La Mez-Kanada Esperanto-Renkontiĝo 2013 okazos 19-21 majo en Otavo, la ĉefurbo de Kanado

MeKaRo estas turisma semajnfino, kiu okazas ĉiujare, dum la feria semajnfino "Victoria" ("Journée nationale des patriotes" en kebekio) de tagmezo sabate la 19a de majo ĝis tagmezo lunde la 21a de majo.

Por pli da informoj, rigardu ĝian oficialan retpaĝon http://mekaro.ca

Venu kaj konatiĝu kun esperantistoj el aliaj urboj. Kune vizitu restoraciojn kaj historiajn lokojn, kaj ĝuu la unuan longan semajnfinon de la somero.

2012-2013. Jen listo de la kandidato laŭ alfabeta ordo, kun iliaj loĝurbo kaj provinco.

  Yves Bellefeuille,       Otavo       ON
  Raymond Brisebois,   Londono   ON
  Geoffrey Greatrex,     Otavo       ON
  Paul Hopkins,             Kalgario    AB
  Gregory Nacu,            Kingstono ON
  Ken Price,                   Toronto     ON
  Bob Williamson,         Dartmuto  NS

Vi povas legi la 'Blogon' de Ken Price en ĉi tiu retejo por iom pli da informo pri kio okazos rilate al elekto de la nova estraro.

Ken

We are a group of people who meet to learn, speak, and enjoy the international language Esperanto.

We meet each* Monday between 6pm and 8pm, temporarily in the cafeteria section near the Carlton St./Church St. door of LOBLAWS, 60 CARLTON St. It is on the north side, a block east of the College subway station. After 8pm some of us go to one of the local restaurants to eat, and continue the conversation.

* NOTE:
During the Victoria Day holiday weekend many of the regular participants in our cafe meeting will be in Ottawa for the regional Mekaro meeting, and will not return until too late for the Monday meeting in Toronto.

So, if you still want to have a meeting that Monday, first check with others to see whether they wish to attend, so that you will not find yourself alone there.

Click on any event in our calendar to see more details.

You can contact us at esperanto.toronto(at)gmail.com for more information.

Our Bulletin

Some of the back-numbers of our bulletin, La Torontano, are available on the webpages of Ken Price.

Other activities

From time to time we gather together at the home of one of the club members, which also serves as the library of our club, and there we discuss interesting issues, enjoy some fine refreshments and get to know each other better.

The 15th of December 2013 will be the 154rd anniversary of the birth of

Dr. L.L.Zamenhof, who created Esperanto.

The club will celebrate this with a 'Zamenhof-fest' probably on a Saturday in mid- December 2012. Check here nearer the time for precise information.

From 2pm until mid-evening, Esperanto-speakers will be welcome to join us for the Zamenhof-fest in 'the party-room' at 77 Carlton Street, Toronto.

The theme of the congress was :

In many countries, year-end celebrations are coming, and, again this year, more than one million children in Canada and across the planet will write to Santa Claus. In Canada, most children write to Santa Claus in English, French or one of the twenty-five other languages spoken by Santa Claus and his elves.

Since 2002, Esperanto has been one of the languages used by Santa Claus. The Quebec Esperanto Society invites Esperanto-speaking children to discover this Christmas tradition by writing a handwritten letter to the following address (please indicate clearly the word ESPERANTO in your letter) :

This program, which aims at promoting literacy, is made possible by Canada Post's hard working elves.

A.R.E. stands for Aŭtuna Renkontiĝo de Esperanto, a meeting of North-Eastern Esperantists which lasts over Canada's Thanksgiving and the U.S. Columbus weekend. In 2007, the gathering will take place from the 5th to the 8th of October.

ARE is organized by the Québec Esperanto Society and Esperanto organizations from the U.S. For more information, please visit Aŭtuna Renkontiĝo de Esperanto

Schedule

Saturday, May 19th

• 14:00 : Gathering in front of the tourist information center (corner of Place Jacques-Cartier and rue Notre-Dame). Walkaround in old Montreal (with esperanto-speaking guides);
• 15:00 : Visit to the House of Sir George-Étienne-Cartier, 458 Street Notre-Dame East (price per person : about 6$) ;
• 18:00 : Dining at restaurant 'Hong Kong', in Chinatown (1023 Saint-Laurent, corner of De la gauchetière, price between 8$ and 12$)

Sunday, May 20th

• 10:00 : Visit of the 'Centre d'histoire de Montreal', 335 place d'Youville, old Montreal, price per person 2.50$, close to Metro Place-d'Armes
• 12:00 : Lunchtime;
• 14:30 : Short conferences at UQÀM, in room DS-1520 (320, Ste-Catherine Street East);
• 17:30 : Diner at Commensal; (1720 St Denis)
• 19:00 : movies at NFB (1564 Saint-Denis) (silent movies, etc; 25 seats)

Monday, May 21st

• 09:00 : Gathering at the Mont-Royal metro station. We take bus 11 west to get to Lac des Castors.
• 10:00 : We discover the Mont-Royal and visit of the Smith House.
• 12:00 : Organized picnic (cost: 6$, let us know you're coming, we'll prepare the food!);
• 14:00 : End

Pictures of last year's MeKaRo in Ottawa can be found here