[UK-TUG] UKTUG still in trouble

[Jay Hammond]

Dear UKTUG members,


I wrote to you just before Christmas explaining why UKTUG is in deep 
trouble. That the situation is not stable, there will be change. And 
that only the members can put UKTUG in a position to support TeX in the UK.


So I asked you to volunteer to participate I a committee to revive UKTUG 
with a positive plan to support TeX in the UK


and to participate in a committee to wind up UKTUG in an orderly 
fashion, preserving member benefits as far as possible.


Please contact me at chair at uktug.org.uk


I’ve had about four responses (from about 80 members). One was a member 
who volunteered to be on the positive plan committee. The rest were 
greetings, analysis and encouragement.


On present showing, (one volunteer!) there is not the energy or 
motivation in the membership as a whole to create a plan, let alone 
execute it.


So, now Christmas is over I ask you again to volunteer to join a 
committee /subcommittee to formulate a plan that UKTUG can use to 
support TeX and friends in the UK.


You would do so if you feel that you could contribute to UKTUG, by 
supporting TeX in the UK through UKTUG, and that the positive plan will 
spell out the ways this would take place. There are a number of members 
who contribute significantly to TeX but for various good reasons, the 
contribution is not made via UKTUG.


Without such a plan, and a commitment from members to execute it, UKTUG 
cannot fulfil its stated constitutional aims. The AGM motion 5 will be 
triggered, and UKTUG will have to decide to wind up.


I would argue that after more than 10 years of reducing its support for 
TeX in the UK, UKTUG can no longer support TeX effectively. I would like 
to be proved wrong.


I shall review the offers made in February, or sooner if there are 
useful numbers of them.


I would alternatively like you to assist in planning the orderly 
wind-down of UKTUG, the dispersal of assets and the creation of a 
lightweight successor social group initially consisting of the current 
UKTUG members. Ideally, find a way for those that still need them, to 
have the benefit of DVD’s.


Having thought about the issues, I realise there are gaps in my skills 
and knowledge. I won’t on my own, be able to create a satisfactory plan 
to wind up UKTUG. I’d rather a committee of members led the process, 
although I will contribute my ideas so far. If there is no committee, 
you will have to tolerate the unsatisfactory plan.


Jay Hammond UKTUG chair

chair at uktug.org.uk

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