Jonathan Fine, the current Chairman of UK-TUG, has reminded members that thought will need to be given soon to replacing some members of the Committee: I’ve served as Chair of UK-TUG for 4 years and David Saunders a little longer as Treasurer. At AGM this autumn these posts become vacant, and David and I won’t be standing for re-election (although we will be standing to stay on the Committee). The…
Author: Joseph Wright
Baskerville Volume 10, Number 2
UK-TUG recently posted the latest edition of Baskerville to members. This is available to everyone in electronic format: download the PDF. New articles are always welcome: please contact the editor with ideas!
BachoTeX 2010: Call for papers
This dropped into the UK-TUG inbox earlier today Dear TeXies, programmers, typographers – TeX friends and lovers of fine typography, This is the call for papers and invitation for BachoTeX 2010, the XVIIIth Polish TeX users Group conference. As usual, it will be held at the traditional TeXies’ and GUST meeting place, Bachotek near Brodnica, in the north-east of Poland, from April 30 until May 4, 2010, inclusive. This time…
TeX Live 2009 DVDs
The Committee have just received TeX Live 2009 DVDs from the suppliers. They will be mailed out to members in the near future. Non-members interested in getting hold of a DVD should e-mail the Committee.
Special Electronic General Meeting: Voting results
UK-TUG has been holding a Special Electronic General Meeting over the last week. The voting period has now ended, and the Committee are pleased to announce that all four motions to be considered have been agreed. Three motions were day-to-day running matters, and the fourth was a minor clarification of the Constitution. Thanks to everyone who voted.
Spring Meeting: LaTeX Support and Training
Following the successful discussions at the UK-TUG AGM on supporting LaTeX users, the Committee is now planning a Spring Meeting with the title LaTeX Support and Training. At present, things are still at an early planning stage. We are aiming the meeting as an even to bring together people who provide support or training about LaTeX to new users, for example university-based lecturers, IT support staff and active members of…
Speaker Meeting and AGM 2009
Thanks to everyone who came to the Speaker Meeting and AGM yesterday at UCL. The day was divided into three distinct parts: Talks and discussion The AGM A workshop on LaTeX Support and Documentation The Talks The meeting began with a talk by Jonathan Fine reporting on the recent UK Mathematics Contents Workshop. Jonathan gave an overview of the wide range of people interested in the area, and how the…
Funding opportunities
UK-TUG has funds available for supporting TeX related projects, made available by a motion passed by its members. To that end, we have set up a sub-committee to identify projects that the members would like to support. The sub-committee is headed by Jonathan Underwood. All projects that benefit the members will be considered. Examples might be: software projects projects aimed at providing training and teaching resources users, documentation projects, support…
AGM and Speaker Meeting, 14th November 2009, UCL, London
The AGM of the UK TeX Users Group will take place on Saturday 14th November at 2 pm at: Physics and Astronomy, Room E7 University College London London (walking distance from Euston) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/silva/phys/find The entrance to the room is inside the main quadrangle of UCL. Enter from Gower Street, and the entrance to the building is in the far left corner. We will put up some signs from there. There…
AGM Information: reports 2
Further to the last post, we are pleased to make available: Chair’s Report 2009 Baskerville Editor’s Report 2009