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   {\Sectionfont\TeX{} and TUG NEWS}
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   \begin{tabular}{||lp{9.5cm}||}
      \multicolumn{2}{c}{\large\bf Mission Statement} \\ [6pt]
      \hline
      \multicolumn{2}{||l||}{The \TUG\ (TUG) provides leadership:} \\
       1. & to encourage and expand the use of \TeX, \MF, and related
            systems         \\
       2. & to ensure the integrity and portability of \TeX, \MF, and
            related systems \\
       3. & to foster innovation in high-quality electronic document
            preparation     \\
      \hline
    \end{tabular}
\end{center}
 
\vspace{1pc}
 
\noindent \TTN\ is a newsletter for \TeX\ and \LaTeX\ users alike: {\em
a forum for exchanging information, tips and suggestions\/}; {\em a
regular means of communicating news items to one another\/}; {\em a
place where information about \TeX{} and TUG can be quickly
disseminated}.
 
\vspace{.25pc}
 
Throughout the newsletter ``\TeX'' is understood to mean \TeX, \LaTeX,
\AmSTeX, and other related programs and macros.  \TTN\ is produced with
the standard \LaTeX{} distribution, and is to be as portable a document
as possible.
 
\vspace{.25pc}
 
The entire contents of this newsletter are being placed in the public
domain.  The source file of this issue will be placed in the {\tt
aston}, {\tt shsu}, and {\tt stuttgart} archives, as well as at the {\tt
heidelberg}, {\tt labrea}, and {\tt ymir} archives.  Copying and
reprinting are encouraged; however, an acknowledgement specifying \TTN\
as the source would be appreciated.
 
\vspace{.25pc}
 
Submissions to \TTN\ should be short, the macros must work, and the
files {\bf must} run without special font or graphics requirements: this
is to be a {\em portable\/} newsletter (the new font naming scheme has
not yet been implemented).  Correspondence may be sent via e-mail to
{\tt tug@math.ams.com} with the subject line {\tt NEWSLETTER}.  Regular
mail should be addressed to the Publications Committee, \careof\ TUG
Office at the address below.
 
\vspace{.25pc}
 
\begin{center}
   \begin{tabular}{ll}
      \bf \TUG                      & Phone: 401-751-7760  \\
      P.O.~Box 9506                 & FAX: 401-751-1071    \\
      Providence, RI 02940-9506 USA & E-mail: \tt tug@math.ams.com \\
      \noalign{\vskip2pc}
      \multicolumn{2}{c}{\TeX\ is a trademark of the
            American Mathematical Society}                 \\
   \end{tabular}
\end{center}
 
\newpage
 
 
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\markboth{\TTN\quad Vol.\ 1, No.\ 1, 1992}
         {\TTN\quad Vol.\ 1, No.\ 1, 1992}
 
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\Section{Editorial}
 
A financial deficit for TUG, which became quite severe in the second
half of 1991, forced the cancellation of \TTN\ till now; as well, the
July {\sl Proceedings\/} were spread across two issues of \TUB, in order
to cut production and editorial costs.  You will soon be receiving the
first 1992 issue of \TUB: {\bf 13}, no.\ 1.  We all hope that this
financial crisis is now behind us.  But you can help by checking that
your institution has renewed its membership \dots\ And remember that the
membership campaign asks you to {\bf TUG a member}!
 
So, here we are, back on the air.  And after such a long delay, there's
a lot of news to catch up on.  But first: {\bf 23 March 1992} is the
deadline for submission of entries for the 1992 Knuth Scholarship.  See
p.\ 3 of the newsletter for information, as well as pp.\ 563--64 of
\TUB\ {\bf 12}, no.\ 4.
 
Other important TUG events have been the elections of last fall (p.\ 2),
and some long-awaited information on the \LaTeX3 Project (pp.\ 4--6).
And look at the opposite page --- on the inside front cover, we now
carry the new \TUG\ Mission Statement.  This is an important set of
statements, which we will use to guide our direction, and our decisions,
as we move through the 90s, and see the developments in \AllTeX\ and
their application to the production of fine typesetting.
 
We have a feature report on the state of \TeX\ in Mexico (pp.\ 7--11),
where a large meeting of the new Mexican \TeX\ user group will convene
towards the end of February.  There are reports from other user groups
(two new ones!), and meetings that have taken place and some to take
place.  There are two new columns --- {\sl Typographer's Inn\/} with
Peter Flynn, and {\sl New Publications\/}, which is looking for a
regular columnist.  We hope to see new publications listed here in \TTN,
and reviews to appear in \TUB, where there's more room!
 
