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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 18:14:35 +0200
From: "TEJO Oficejo / Office" <oficejo@...>
Subject: TEJO introduces English as official working language / TEJO
enkondukas la anglan kiel oficialan laborlingvon

Official press release

TEJO introduces English as official working language.

Today the TEJO board (now known as WEYO - World Esperanto
Youth Organization, sometimes confused as the World English Youth
Organization)
has decided to introduce English as its official working
language due to outside pressures from the European Union, United
Nations
and especially, UNESCO. We also plan to no longer use the "special
letters" of Esperanto in official documents in favor of a more English
alphabet as recommended on the discussion list "esperanto-in-britain".

The planning of this new initiative began when Christopher Culver
(American) was the full-time volunteer in the central office of WEYO in
Rotterdam. Also, the choice of Chuck Smith (American) as the new
volunteer
was part of WEYO's strategy. "In 2004, we will be hiring a full-time
employee and are currently searching English native speakers for this
position. Having a native speaker is important in moving toward a more
professional organization. Along these lines, we also plan to move the
central office to Washington, DC by April 1, 2004," emphasizes Holger
Bose,
president of WEYO, "because we prefer American English rather than
British
English. It's time to leave this old Europe!"

With this new initiative we have started free English courses in the new
US
troops liberalized countries under
the title "Language of Power" with great success! We have also
encouraged
that these students have penpals in the United States, England and
Australia to give the class a more international atmosphere. Bose, as a
professional English teacher, remarks, "This is a great way to prepare
the
world for peace and empower the people there."

The new slogan of WEYO has also been announced today as "Esperanto:
everyone's second international language". Mark Lins, board member of
WEYO,
replies: "We've been waiting a long time to make these changes and we're

finally glad to have
the support of the Esperanto youth community with these decisions. God
bless America!" Sonya Petrovic, another WEYO-board member, replied about
the
pre-IJK language course, "The idea
to have English courses alongside our Esperanto course has brought many
more interested applicants. In fact, it even seems like more people are

interested in learning English than Esperanto."

Here's the translation for those of you who don't feel like reading the
English version:

Gazetara komuniko

TEJO enkondukas la anglan kiel oficialan laborlingvon

Hodiaw la estraro de TEJO (nun WEYO - World Esperanto
Youth Organization, foje konfuzata kiel World English Youth
Organization) decidis enkonduki la anglan kiel ghian oficialan
laborlingvon pro eksteraj premoj de la Ewropa Unio, Unuighintaj Nacioj,
kaj
speciale, UNESCO. Ni ankaw planas ne plu uzi la "specialajn literojn"
de
Esperanto en oficialaj dokumentoj favore al pli angla alfabeto law
rekomendo en la diskutlisto "Esperanto-in-Britain".

La planado de chi tiu iniciativo komencigxis kiam Christopher Culver
(Usonano)
estis la plentempa volontulo en la centra oficejo de WEYO en
Rotterdam. Ankaw, la elekto de Chuck Smith (Usonano) kiel la nova
volontulo estis parto de WEYO's strategio. "En 2004, ni dungos
plentempan
oficiston kaj ni nun serchas English native speakers por chi tiu
posteno. Havi native English speaker gravas por progresi al pli
profesia
organizo. Chi tial, ni planas transloghigi la centran oficejon al
Washington, DC antaw la 1a de aprilo, 2004," emfazas Holger Bose,
prezidanto de WEYO, "char ni preferas la usonan anglan pli ol la britan.

Jam temp' está foriri de malnova Ewropo!"

Kun chi tiu nova iniciato, ni komencis senpagajn anglajn kursojn en tiu
nova "liberigita" lando de Usono
sub la titolo "Lingvo de Forto" kun granda sukceso! Ni kuraghigas ke
tiuj
homoj havu plumamikojn en Usono, Anglio, kaj Awstralio por doni pli
internacian etoson. Bose, kiel profesia instruisto de la angla,
rimarkas,
"Jen bonega vojo por prepari la mondon por paco kaj doni forton al la
homoj tie."

La nova frapfrazo de WEYO ankaw estis anoncita hodiaw kiel "Esperanto:
chies dua internacia lingvo". Mark Lins, estrarano de WEYO, komentas:
"Ni
atendis longan
tempon por fari chi tiujn shangojn kaj ni finfine ghojas vidi la
subtenon
de la Esperanto-junularo pri la decidoj. Dio benu Usonon!" Sonya
Petrovic, alia WEYO-estrarano,
respondis pri la antaw-IJK-a lingvokurso, "La ideo havi anglajn kursojn
aldone al nia Esperanto-kurso portis multajn interesatojn. Fakte,
shajnas
ke pli da homoj interesighas lerni la anglan ol Esperanton."

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