<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#333333"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">From: </span><strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">TeX Users Group</strong><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span dir="auto" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><<a href="mailto:tug-news@tug.org">tug-news@tug.org</a>></span><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Date: Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 4:34 AM<br>Subject: TUG membership renewal for 2024, and January newsletter<br></div><br>Dear TUG members,<br>
<br>
Happy New Year, and thank you for being a member of TUG! We very much<br>
hope you will renew your membership for 2024. The first newsletter for<br>
2024 is included below.<br>
<br>
To renew online, or by fax or mail, please visit the TUG membership page:<br>
<a href="https://tug.org/renew" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tug.org/renew</a><br>
If you may have already renewed, please contact the office.<br>
<br>
TUG membership fees are increased slightly for 2024, for the first time<br>
in many years (inflation and shipping costs have not stood still). If<br>
you renew before March 31, the fee is $95 for regular members, reduced<br>
to $65 for students, seniors, and other special categories.<br>
<br>
Three issues of TUGboat are expected to be released later this year as<br>
usual. (Submissions welcome!) For those who don't wish to receive<br>
TUGboat in the mail, there is a $35 discount off the above fees.<br>
<br>
We appreciate your past support, and hope you will continue your TUG<br>
membership! If any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to get in touch.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Sophia Laakso, TUG office manager<br>
Karl Berry, TUG treasurer<br>
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TeX Users Group Phone: +1 503 223 9994<br>
PO Box 2311 Fax: +1 815 301 3568<br>
Portland, OR 97208-2311 Email: <a href="mailto:office@tug.org" target="_blank">office@tug.org</a><br>
USA Web: <a href="https://tug.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tug.org</a><br>
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Jan24 news: TUG'24, TUGboat, comp.text.tex, events<br>
<br>
Hello TUG members - welcome to 2024!<br>
<br>
Let's start with the results of the new-member lottery: prizes were<br>
awarded (at random) to new TUG members Daniel C., Prasheel S., and<br>
Timothy H. The prizes were physical and electronic copies of The LaTeX<br>
Companion, Third Edition (<a href="https://tug.org/tlc3" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tug.org/tlc3</a>), and a large-format<br>
broadside of the Golden Section designed by Hermann Zapf. Another<br>
lottery will be held next year, so encourage your friends to join :).<br>
Thank you to all new (and renewing!) members!<br>
<br>
Looking ahead: TUG 2024 will take place from July 19-21, 2024, in<br>
Prague, Czech Republic. A LaTeX developer workshop (precise topic tbd)<br>
will likely take place on July 18; if anyone would like to lead an<br>
introductory LaTeX user workshop, please contact us. The conference<br>
itself will take place at the Hotel Grandior in downtown Prague, but<br>
room reservations are not quite in place yet. All information will be<br>
posted when available:<br>
<a href="https://tug.org/tug2024/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tug.org/tug2024/</a><br>
<br>
TUGboat: as always, early submissions for the next TUGboat (45:1) are<br>
welcome and encouraged. The deadline is March 24, 2024. Author info:<br>
<a href="https://tug.org/TUGboat/location.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tug.org/TUGboat/location.html</a><br>
<br>
In other news: the comp.text.tex newsgroup has been popularly accessed<br>
through Google Groups for many years. Google has announced that they<br>
will no longer accept Usenet content in Google Groups, as of February 22,<br>
2024. Although Usenet still exists, it becomes ever harder to find<br>
active servers (especially ones not overrun with spam). So, if you have<br>
not already done so, you may want to use one of the many other available<br>
methods to seek or provide TeX help, such as those listed at<br>
<a href="https://tug.org/begin.html#help" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tug.org/begin.html#help</a>.<br>
<br>
Finally, two nearly-at-hand events, though not specifically about TeX,<br>
may be of interest:<br>
<br>
- DEIMS2024 (<a href="https://workshop.sciaccess.net/deims2024" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://workshop.sciaccess.net/deims2024</a>), the fifth<br>
International Workshop on Digitization and E-Inclusion in Mathematics<br>
and Science 2024, will be a hybrid event taking place 15-17 February<br>
2024, online and at Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan. Accessibility of<br>
STEM material is the focus. Pre-register for online access.<br>
<br>
- Back to School in Babylonia (<a href="https://isac.uchicago.edu/backtoschool" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://isac.uchicago.edu/backtoschool</a>)<br>
is an exhibit running until March 24, 2024, at the Institute for the<br>
Study of Ancient Cultures, part of the University of Chicago. Much<br>
information is available about the Babylonian writing system and<br>
mathematics. On January 25, Eleanor Robson, a renowned author in this<br>
area, will give a free online lecture: Back to House F: Personal<br>
Reflections on 25 Years of Research on Old Babylonian Schooling.<br>
Registration:<br>
<a href="https://events.uchicago.edu/oi/event/221961-back-to-house-f-personal-reflections-on-25-years" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://events.uchicago.edu/oi/event/221961-back-to-house-f-personal-reflections-on-25-years</a>"<br>
<br>
<br>
For upcoming TeX meeting dates and other news, please see the TUG home page:<br>
<a href="https://tug.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tug.org/</a><br>
<br>
Happy TeXing,<br>
Karl Berry (on behalf of the TUG board)<br>
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