[texhax] Jan 2010 TUG news: conferences, software, TUGboat, interviews

[TeX Users Group]

Dear TeX users,

- First, the upcoming TeX conferences in 2010:

  Apr 30-May 4 - BachoTeX 2010 (Bachotek, Poland)
    http://www.gust.org.pl/bachotex/
  
  Jun 28-30 - TUG 2010 (San Francisco, USA)
    http://tug.org/tug2010/
  (With special appearance by Don Knuth and Stanford colleagues.)
  
  Aug 25-29 - EuroTeX 2010 (Pisa, Italy)
    http://www.guit.sssup.it/eurotex2010/

  Sep 13-18 - Fourth ConTeXt User Meeting (Brejlov, Czech Republic)
    http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2010/
  
  
- We are soliciting proposals to host the TUG 2011 conference.  If you
  are interested, please see http://tug.org/tug2011.  The deadline for
  proposals is February 1.


- The TeX Collection 2009 DVD has been mailed, and should have been
  received recently by members, barring postal delays.
  Its components (TeX Live, MacTeX, proTeXt/MiKTeX, CTAN) are
  also available online.  Work on the 2010 software release continues.
  http://tug.org/texcollection/


- TUGboat 30:3, the EuroTeX 2009 proceedings (a joint issue with MAPS),
  has gone to the printer and will be mailed shortly.  The deadline for
  the first TUGboat issue in 2010 is March 31, and new articles are very
  welcome.
  http://tug.org/TUGboat/


- Recent subjects in the Interview Corner are from the early days of TeX
  and Metafont: Michael Plass and John Hobby.
  http://tug.org/interviews/


Karl Berry (President) on behalf of the TUG Board
http://www.tug.org/