<div dir="ltr">
<span></span>
<pre class="gmail-western" style="letter-spacing:normal;line-height:0.46cm;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;font-family:"Liberation Mono",monospace;font-size:10pt;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%" lang="en-US"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">We have some very good news for the Finno-Ugric world. </span></font></font></font>
<font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Alkukoti is going to appear again and I am its editor-in-chief! </span></span></font></font></font>
<font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">At the spring meeting of the Friends of Finno-Ugric Peoples (Sukukansojen ystävät ry), </span></span></font></font></font>
<font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">a final decision was made on the matter. </span></span></font></font></font>
<font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Alkukoti’s publishing rights have been transferred from Student Union of the University of Helsinki (HYY)</span></span></font></font></font>
<font color="#000000"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US">to the Friends of Finno-Ugric Peoples, in connection with, of course, </span></font></font></span></font>
<font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">e.g. to the fact that the Union doesn't even have a committee of Finno-Ugric nations anymore. </span></span></font></font></font>
<font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Alkukoti is the only popular magazine in Finnish focusing on all Finno-Ugric peoples, </span></span></font></font></font>
<font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">along with the M. A. Castren society's members newsletter. </span></span></font></font></font>
<font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Despite the fact that it was actually done by students, </span></span></font></font></font>
<font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">it received a lot of attention among finnougrists </span></span></font></font></font>
<font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">and attracted new readers interested in Finno-Ugric peoples and cultures.</span></span></font></font></font>
<font color="#000000"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US">Alkukoti was published between 2000 and 2016, when a total of 14 issues were published.</span></font></font></span></font>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US">Now, after the break, the plan is to make Alkukoti even better and better known. </span></font></font>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US">According to the decision of the spring meeting, </span></font></font>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US">I have promised to act as editor-in-chief of Alkukoti again, after an 18-year break! </span></font></font>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US">The purpose is to publish a high-level magazine,</span></font></font>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US">more international, more current and more profound magazine, </span></font></font>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US">which concentrates on little known and important aspects of Finno-Ugric peoples. </span></font></font>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US">Naturally, politics is one of the priorities. </span></font></font>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US">There will be chosen an international editorial board.</span></font></font>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US">Do you have any ideas about the magazine? </span></font></font>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US">Do you want to write yourself, share interesting topics and research results from others?</span></font></font>
<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US">What do you want to know? What topic would be important for a wider audience?<br><br></span></font></font></pre><pre class="gmail-western" style="letter-spacing:normal;line-height:0.46cm;text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.28cm;font-family:"Liberation Mono",monospace;font-size:10pt;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%" lang="en-US"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span lang="en-US">Esa-Jussi Salminen, editor-in-chief of Alkukoti<br></span></font></font></pre>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://puheenvuoro.uusisuomi.fi/author/ejsalminen/" target="_blank">https://puheenvuoro.uusisuomi.fi/author/ejsalminen/</a><br><a href="https://vapaavuoro.uusisuomi.fi/author/ejsalminen/" target="_blank">https://vapaavuoro.uusisuomi.fi/author/ejsalminen/</a><br></div></div></div>