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+%\newenvironment{meeting}{\begin{trivlist}\item[]$\bullet$}{\end{trivlist}}
+%\newcommand{\squad}{\hspace{10pt plus1pt minus1pt}}
+\begin{multicols}{2}
+\title{The UK \TeX\ Users Group}
+\author{}
+\begin{article}
+\section{Group aims and activities}
+The \ukt\ was founded in 1989; its activities and benefits include:
+\begin{itemize}
+ \item Regular meetings covering both \TeX{}nical matters and general
+typographic subjects;
+ \item Visits to publishers, font suppliers and book producers;
+ \item In-depth workshops, with hands-on computer sessions where
+appropriate;
+ \item Negotiation of discounts on \TeX\ relevant books with publishers.
+ \item Distribution of public domain \TeX\ implementations (in
+cooperation with the international \TeX\ archives);
+ \item Discount on joint UK \TeX\ Users Group/TUG membership;
+ \item Reduction in conference fees for the TUG annual meeting and the
+annual European meetings;
+ \item The publication and distribution of \BV\ (the annals of
+the UK \TeX\ Users Group).
+ \end{itemize}
+
+\section{Programme of meetings for 1995}
+\begin{description}
+\item[April 4th, 1995:] \BibTeX\ and \MakeIndex\ training: a tutorial
+ with hands-on practice. The two most important support packages for
+ \LaTeX\ are \BibTeX\ and \MakeIndex. In this day of intensive
+ training, we offer you a half-day's tutorial in each. The training
+ will be in a computer laboratory, with ample opportunity to practise
+ the use of these packages while the tutors are there to guide you.
+ The place: University of Warwick, Computing Services Training Room.
+ The tutors: Joachim Schrod (Darmstadt) and David Rhead (Nottingham)
+ The cost: To \UKTUG\ members \pounds50, or to non-members \pounds70.
+ Programme organiser: R A Bailey. Local organiser: Malcolm Clark
+ (\texttt{m.clark@warwick.ac.uk}; tel: 01203 523365).
+\item[June or July, 1995:] ``A meeting of interest to Mathematicians and Computer Scientists.''
+\item[August, 1995:] Oz\TeX\ in depth:
+a training meeting on Macintosh \TeX, with Andrew Trevorrow.
+To be organised by Sebastian Rahtz. Location: Oxford.
+\item[October 1995:] AGM, at Queen Mary and Westfield College,
+University of London.
+\end{description}
+
+\noindent All members of \ukt{} will be provided with more details of
+these meetings as they become available. Reports of the meetings will
+appear in \BV, the organ of the group.
+
+\section*{The 1994--95 \ukt\ committee}
+\begin{tabular}{lp{2in}}
+C.~A.~Rowley & Chair\\
+P.~Abbott & Treasurer and \\ & Membership Secretary\\
+R.~A.~Bailey & Committee Secretary\\
+M.~Clark & Meetings Secretary\\
+S.~P.~Q.~Rahtz & \BV\ editor\\
+\end{tabular}
+
+\noindent D.~P.~Carlisle; R. Fairbairns; J.~Fine; C.~Hewlett; A.~S.~A.~\mbox{Jeffrey}.
+
+
+\section*{Book Discounts for \protect\ukt\ members}
+The UK \TeX\ User group has been in discussion with a number
+of publishers to arrange discounts on publications which
+may be of interest to members. We have
+arrangements with Addison-Wesley for their well-known \TeX-related
+publications,
+and
+with International Thomson Publishing to
+supply any of the very excellent O'Reilly \& Associates Inc.\ series
+of books to members.
+
+The agreed list of books, together with the
+discounted (at least 10\%) price, is distributed occasionally with \BV, but is
+always available from the Treasurer, Peter Abbott.
+The quoted price includes the cost of postage and
+packing.
+
+We would like to extend this service to members. If you have contacts
+with the sales and marketing parts of any publisher who publishes
+relevant books, please inform us and we will try to
+arrange something mutually convenient and beneficial.
+
+We are only allowed to offer this service to \textbf{current} members
+of the UK \TeX\ User Group and/or members of TUG. Please send your
+order and cheque (in UK \pounds) to Peter Abbott (address in \BV\ masthead).
+Make cheques payable to `UKTUG' please.
+Books from Addison-Wesley are delivered direct but books from
+O'Reilly will be routed through \ukt. \emph{In all cases} please
+notify Peter Abbott
+by email, phone, fax or letter when books are delivered.
+
+\end{article}
+
+\title{Obtaining \TeX}
+\author{edited by Sebastian Rahtz}
+\begin{article}
+\subsection*{From the network}
+
+The UK \TeX\ Archive on \texttt{ftp.tex.ac.uk} is part of the CTAN
+(Comprehensive \TeX\ Archive Network) collaborating network of
+archives on the Internet organised by the
+\TeX\ Users Group. The three main archives follow the same structure
+and have identical files ({\tt ftp.tex.ac.uk}, {\tt ftp.shsu.edu} and
+{\tt ftp.dante.de}).
+
+The CTAN archives all run an enhanced {\em ftp} server which supports
+dynamic compression, uncompression, and archive creation options.
+Fetch the top-level file {\tt README.archive-features} for
+information. The server also supports site-defined commands to assist
+you. Please read {\tt README.site-commands} for a brief overview.
+
+Details of where to find public domain, or shareware,
+\TeX\ packages for different machines and operating
+systems are given below.
