 16:05:08

We don't have a particular club as such. But few Esperanto speakers meet every month, It often ranges from 2 to 10 (or more) Esperantists.

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