<div dir="ltr">Thank you Joseph and I look forward to working with members and committee to further the cause of TeX...<div><br></div><div><div>Regards</div><div>Kaveh</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 November 2014 10:32, Joseph Wright <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joseph.wright@morningstar2.co.uk" target="_blank">joseph.wright@morningstar2.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Member,<br>
<br>
Following the earlier notice concerning the position Chair of UK-TUG, I<br>
have received one nomination: Kaveh Bazargan. As there is a single name,<br>
an election is not required and Kaveh will become Chair of UK-TUG at the<br>
end of our 2014 AGM for a period of two years.<br>
<br>
In support of his nomination, Kaveh provided an 'election address' text.<br>
While we will not require an election, I am sure members will be<br>
interested in what our Chair-elect says. I have therefore included his<br>
address below.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Joseph Wright<br>
UK-TUG Secretary<br>
<br>
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<br>
I have been a TeX user since 1983, and I believe the very first<br>
user of TeX at Imperial College, London. For the last 25 years I<br>
have made a living out of TeX, by providing services to academic<br>
publishers. Perhaps now is the time for me to "give back" to the<br>
TeX community, and to do what I can to increase the usage of<br>
TeX.<br>
<br>
There is one particular gap I see that TeXies might be able to<br>
help with, and that is training the staff at publishing houses<br>
who have to deal with TeX files, but who have next to no<br>
knowledge about it. I hope that we can organize regular training<br>
courses through UKTuG and I would like to do what I can in that<br>
regard. these might be courses attended in person, or live<br>
online "webinars".<br>
<br>
A second area in which I believe we should educate people is in<br>
non-math uses of TeX, particularly for typesetting high quality<br>
academic material. Again this is an area not familiar to<br>
publishers.<br>
<br>
Finally I think that we can organize more UKTuG meetings. I am<br>
happy to organize the video recording or livestreaming of these<br>
events in order to spread the word further.<br>
<br>
Kaveh Bazargan<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Kaveh Bazargan </div><div dir="ltr">Director<br><div>River Valley Technologies</div><div>@kaveh1000<br>+44 7771 824 111<br></div><div><a href="mailto:kaveh@rivervalleytechnologies.com" target="_blank">kaveh@rivervalleytechnologies.com</a><br></div><div><font color="#000000"><a href="http://www.rivervalleytechnologies.com" target="_blank">www.rivervalleytechnologies.com</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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