So, go read about what's been happening --- and send in your news, your
views, and what works!
 
\begin{center}
   * \quad * \quad *
\end{center}
 
It is with sadness, both personal and professional, that we must also
mark the passing of two very committed TUG members last year: Cathy
Booth, who was intensely involved with the \TeX\ users in Britain, and
Sam Whidden, a founding member of the \TUG. I was only one of many,
many others who knew them, and who will not forget them.
 
\begin{flushright}
   Christina Thiele\\
   Editor, \TTN
\end{flushright}
 
\newpage
 
 
%% Election Results: Board of Directors, Fall 1991 (p.2):
 
\Section{First TUG Election by Mail}
 
During 1991, a process was set in motion that would culminate in the
first general election, by mail, for the TUG Board of Directors.
 
Twenty seven candidates were on the ballot to fill 15 positions on the
Board.  There were 726 ballots cast, of which 9 were disqualified.  The
newly elected Board members are:
 
\begin{center}
   \begin{tabular}{lrlrlr}
    Barbara Beeton    & 551 & Anita Hoover    & 289 & David Kellerman
                                                      & 345 \\
    Luzia Dietsche    & 377 & Mimi Jett       & 284 & Nico Poppelier
                                                      & 342 \\
    Kenneth Dreyhaupt & 279 & Y.\ Haralambous & 380 & Jon Radel
                                                      & 269 \\
    Michael Ferguson  & 299 & Doug Henderson  & 357 & Christina Thiele
                                                      & 354 \\
    Peter Flynn       & 328 & Alan Hoenig     & 410 & William Woolf
                                                      & 313 \\
   \end{tabular}
\end{center}
 
Of this new Board, five (Beeton, Henderson, Hoenig, Kellerman, and
Thiele) have served on the Board previously.  In addition to this list,
the International Vice Presidents (Peter Abbott, the new Chair of the UK
TUG, has replaced Malcolm Clark; Bernard Gaulle, GUTenberg; Roswitha
Graham, Nordic TUG; Kees van der Laan, NTG; and Joachim Lammarsch,
{\small DANTE}) remain on the Board.  Malcolm Clark will be serving as
TUG President for 1992.
 
Three honorary members also remain associated with the Board: Donald
Knuth, Hermann Zapf, and Ray Goucher.
 
Unfortunately, we do not have any demographic information in time for
this issue of \TTN\@.  We will pursue this information and report as
soon as it becomes available.
 
There were some problems, as you might expect, with this first election.
Probably the most notable was not enough time allowed for mail delivery
outside of North America.  This will be corrected in the next election.
 
I hope you will join me in thanking the following outgoing Board members
for their hard work at establishing TUG, helping TUG and \TeX\ to grow
and become a success.  (The number of years on the Board is shown in
parentheses following each name.)
 
\begin{center}
   \begin{tabular}{lrlrlr}
    Lance Carnes$^2$    & (10) & David Fuchs       & (11)
                        & Patrick Ion              & (7) \\
    Bart Childs$^{1,2}$ &  (8) & Regina Girouard   &  (3)
                        & David Kratzer            & (2) \\
    John Crawford$^2$   &  (7) & Dean Guenther$^2$ &  (5)
                        & Pierre MacKay$^{1,2}$    & (8) \\
    Allen Dyer          &  (4) & Hope Hamilton     &  (2)
                        & Craig Platt$^2$          & (6) \\
   \end{tabular}
\end{center}
 
\noindent {\bf Notes}: $^1$Former TUG President;
                       $^2$Present or former site coordinator.
 
\begin{flushright}
   Dean Guenther, Chair \\
   Ad Hoc Committee on Election Procedures
\end{flushright}
 
 
%% Knuth Scholarship Announcement (DEADLINE: *23 March 92*) (p.3):
 
\Section{Announcement:\\
         The Donald E.\ Knuth Scholarship for 1992}
 
The intent of the Donald E.\ Knuth Scholarship is to encourage the
increase of knowledge about \TeX\ and to sharpen the \TeX\ skills of
non-technical users.
 
