=============NOVKASTELA ESPERANTA SOCIETO=========
================Newsletter Edition 4: August 2002===========

Dear Esperantists,

What a month!

This newsletter is sent out to fourteen people each month. It is still
in English, but may be freely translated. Our newsletters are published
in the Telopeo every month, and a short history of the Association will be
published in Telopeo soon.

Our website, http://www.esperanto.org.au/newcastle.html, is updated,
except the English version. It will be reupdated soon

We have had a lot of interest from the Baha'i faith in Newcastle, and
there will be many Baha'i at our October course.

Coming events:
Next meeting: Saturday, 6th October at 3pm at the Newcastle EcoHome
67a Hobart Rd. New Lambton 2305 (diagonally opposite West's). If you
can come, please email or phone me.

Visiting Esperantist: Originally Novocastrian Esperantist Janet Rawling
speaks to the Baha'i. She has come from Germany, and has won many
prizes for her Esperanto poetry. Friday, 5th October at 7:30pm at the
Migrant Resource Centre, Hamilton. Contact Tom Jones on 4943 2444
for more information.

Introductory Esperanto Course: 12th October 3pm at the Newcastle
EcoHome (same as for meeting). We are hoping for around 15 people.
Cost $5 with free followups, pay on day. Books may be bought on the
day. Contact me (Jonathan) for more information.

Zamenhof Day: Sun 15th December. Nothing planned yet, depends on
whether anything is happening in Sydney.

Our first birthday: Sat 1st March. Nothing planned yet.

Treasury:
For the month to date:
Sales: $26.50 (to be sent to the NSW Esperanto Federation)
Donations: $6.00
It is possible that we may have a postage cost of 45c later this month.

Sales in depth:
The Esperanto Teacher: 4 x $5
Esperanto Course: 3 x $1.90
A key to Esperanto: 1 x 80c
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$26.50

Association News:
On Saturday, 3rd of August, we met at the EcoHome. Although only 2
people came this time, we got a lot more done, and organised for the
Course in October. We also managed to read some UN and UEA
publications that are relevant to our goal as an association. We
also renamed the Association to the Newcastle Esperanto Society.
This is to keep the structure of Esperanto worldwide.

On Friday, 2nd of August, I made a talk to the Baha'i community in
Newcastle at the Migrant Resource Centre. They were very interested
in what our society was doing, and were extremely interested in learning
Esperanto. 8 books were sold, and all present were interested in doing
the course in October. Andrew was there with his friend Barry (who
also helped organize Stomp), and one Baha'i even said that it should
be compulsory for all Baha'i in Newcastle to learn Esperanto. All in
all, the talk was a great success.

We still haven't found Mrs. James, and would love to hear from her
if anyone knows who she is, or anyone else in the Hunter area who
speaks Esperanto.

Please feel free to contribute any news for our newsletter by sending
it to me. We are very busy, and are quite willing to get busier!

G^is baldaux (until soon),

Jonathan Moylan