Hello everyone!
This is Evildea, your god.
And today I want to show you
two new and very exciting projects
that have been taking place recently
in the world of Esperanto.
But first, I have to ask you to forgive me,
because I didn't present the
first one earlier - in fact, it will
take place tomorrow.
And it is a large-scale meet-up
which will happen mostly in the US,
in some places in Canada,
and also in Cuba.
But it's a very interesting event,
it is a large-scale gathering,
and it's just a huge number of meet-ups
that are happening is a huge number
of places at the same time, and all of
the meetings, excuse me,
are Esperanto meetings.
So, just go to this website, it's
Paralela Universo (Parallel Universe),
search through the locations, find the
closest one to you, and then go there
and meet with other Esperantists.
As you can see from this map, there are
an enormous number of meet-ups that are
taking place in US, unfortunately only in
the US and other countries and states that
are close to the US, but yes, it's a very
interesting, new event, and I heard from
some of the organisers of this event that
they intend to set up the event again
in the future if everything goes well.
And the second thing, and for me the most
exciting of the two, is the new
app, Amikumu.
Now, I have to say that it isn't yet ready,
and it probably won't be ready until early
next year. But I want to show you
the Amikumu website and just read
to you what it says, and say a few things,
and then ask you about some things.
So, Amikumu!
- which means, for the beginners,
"to get new friends" -
will be an app to help you find and contact
nearby Esperantists. For example,
if you were in the city centre,
and you were with your girlfriend,
and she's in the cosmetics shop,
and you have nothing to do,
and you're just standing there outside
the doors, waiting for her, because
she's always in the cosmetics shop too long!
You could just take out your mobile phone,
open the Amikumu app, and search for
other Esperantists who are nearby.
For example, it would say "Chuck Smith
is 200m away."
You could say, "Oh, excellent!
There's an Esperantist!" and then send
him a message, he'd hear the message,
then he'd read it, and contact you,
and then you could just organise
a meet-up between the two of you.
So it's an app to help Esperantists
find and contact each other.
Now, I want to show this app to you now,
because you can subscribe to our
mailing list. And I say 'our' because
I'm one of the founders of this app,
one of the co-creators, I suppose.
So just go to the website, the link is
in the description, and type your email
address. And then, when we have news,
we'll send it to you. There's just some
information there, and links to our
social websites.
Now, I have to say that I'm showing this
to you very early in the creation
of this app. And almost nothing is ready,
but I just want to show it to you, because
some of you have probably already heard
rumours about this Amikumu app, and
I suppose that I just want to show it to
clarify the situation about it. And also,
I have two other things that I want to
show you related to the app.
So, the first is here, some graphics,
all of them are just sketches or graphics
of possible logos. I need your help.
In fact, we, the creators of Amikumu,
namely me and Chuck Smith, need your help.
Look at each of the logos and choose
the best, or the most suitable,
in your opinion.
So, just write the number in the comments
below, and say why you like it.
And then we can have a better idea
about what you like,
what you, the future users of this app,
like. And the second thing is that we
intend to put together a fundraiser
in the next month, I think the next month,
you'll hear more information about that later
in future videos. But I need your help
again. So, of course
when you start a fundraiser,
you have to reward the people who give
money to the fund. So, what do you believe
would be a good reward for donors?
Just say in the comments below, and
of course I'll read everything, consider
everything, and I suppose that's everything.
There are lots of links in the description,
to Paralela Universo and also to Amikumu.
So, that's everything!
If you like this video, like it,
share it, subscribe to my channel if you
haven't yet subscribed, and I'll
see you all in the next film.
And if you're not there,
I'll find you with Amikumu,
and I'll hide outside your window
in the night, and when you finally
go to sleep, I'll crawl into your room
and attack you.