📰 sin: an art contest, blackboard talks, and an owl.

[kala Asi]

toki, ale o!

As we enter the second half of March, it's time to see what has happened in the Toki Pona community these past two weeks!

• mun Kekan San is here to teach you how to give compliments!
• jan Polijan experiences seli and lete!
• jan Ke Tami teaches Toki Pona to German speakers in VRChat, the first lesson in a series!
• jan Jami, jan Ke Tami, jan Sepulon, jan Janpa Onjon, and I (kala Asi) have made translations or adaptations of various songs!
• jan Sepulon also made an original song!
• ilo Tani has just given a talk at the Conlang Adventure 2025 event!

And as for community events and meetups you can take part in:

• An icon/banner contest has begun ma pona! In short, the community is invited to create and submit art for the server until March 30th. This is part of a long tradition of updating server branding every year or so (see ma pona's past icons and banners), this time also requesting new sitelen pona emojis. The contest winners will receive a small prize.
• A sitelen pona survey has begun! We intend to learn more about community usage in order to make progress with sitelen pona standardisation, with the eventual goal of inclusion in Unicode. The survey will be open until April 1st.
• The Ongezellig translation is looking for voice actors!
• There will be a meetup in London on March 29th! Let organisers know if you want to attend. (The next Europe meetup is expected to be in Strasbourg in August, and the next North America meetup will be in June in Seattle.)
• The next Tenpo Pana is upcoming on ma pona on March 30th. Tenpo Pana is a monthly opportunity for people to present something they've made.
• As usual, the VRChat community holds its regularly scheduled weekend meetups, which you are welcome to join!

o awen pona.

— kala Asi