One Knuth Scholarship will be awarded in 1992.  The competition will be
open to all 1992 TUG members holding support positions that are
secretarial, clerical or editorial in nature, as determined by job title
and duties, and not holding a degree with a major in a technical,
scientific or mathematical subject area.  The award will consist of an
expenses-paid trip to the TUG annual meeting and to the Scholar's choice
from the short courses offered in conjunction with that meeting.  A cap
of \$2,000 has been set for the award; however, registration fees for
the meeting and short course will be waived, and not counted in the
limit.
 
\begin{center}
   \begin{tabular}{||ll||}
   \multicolumn{2}{c}{\large\bf Schedule} \\ [4pt]
   \hline
    March 23, 1992        & Deadline for receipt of submissions \\
    April 7--May 25, 1992 & Judging period                      \\
    June 1, 1992          & Notification of winner              \\
   \hline
   \end{tabular}
\end{center}
 
\medskip
 
An announcement in \TUB\ {\bf 12}, no.\ 4, pp.\ 563--564, contains a
description of the material that must be submitted by candidates, which
includes a \TeX\ project of the candidate's choice, to be judged by the
Scholarship Committee, and certain personal information.
 
The Scholarship Committee consists of
 
\hspace{1.5cm} Chris Rowley, Open University, U.K. (Chair);
 
\hspace{1.5cm} Nico Poppelier, Elsevier Science Publishers, Holland;
 
\hspace{1.5cm} David Salomon, California State University, Northridge; and
 
\hspace{1.5cm} Linda Williams, University of Tennessee Space Institute.
 
\vspace{.5pc}
 
A brochure containing the \TUB{} article and additional information is
available from the TUG Office.  To obtain a copy, or to request
instructions on e-mail submission, write to the address below, or send a
message by e-mail to {\tt TUG@Math.AMS.com} with the subject {\tt Knuth
Scholarship request}.
 
\begin{Address}
  \TUG\\
  Attn: Knuth Scholarship Competition\\
  658 North Main Street\\
  P.\,O Box 9506\\
  Providence, RI 02940-9506 \quad U.S.A.
\end{Address}
 
\newpage
 
 
%% LaTeX3 Project (covering letter + description) (pp.4-6):
 
\Section{What is the \LaTeX3 Project?}
 
The accompanying description of the \LaTeX3 project from two of the
active group members should help to explain what the project is about,
and why there was an item on the membership renewal soliciting
contributions.  Our original intention was to provide background to the
project in \TTN\ late last year, but the decision to conserve TUG's
resources by postponing that edition led to the membership renewal being
seen long before the explanation.
 
It is important to realize that TUG's involvement is not that of
directly providing financial resources, but rather of helping to attract
support from a wide range of potential sources.  Details of expenditure
by the project team will be published in \TTN\@.  One of TUG's major
roles will be to make information about the project widely available.
This will work at a number of different levels.  For example, I have
appointed Alan Hoenig as Board liaison with the project --- he will be
the TUG channel aware of the current status of the project, and able to
summarize that information for us all, through the medium of \TTN\@.  We
will also be publicizing and supporting the tutorials and workshops
envisaged by the project, both to discuss the problems uncovered, and to
allow the future users of \LaTeX3 the opportunity to see where current
thinking lies.  We may also expect to see more substantial information
about aspects of the programme published in \TUB; for example, Frank's
`Stockholm' paper provides some helpful insights into the project and
will appear sometime this year.
 
Much rides on the success of this project.  It is the first time that
TUG has contributed to a major project in this way --- and \LaTeX3 is
undoubtedly a major project.  The widespread use of \LaTeX\ as the \TeX\
tool of choice gives this particular project relevance to us all.  The
lessons learned will influence the way we participate in other areas
which we believe will secure the future of (\La)\TeX.
 
Among the current sponsors of the project, who have provided cash or
some other support, are: Addison-Wesley, the American Mathematical
Society, Arbor\-Text, Aston University, Blue Sky Research, Digital
Equipment Corporation, EDS Electronic Data Systems, Elsevier Science
Publishers, Nordic \TeX\ Users Group, the Open University, Personal
\TeX\ Inc, the Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm), the Royal
Military College of Science, Southampton University, the \TeX\ Users
Group, \TeX 88, \TeX pert systems, the UK \TeX\ Users' Group, and
Univer\-sit\"ats\-rechen\-zentrum Heidelberg.  Individual members of TUG
have contributed just under \$1,000 (so far).
 
\begin{flushright}
   Malcolm Clark \\
   President, \TUG
\end{flushright}
 
\newpage
 
 
\Section{The \LaTeX3 Project Fund}
 
Some of you may be wondering why your TUG membership renewal form asked
for contributions to \LaTeX3.  The immediate reason is that the Board of
Directors has agreed to set up and administer a \LaTeX3 Project Fund, to
publicize this fund and to help in attracting wide-ranging support for
it --- from corporations, trusts and other external sources --- and also
from TUG's institutional and individual members (that's you!).
 