+
+
+ Please report any problems with CTAN archives via email to
+ \texttt{ctan@shsu.edu}. The entire archive is available on
+ CDROM as the `\TeX cetera' package from Prime Time Freeware, 370 Altair Way,
+ Suite 150, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA (\texttt{ptf@cfcl.com}). This is
+ also distributed by the TUG office, and in the UK by Lasermoon Ltd
+ (email \texttt{info@lasermoon.co.uk}, phone 01329 826444).
+
+\subsection*{Unix tapes}
+For a complete Unix \TeX\ distribution, a
+1/4 inch cartridge, QIC-120 or QIC-150 format (DC600A or DC6150)
+can sent with envelope {\em and} stamps for return postage to:
+\begin{quote}
+ David Osborne\\
+ Cripps Computing Centre, \\
+ University of Nottingham, \\
+ Nottingham NG7 2RD
+\end{quote}
+Due to currency exchange, this service is offered only within the UK.
+
+\subsection*{PC and Mac disks}
+The \ukt\ distributes an em\TeX\ kit for PCs,
+and an Oz\TeX\ kit for Macintosh. The cost covers copying and postage
+costs, and the shareware fee for Oz\TeX. Each set costs \pounds30,
+and is available from Peter Abbott, 1 Eymore Close, Selly Oak,
+Birmingham B29~4LB. Cheques must be payable to \lq{}UKTUG\rq{}. Please note
+that this service \emph{is available to \ukt\ members only.} Each set
+comes with an installation guide, and (at least) full \TeX\ and \MF, a
+previewer, a PostScript driver, and CM fonts. Two update disks a year
+will be sent out automatically, with the current version of \LaTeXe,
+and other goodies. A subscription service will be available for
+subsequent years. In addition, subscribers can request up to 3 disks a
+year with any material from the CTAN archives, but this will be
+supplied \lq{}as is\rq{}, without instructions.
+
+Enquiries for \TeX\ for the Atari ST etc. can be directed to: The Fast
+Club, 7 Musters Road, Nottingham NG2 7PP. Phone 01602 455250, fax 01602
+455305. They also supply a variety of \TeX-related software in Atari format.
+
+\end{article}
+\end{multicols}
+\bgroup
+\small
+\begin{center}
+\begin{tabular}{|lllp{2.5in}|}
+\hline Name & Environment & CTAN path & Notes\\ \hline
+ em\TeX & DOS, OS/2 & systems/msdos/emtex &the betatest drivers,
+ and 386-specific versions of \TeX\ and MF, are in the {\tt
+ betatest} subdirectory \\
+ sb\TeX & DOS & systems/msdos/sbtex & includes latest \TeX\ and
+ \MF\\
+ g\TeX & DOS & systems/msdos/gtex & 386-only \TeX\ and \MF,
+ which replace parts of em\TeX, and work with Windows memory
+ management\\
+% \TeX as & DOS & systems/msdos/texas & Large \TeX,
+% which replaces \TeX386 in em\TeX, and works with Windows memory
+% management\\
+ \hline
+ Oz\TeX & Mac & systems/mac/oztex & This package is shareware\\
+ CMac\TeX & Mac & systems/mac/cmactex & Shareware port of Unix \TeX\\
+ Direct\TeX & Mac & systems/mac/directtex & This package is shareware\\
+ \hline
+ pas\TeX & Amiga & systems/amiga/pastex & \\
+ \hline
+ --- & Atari & systems/atari/lindner-tex-packed-disks & \\
+ --- & Atari & systems/atari/cs-tex & \\
+ \hline
+ web2c \TeX & Unix & systems/unix/web2c & a complete source kit for
+ \TeX\ and \MF, which should compile on most Unix boxes; needs
+ a C compiler.\\
+% sparctex & Sun Sparc & systems/unix/unixkit & \\
+% --- & DEC Alpha & systems/unix/alpha & for Alpha running Unix\\
+% --- & Xenix & systems/unix/xenix & \\
+ \hline
+ --- & VMS & systems/vms &Alpha and VAX versions available \\
+ %\hline
+ %GhostScript & * & support/ghostview & PostScript previewer for
+ %many platforms, including Mac\\
+ %dvips & * & dviware/dvips & popular {\tt dvi} to PostScript
+ %driver\\
+ %--- & --- & biblio/bibtex/styles/contrib & \BibTeX\ style files\\
+ %--- & --- & web/knuth & The files maintained by Don Knuth\\
+ \hline
+\end{tabular}
+\end{center}
+\egroup
+\endinput
+The main directories which make up CTAN are listed below; readers are
+referred to David Jones\rq{} {\em Index of \TeX\ Styles and Macros} for
+details of macro packages and individual style files. This can be
+found in CTAN as {\tt info/tex-styles-and-macros.txt}
+
+{\small
+\begin{description}
+\item[biblio] bibliography-related files, such as
+ \BibTeX.
+\item[digests] back issues of \TeX-related periodicals
+\item[dviware] contains the various dvi-to-whatever filters and drivers
+\item[fonts] fonts, both sources and pre-compiled
+\item[graphics]utilities and macros related to graphics
+\item[help] overviews of the archive and the \TeX\ system
+\item[info] files and tutorials which document various aspects of \TeX
+\item[indexing] utilities and related files for indexing
+\item[language] material for typesetting non-English documents
+\item[macros] macros packages for \TeX\ and style files
+\item[support] programs which can be used in support of \TeX
+\item[systems] complete system setups, organized by operating
+ system
+\item[tools] the various archiving tools used on CTAN
+\item[web] contains WEB-related files and utilities
+\end{description}
+}