Path: elna.ethz.ch!scsing.switch.ch!swidir.switch.ch!univ-lyon1.fr!jussieu.fr!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!rutgers!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!pilot.njin.net!not-for-mail From: fineber@pilot.njin.net (Allan Fineberg) Newsgroups: rec.scouting Subject: Scouting and Esperanto FAQ Date: 25 May 1995 22:40:49 -0400 Organization: Rutgers University Lines: 330 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3q3f3h$mat@pilot.njin.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pilot.njin.net FAQ: Scouting and Esperanto This information is up-dated and corrected regularly and will appear on or about the 14th of each month. What is Esperanto? Esperanto is the easy-to-learn language devised by Dr. L.L. Zamenhof, of Warsaw, Poland, at the end of the 19th Century. Zamenhof saw the need for the peoples of the world to be able to transcend the barriers of language. Esperanto is used as a second language for communication between language communities. Is Esperanto supposed to replace the national languages? No. It is a neutral bridge-language between people of different language communities. What is the connection between Scouting and Esperanto? In his book, "Scouting for Boys," Lord Robert Baden-Powell, Scouting's Founder, recommends the use of Esperanto as a "secret language" among scouts. The first steps to create the Skolta Esperanto-Ligo (Scout Esperanto League) took place in 1918, after the appearance of Alexander William Thompson's booklet proposing such an organization. Since then, SEL has held its own international camp-outs, and participated in World Scout Jamborees. For the World Jamboree in August in the Netherlands, an international group of SEL activists is organizing an activity in which participants will learn the basics of Esperanto . Why is Esperanto called a "neutral" language? It is neutral in the sense that it has no political, cultural or national/ethnic "baggage" that it carries with it. This cannot be said for the various national languages, each of which carries with it its own particular agenda, be it political, cultural, religious, commercial or otherwise. The only agenda Esperanto has is to serve as a bridge-language between all peoples. Of course, it has its own "universal" culture as well. Who can give me information about Skolta Esperanto-Ligo? La Skolta Mondo, the official publication of SEL, appears four times a year. The editor of La Skolta Mondo (Scout World) is: Anna Margareta RITAMAKI. Her e-mail address is:>aritamak@ra.abo.fi Her snail-mail address: Peltolavagen 6 B 36 FIN20720 Abo/Turku Finland (faxing by prior agreement) The President of SEL is: Franco ABRIANI Via Falconetto 24 I 37131 Verona VR Italy The General Secretary of SEL is: Hector R. CAMPOS GREZ Casilla 331, Curico Chile The Treasurer of SEL is: David H. WITHEY 21 Brookfield Avenue Waterloo, Liverpool Great Britain L22 3YE The National Representatives/Agents of SEL are: AUSTRALIA Jennifer DIMO 9 Rocky Gully Road Coominya Queensland 43311 tel. (0)74-264299 AUSTRIA Martin BAEHR Rasumofskygasse 2/26 A-1030 Wien e-mail:>mbaehr@info.archlab.tuwien.ac.at >baehr@math.uni-hamburg.de BELGIUM Arie BOUMAN Diesdreef 8, B-9030 Gent tel +32-9-227 48 41 fax 2541338 BRAZIL Hiroshi AKAMINE Uniao dos Escoteiros do Brasil Regiao do Sao Paulo Rua Maquerobi 93 Placa da Arvore Sao Paulo Cep 04053 tel (011) 372318 BULGARIA Christo MANDEV bul. Mogilev 2 II 19 Gabrovo 5306 tel +359-66-23647 CANADA U. Paul RONALD 45 10th Avenue Roxboro, Quebec H8Y 2N3 CHILE Hector R. CAMPOS GREZ Casilla 231 Curico fax: +55-75-312137 COSTA RICA Marvin SEGURA Aptdo 1913 San Jose tel (01) 585561 CZECH REPUBLIC Pavel SITTAUER Hartmannova 1128 CS-67401 Trebic tel (0) 618-21909 DENMARK Bjarke NIELSEN (Agent) Erdalsvej 30 DK 2600 Glostrup FINLAND Carola ANSKOG Mattkarr FIN 25700 Kimito tel (9)25--423133 FRANCE Samuel GAILLARD 50, Avenue des Livradois F-63800 Cournon-d'Auvergne e-mail>goelano@altern.com tel +33-73-84.31.31 GREAT BRITAIN David H. WITHEY 21 Brookfield Avenue Waterloo, Liverpool L22 3YE HUNGARY PESTI Alexander To-u 20 H-6723 Szeged ITALY Franco ABRIANI Via Falconetto 34 I-37131 Verona tel +39.45.5251173 JAPAN Fumiko KAMACHI 205 Rumieru Kishi 6-21-5 Kokuryo-cho Chohu, Tokyo 182 KOREA LEE Seung Yun (HL10DL/Yunchyo) 162-7 Hwigyong-l Dong Tongdaemun (130-091) Seoul MALAGASY REPUBLIC Rog. RANDRIANEKANA T.P. Box Postale 14 Ambatondrazake the NETHERLANDS J.K. HAMMER Taxusstraat 7 NL 1505 AA Zaandam tel (0) 75-166931 NEW ZEALAND G. SUTTON 12C Herbert Gardens 186 The Terrace Wellington 1 tel/fax (0)4-473847 POLAND Jaroslaw A. FOTYGA ul. Harnesie, 21/34 PL-20-857 Lublin tel +48-81-711065 e-mail>upfotyga@if.uj.edu.pl ROMANIA Kornelia NAGY R-4150 ODORHEIU-SECUIESC Intr. Garofitei 1/18 tel 2-11488 SLOVAKIA Miroslav HAVRANEK Plzenka 7 SK-8303 Bratislava tel 07-335809 (lab) 65411 (home) SOUTH AFRICA Henri W. APPEL T 59 Eddy House 133 Ampthill Avenue Benoni 1500 SPAIN Luis GILPEREZ FRAILE Aptdo Postal 7131 E 41080 Sevilla tel 95-4570849 (work) SRI LANKA Roland PERIES 4 Sri Vijaya Road Colombo 6 SWEDEN (see Finland) UNITED STATES of AMERICA Allan E. Fineberg 28-24 Sherman Place Fair Lawn, New Jersey 07410-4208 e-mail:>fineber@pilot.njin.net fax: 201/996-8884 How can I learn Esperanto? Get the SEL textbook "Jamborea Lingvo," by J.L. Hammer, and illustrated by his son, the noted Netherlands graphic artist Melle Hammer. It is available from: SEL Postbus 433 NL-1500 EK Zaandam the Netherlands Cost: 6 Netherland Guilders + postage/handling (approx. $3.00+ US) This book is also available through many Esperanto Book Services, including Esperanto League for North America (elna@netcom.com). In many countries, SEL runs special courses just for Scouts. Or, get an Esperanto textbook at a public library or bookstore. Find out if an Esperanto course is being offered in your area. Take the Free Esperanto Course that is available by e-mail. The Administrators: Chinese version: ZHONG Qiyao>linkcom@shts.seed.net.tw English version: Mark RAUHAMAA>Marko.Rauhamaa@tekelec.com French version: Marc RISON >rison@vxcern.cern.ch> German version: Steffen PIETSCH>neffets@cs.tu-berlin.de> The same course is available by snail-mail, from several national Esperanto associations. A wealth of information about Esperanto is available at the following WWW sites: Document URL: Flavaj Pagxoj (Esperanto Yellow Pages/in Esperanto) http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~martinw/fla-pa/flavaj-pagxoj.html or: ftp://ftp.cs.chalmers.se/pub/users/martinw/fla-pa/flavaj-pagxoj.html or: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/el/elna/Yellow-pages/ Use the last one if you're accessing from the U.S.; from Europe the first addresses (in Sweden) may work faster. (Thanks to Martin Weichert for this up-dated information.) What does Esperanto look like? Esperanto estas neutrala ponto-lingvo. D-ro Zamenhof kreis Esperanton por helpi al internacia, intergenta komunikado. Bela, facila, Esperanto estas la racia solvo al la monda lingvo-problemo. Scouting Terms: Skoltisma Terminaro: Girl Guide/Scout Skoltino (Boy) Scout Skolto Cub Scout Lupido Scout Leader Skoltestro Camp Tendaro Be Prepared! Estu Preta! Thinking Day Interpensa Tago Anna Margareta Ritamaki Allan E. Fineberg SEL FAQ Administrators