marc | whats new in LFN?

i've literally just heard about Lingua Franca Nova for the first time
about an hour ago... just been reading some bits & pieces about it
online since. was pleasantly surprised to find i cud more or less
understand most of what was written in LFN without having to refer to
dictionaries after quickly perusing a short introduction i found
explaining the basics of the language. i'm very interested to find out
more about LFN.

i'm a native english speaker (from dublin, ireland). i've recently
(last month) begun learning spanish and have also taught myself enuf
esperanto to make myself understood (about 5 years ago), but been too
busy since to make much time for it or other aux langs in general.

any LFN events similar to esperanto's yearly 'Internaciaj Kongresoj' or
is interaction/discussion regarding LFN mainly online?

marc