But before you reflect on how you can help, you would probably like to
know a bit more about the project.
 
\subsection*{Brief history}
 
The decision to produce an improved and expanded version of \LaTeX\ was
taken during the 1989 TUG conference at Stanford.  It was the result of
two meetings between Leslie Lamport and groups of \LaTeX\ users which
were followed by detailed discussions between Frank Mittelbach and
Leslie Lamport.
 
Wider discussions have taken place about the various requirements for
the new version, and a small group has produced prototype
implementations of some parts of this system.  The project's technical
director is Frank Mittelbach and its management is shared by him with
Chris Rowley and Rainer Sch\"opf.
 
\subsection*{Aims}
 
The \LaTeX3 project will produce a public-domain document preparation
system which combines the power and excellence of \TeX's typesetting
capabilities with ease of use for authors, editors and designers.
 
The most important principle, which is followed by the present \LaTeX\
and which will guide the new project, is the separation of generic
mark-up from visual formatting.
 
A major new feature of \LaTeX3 will be a good interface through which
designers can specify how classes of documents will be formatted and
hence set up the style files which enable \TeX\ to typeset documents
according to these specifications.  It will enable them to specify any
font families and give access to a large range of typographic
possibilities and to many detailed enhancements and extensions of the
current facilities.
 
Thus \LaTeX3 will be able to process a far wider range of documents.  It
will also have a more robust and more flexible author interface (no
fragile commands), with interactive error-handling linked to a help
system.  It will, of course, be multi-lingual.
 
The code will consist of modules with precisely specified interfaces,
thus making future maintenance and extensions straightforward.  Full
documentation of all parts of the system will be produced as part of the
project.  Easy and rapid conversion to the new version will be ensured
by wide dissemination of the information and utilities needed for
up-grading.
 
The TUG community, especially providers of software (both public domain
and commercial), will be kept fully informed about the progress of the
project and its implications.
 
\subsection*{Schedule and finance}
 
Work on the project started some time ago and it is scheduled to be
completed by mid-1993.  Since none of the volunteers is working
full-time on this project, maintenance of this schedule is to some
extent dependent on other demands on their time.  It has also become
clear that progress, which has been good so far, will depend on adequate
financial support being available for the following purposes:
 
\begin{itemize}
   \item enhancement of computer equipment and software for the core
         development team;
   \item purchase of books on typography and other related subjects;
   \item essential expenses (travel, accommodation, etc.) for
         occasional meetings of the project's core development team;
         and also for meetings with others, for example: testers of
         early versions; publishers; typographic designers; suppliers
         of related software, etc.
\end{itemize}
 
So, now you know how your money will be used.  Even if you have already
returned your membership renewal, it is not too late to send your
contribution to the TUG office, clearly marked \LaTeX3\ --- and many
thanks, especially to all those who have already contributed.
 
And don't forget that ``every penny counts'' --- it does not matter how
small your contribution is.  To put this in perspective, if every member
of TUG contributed just \$10 then we should have an excellent basis from
which to attract further funds from other sources.
 
\begin{flushright}
   Frank Mittelbach \\
   Chris Rowley
\end{flushright}
 
\newpage
 
 
%% Feature Article: TeX in Mexico (pp.7-11):
 
\Section{Scientific Publishing in Mexico}
 
In this report, we want to give a picture of the \TeX\ users' community
in Mexico, a bit of history and pride, and a brief description of the
capabilities and needs of Mexican scientific printers.  In view of the
growing free trade atmosphere, this information may be useful for
technical text publishing companies, \TeX\ enterprises advertising in
TUG publications --- and freelance hackers who would like to live in a
milder climate.
 
\subsection*{The transfer of knowledge}
 
You can probably guess that the first printing shop in America was south
of the border.  Early colonial Mexico City got its first press in 1539
thanks to the efforts of the Friar and Bishop Juan de Zum\'arraga, who
inspired the first Viceroy, Antonio de Mendoza, on the benefits of
modern ``high technology.'' Giovanni Paoli, a master of repute, came to
live in a milder climate, changing his name to Juan Pablos, First
Printer of the Americas.  His shop was at the Casa de las Campanas,
somewhere downtown.  An immediate benefit was a steady production of
fine theology texts and prayer books; the longer range benefits included
the growth and reproduction of Spanish culture and academic life, even
during the stagnation of the seventeenth century.  This and similar
technical knowledge permitted the Bourbon kings to launch their economic
reforms, and later channeled the intense literary life and political
polemics of the last century.
 
