{"id":1537,"date":"2011-08-04T10:29:07","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T10:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2011-08-04T19:24:32","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T19:24:32","slug":"ijk-is-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/ijk-is-the-people\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;IJK is the people&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1540\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/08\/carolin_ijk.jpg\" aria-label=\"Carolin Ijk 215x300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1540\"  alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1540\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/08\/carolin_ijk-215x300.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carolin Weemeyer<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>[\u0108i tiu artikolo legeblas en la originala Esperanto \u0109e <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liberafolio.org\/2011\/la-ijk-estas-la-homoj-sed-ne-nur\">Libera Folio<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Today I&#8217;m happy to have Carolin Weemeyer with me, a 29-year-old teacher in Germany who participated in the International Youth Conference of Esperanto (IJK) in Kiev. She provides us with an analysis of the previous IJK and the IJKs in general.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The above citation \u201cLa IJK estas la homoj\u201d (The IJK is the people) was taken from Evgenia Slovachevskaya during the last night of the IJK. Evgenia took the role of main organizer from Mikaelo Lineckiy, who unfortunately suffered a heart attack two weeks before the IJK and had to stay in the hospital. In his speech, Evgenia explains that it was difficult for the LKK (Loka Kongresa Komitato) to take all the tasks from Mikaelo, among others because, \u201cwe don\u2019t know what IJK is.\u201d The last sentence was that despite the many problems and failures, the atmosphere was good, and that \u201cIJK is the people.\u201d Those sentences caught my attention and made me think a lot about IJK, and finally made me write this.<\/p>\n<p>To explain where the following opinions come from: I attended every IJK from 2005 to 2011 except last year\u2019s in Cuba. Besides that, from 2004 to 2009, I was a member of the GEJ-commission (German Esperanto Youth) for conferences, which prepared the Internacia Seminario (IS). I\u2019ll summarize my experiences there with the following diagram:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1539\" style=\"width: 608px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/08\/IJK_diagram1-e1312380223300.png\" aria-label=\"IJK Diagram1 E1312380510392\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1539\"  alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"453\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1539\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/08\/IJK_diagram1-e1312380510392.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/08\/IJK_diagram1-e1312380510392.png 598w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/08\/IJK_diagram1-e1312380510392-350x265.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IJK building (click for larger image)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The LKK (Loka Kongresa Komitato) forms the most important foundation. After that, the participants follow. Several columns hold up the roof, the good atmosphere, which I believe is the goal of the conference. It\u2019s important to add, that not all columns are necessarily required. But missing several of them hinders the good atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Let me analyze the previous IJK according to my diagram.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>The <strong>LKK<\/strong> was quite weak due to losing Mikaelo to the hospital, as indicated above, which was not their fault. However, it\u2019s worth adding, that for attendees, it wasn\u2019t really clear who was responsible for which task. In fact, many people with which I spoke weren\u2019t even clear who was in the LKK for the entire week. A simple way to show that is with differently colored badges and presentation photos in the program brochure.<\/p>\n<p>During registration (which only took place starting on the second day!), one was asked when they prepaid (!) and they recalculated all costs according to the cost table on paper, so there was quite a wait. At the beginning, the participants could have put themselves in order by congress number, but that usually doesn\u2019t matter during IJK and that\u2019s why no one knew about it. It seems to me that there was no database nor registration data. This process for registration is certainly not recommended.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>People<\/strong> attended. As usual in a Esperanto youth meeting, there were many different kinds of people from diverse countries and cultures which carried the foundation for a good atmosphere.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>place<\/strong> wasn\u2019t suitable. One could talk at length about cold water, squat toilets and (the lack of) electricity in the rooms. My impression was that most people preferred another level of comfort, but somehow accepted or had to accept the lodging as it was. My own opinion: if there are those &#8211; for most attendees unusual &#8211; lacks of comfort, one should at least know that in advance (for example in the last informational brochure). And besides, toilet paper is not a luxury in my opinion. The biggest hole, however, was that there were hardly chairs and tables to freely chat. In addition, I was amazed how often the cleaning ladies took smoke breaks (I counted 11 times in 2 hours), while we drowned in garbage and dirt. The concert hall was quite small and offered chairs for a maximum of 30 people. Unfortunately, the location was very far from the city center.