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authorNorbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900
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+\title{A foreigner's impressions of \ukt}
+\author[Ulrich Jahnze]{Ulrich Jahnze\\\texttt{ulrich\_jahnz@pe.maus.de}}
+
+\begin{Article}
+ \noindent I have been interested in \LaTeX{} for the past several years and I
+ usually just \emph{use} it and do not try to write fancy styles or
+ macros. Nevertheless I was very pleased to get an invitation to
+ participate in the 1994 \ukt\ AGM at the University of Warwick.
+ Though the meeting was not very well attended, it was still
+ a worthwhile day for me. During the first part of this meeting
+ the members of the group tried to find solutions for several
+ administrative problems, and though most of them have been working
+ together for the last decade, nobody tried to push things through
+ and instead constructive criticism led to solutions everybody could
+ agree with. The whole atmosphere was very friendly. During the
+ afternoon several talks were given on various topics and, again,
+ though many controversial points occurred, the people tried to work
+ \emph{together}. But is all this the main reason, why for me this
+ trip was worthwhile? No! The most important thing for me is, to
+ \emph{see} those people. Almost everytime I buy a book, it has a
+ short biography and a picture of the author in the beginning. If
+ you compare how much time you spend reading one book to the time
+ you work with all those nice programs and styles, I always ask
+ myself, what are these people like as human beings.
+
+Drawing a conclusion for me, the main reason to join in local TUGs and
+to attend meetings is not in the first instance to hear new things but
+to see those people, who are concerned about bringing \LaTeX{} and
+\TeX{} further. For those who cannot attend any meetings it would be a
+good idea to put at least a little picture of the author into the main
+articles in \ukt's brilliant \BV, which on its own is a
+product that makes joining the \ukt\ worthwhile. Since I had the
+opportunity to attend this meeting I can only suggest to everybody
+else to do the same and see ``them'' live. Before I finish I just want
+to thank especially Malcolm for his kindness and all his efforts!
+
+\end{Article}