Hi Eleder: Knowing well, not only the Basque situation, but also that Spain is a multi-country multi-lingual nation, I agree with your choice of using two languages. I would do the same in Catalunya or in Galicia, by the way. I was also impressed by your passion for OST and how that produces more opportunities than trying to sell OST (which is silly, I think) Warm regards from the other extreme of the Iberian peninsula (where we have only one language ;-) Artur
________________________________ From: ELEDER AURTENETXE PILDAIN <eleder.aurtene...@gmail.com> To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Mon, November 15, 2010 11:20:41 AM Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Opening Space in Bilbao_CONSP!RING EUTOKIA (...) About the language issue: 1. It´ s a good idea asking the sponsor. I´m speaking with him about it. 2. I had in my mind doing it bilingual, as it is an important issue for many people in our community, who would feel excluded if once more "I´ll feel uneasy to be the one that speaks in Basque, knowing that everybody would understand Spanish,.... I´ll feel uneasy to speak Spanish, as I prefer/I´m more fluent,... in Basque". It will maybe take longer, but it may also be more inclusive. As a matter of fact, I received yesterday a message from a friend who knew about the event, and was a bit angry because, once again, he had received the message just in Spanish and even the website was unilingual,... 3. maybe that I have to detach a bit from myself (my ego?), which tells me "how woud you feel as an attendee if the whole event was presented just in Sapnish? * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