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gufujo<\/strong> (literally \u201cowl container\u201d, a place for people to peacefully chat and drink tea) was missing. There were several attempts by participants to start it, but they were in vain mostly due to missing things needed to run it. You need a quiet place, not necessarily away from everything else, tables, chairs and candles. The gufujo helpers boil water and offer nice and diverse teas, sugar, milk, maybe honey and lemon. Good evening additions are peaceful concerts and literature readings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trinkejo<\/strong> existed. There it was possible to buy beverages at room temperature (there was no refridgerator) and some snacks. Besides, there were three chairs. But the bar is not just to buy drinks. It\u2019s also usually a place to party and dance on tables. All of this wasn\u2019t possible.<\/li>\n<li>About the <strong>diskejo<\/strong> I can\u2019t say much, because I didn\u2019t dance. I think, however, that it was suitable according to participants.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ludejo<\/strong> (a games place) didn\u2019t exist. There were many game rounds in front of the house on the ground, and long werewolf (similar to the mafia card game) sessions on the first floor, but again without chairs and it was dirty. It was difficult to find players, because there was no common meeting place.<\/li>\n<li>A typical <strong>filmejo<\/strong> didn\u2019t exist. Chuck Smith showed several cool films in the school one afternoon. However, there were some technical problems that needed to be solved.<\/li>\n<li>In the LKK office (!) there was an <strong>Internet connection<\/strong> starting on the second day. There were too few electrical outlets and chairs. So, it followed that you found many people in the room, but not usually members of the LKK.<\/li>\n<li>The day <strong>program<\/strong> was quite good. There were Esperanto courses, lectures, discussion groups, etc. The way the program was offered to the participants could have been improved, by example with a congress brochure.\n<li>The concerts in the <strong>evening<\/strong> were successful. Except for not having enough space, places to sit or to mention the technical difficulties, they were brilliant. It would be worth taking the traditional IJK elements like the international evening with music, poems, sketches, etc. and games on stage like \u201cWho wants to be a millionaire\u201d or the like. For the international concert, a list was hanging on the program table, but nobody took it away in time. So, people didn\u2019t know whether their proposal were noted or not.<\/li>\n<li>There was not one complete-day <strong>excursion<\/strong> to any place near the city, but there were seven excursions at the same time to different destinations in Kiev. I didn\u2019t partipicate in an excursion (which started at noon, by the way), mostly because I was already in the city center on my own. Many people told me that the excursions were good. I did, however, observe the preparations. A poster was hanging on the program table with seven excursion proposals (numbers 1-7). Nearby hung 12 lists to register for the individual excursions. It wasn\u2019t mentioned which number belongs to which excursion. Besides that, excursion guide names were listed. At least one of them didn\u2019t know he was going to lead an excursion. On the excursion day, everyone from all the excursions met together in front of the house which made it take quite a long time to get everyone organized. I heard that they were planning to use the public busses to start the trip. I\u2019m amazed how that could work, because they are usually full upon arriving at our bus stop. With more than ten people, it would be hard to enter.<\/li>\n<li>About <strong>miscellaneous<\/strong> topics, I don\u2019t want to say a lot, because I think everything is already clear. I hope that we will still get our post-conference address book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1547\" style=\"width: 559px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/08\/grupfoto.jpg\" aria-label=\"Grupfoto1 E1312382886687\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1547\"  alt=\"\" width=\"549\" height=\"445\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1547\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/08\/grupfoto1-e1312382886687.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/08\/grupfoto1-e1312382886687.jpg 549w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/08\/grupfoto1-e1312382886687-350x284.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some IJK participants - click for full size<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As was said, not all of those columns are necessary for a good IJK. For example in Hanoi, the columns \u00a0\u201cgood place,\u201d \u201cexcursions,\u201d and \u201cprogram\u201d pretty much made up the entire building &#8211; because they were strong enough, even though the other columns were completely missing like trinkejo, gufujo, ludejo and filmejo.<\/p>\n<p>In my humble opinion and after many chats with other participants, I think I can say that the \u201cIJK-67\u201d building fell apart quite strongly. Concisely: the IJK needs to be more than just the people.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that my analysis is clear and understandable. I\u2019m looking forward to reading your opinions about it. I hope as well, that it can help LKKs of future events analyze their preparations.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you very much for your insight and analysis, Carolin. I&#8217;ll end this post with one huge success from the organization. They had a very nice press conference before the IJK which got picked up on national TV.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IJK 2011 - Raporto de ukraina televido STB\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TIoM1a08Kig?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/08\/grupfoto1-e1312382886687-350x284.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/08\/grupfoto1-e1312382886687-350x284.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/08\/grupfoto1-e1312382886687.jpg 549w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>[\u0108i tiu artikolo legeblas en la originala Esperanto \u0109e Libera Folio.] Today I&#8217;m happy to have Carolin Weemeyer with me, a 29-year-old teacher in Germany who participated in the International Youth Conference of Esperanto (IJK) in Kiev. She provides us with an analysis of the previous IJK and the IJKs in general. 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