I have a friend who would like to volunteer for an environmental
organization in Hungary.  She needs to calculate what her living expenses
would be, but is not sure where to begin.  I would appreciate it if any
readers of this group might comment on the cost of living in Hungary, both
in the countryside and in Budapest.  In terms of expenses, I think that
she would prefer her own flat, but it need not be in the city, then basic
food, and travel costs within Hungary and Central Europe. (How much would
she need to earn in Forints to cover basic expenses?  In US dollars?)

Thank you for your assistance.  Please direct your replies to me at
 or 

Northern Virginia Folk Festival starts on Saturday, May 6 (10:00 to 21:00)
& ends on Sunday, May 7 (11:00 - 18:00)

Hungarian Dance & Music will be on Sunday at 13:45 to 14:15, on the
Village Stage inside the Thomas Jefferson Community Center Compound

Dir: Rt 66 exit #23 to South Old Glebe Road toward Rt 50 (Arlington
Blvd); Thomas Jefferson Comm.C. is on the corner of South Old Glebe
Road & 2nd St. South:
        3501 S Second Street, Arlington
        Ph;  703-549-6044

Student Tickets purchased in advance: $2.00 ($4.00 Adults & Children Free)

Other events at NVFF: 65 Performing Groups representing 28 countries;
Int'l Food; & Folk Art

****Leave enough time for parking & walking to the site


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> Felado : 
>
> If so, kindly send a copy to Mr Gotthard Saghi-Szabo who, in his frustration
> over having only the same say in a democratic process as anyone else, is
> trying to sabotage the whole process.
While I disagree with Gottha1rd Sa1ghi-Szabo1, there are many voting
procedures where both sides have a way of presenting their reasoning:
in the California initiatives there is usually a pro, a con, a rebuttal
of the con, and a rebuttal of the pro presented in the voter's handbook.
The Usenet procedure, however, is not symmetrical, primarily because there
is rarely a coherent opposition of the kind automatically provided by both
Democrats and Republicans to initiatives of the other party. Rather, there
is a near-anarchy (hey, it wouldn't be Usenet otherwise) and lots of flaming.

So Gottha1rd is frustrated like hell that his arguments don't get the same
hearing as those of the proponent. Well, they don't, and for Gottha1rd to
change this situation is next to impossible. (Especially as Zoli plays by
Usenet rules while Gottha1rd seems to be less than perfectly familiar with
the setup.) So flame on, but please try to make s.c.m the primary locus of
the debate -- those reading HUNGARY (many without Usenet access) might not
be so interested, and anyway no new arguments pro or con are being made.

Andra1s Kornai

Could anyone provide the address & rel&fax #'s of the soros foundation
(either in london or new york)?
thank you
adriano paolo palma at the INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY
philo\cogsci
NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY
160, San-Hsing, Ming-Hsiung,
Chia-Yi 621 TAIWAN, R.O.C.
off.ph#+886 5 242-8181
FAX#   +886 5 272-1203

I'd like to add one small but important correction to Andras'es
otherwise good description of the situation: Gotthard does get the same
hearing as I, and everyone else, do. He can, indeed have, promote his
point of view on the very same fora the CFV is posted. This is very
different from a state-sponsored voters' handbook or official ballot,
with which no counter-campaign - competing on the same level field -
could be launched by the opponents.

Zoli , finger  for the charter of s.c.h
# Wallace Sayre said, "Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter
# form of politics, because the stakes are so low."  He didn't know
# Usenet: welcome to the next level.           (Ron "Asbestos" Dippold)