Although Pablos' shop preceded the one in Cambridge by a hundred years,
newspaper printing technology had to be imported anew at the turn of the
century.  It quickly caught on, however, and was used with gusto when
politics turned violent again, as were other gadgets such as railrods,
telephones, and airplaines (Carranza was the first acting President to
fly, in 1917).  This pattern of technological spread has also applied to
the particularly rapid computer revolution that started in Mexico in the
early 60s: it spread via researchers, mostly from public universities,
who belonged to formal or informal international scientific networks,
and were thus informed and abreast of new developments.  As in other
scientific/technological areas, the pattern seems to be that these
individuals can rather quickly reproduce prototypes in their home
Mexican institutions.  There sometimes the prototypes linger as a
curiosity, a prized tool for academic research, but rather slowly and
rarely diffused to industry.
 
Max D\'\i az brought the first \TeX'80 version to the Instituto de
Investigaciones en Matem\'aticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas ({\small
IIMAS}), of the National University of Mexico ({\small UNAM}).  It lay
there as a curiosity in the Foonly mini-computer for a few months, while
Max worked on {\tt View} and a laser printer was found.  I had always
had a typographic interest, so for the School and Workshop on Nonlinear
Phenomena, which we had organized in Oaxtepec during December 1982, we
had the possibility to test \TeX\ on stationery and programs for the
event, and the nerve to propose that the Proceedings volume should thus
be nicely printed.  (All the great gurus at the meeting were happy and
willing to write hefty contributions.) Its 500-odd pages were completed
in July 1983 with the part-time help of five science students who did
the typing (Wolf, ed., 1983).  We know that Donald Knuth's {\sl \TeX
book\/} (1984) and Michael Spivak's {\sl Joy of TeX\/} (1986) were the
first and second books in \TeX\ and also that ours was the first with
Springer.  Unless readers correct me, third place does not seem too bad
\ldots
 
Good! So, why not write some more books!? At {\small IIMAS} we edited an
engineering textbook on integral transforms (M\'arquez and de la Lanza,
1984), and one on quantum mechanics (de Llano, 1985): both turned out to
be complete bureaucratic disasters (the floppies are still kept in a
drawer).  The National University of Mexico is the largest publishing
house in Latin America, but back in 1985 it was impossible to run a
profitable enterprise with exotic technology, let alone pay a fee per
page.  The editors of Springer Verlag were also discouraged.  In
retrospect, however, the effort was not all wasted (Wolf et al., 1986).
Among the few people who have become \TeX\ professionals in Mexico are
some of those very students who typed those first texts.  Also, as more
researchers drooled with envy at the impeccably printed preprints (e.g.,
Wolf, Hlavat\'y, and Steinberg, 1982; Boyer, 1982), theses (Navarro
Saad, 1985), and books (S\'anchez-Mondrag\'on and Wolf, eds., 1986;
Wolf, ed., 1989) from {\small IIMAS}, the \TeX\ virus continued to
extend to other institutes and universities.  Most important (and much
more effective) was the establishment of a soft- and hardware enterprise
by Armando Jinich and Max D\'\i az (both from {\small IIMAS}) that sold
protected PC\TeX\ and initially also provided maintenance and \TeX\
training for personnel.
 
\subsection*{El Grupo de Usuarios de \TeX}
 
In December 1986 we convened La Primera Reuni\'on del Grupo de Usuarios
de \TeX\ in Cuernavaca, a beautiful place 80 km south of Mexico City
(Wolf, 1987).  There were 57 participants representing a healthy variety
of academic and governmental institutions, and publishing companies.
The following year we counted 90 volumes produced in \TeX, including the
{\sl Enciclopedia de M\'exico\/}.\footnote{[For more details on this and
other projects in Mexico, see \TUB\ 10 (1989), No.\ 4, pages 579--593
--Ed.]} In successive years, users and interest have diversified: since
1988, the Presidential Address to the Nation read superbly; non-trivial
{\tt ampersand} tabulation macros have been written, although their
commercialization is still hampered by antiquated software copyright
laws; high-tech art and {\em sui generis\/}-formatting books on musical
theory and critique (Estrada, 1990).  Several physics, mathematics, and
other academic journals are now printed in \TeX: the {\sl Bolet\'\i n de
la Sociedad Mexicana de F\'\i sica\/} and {\sl Revista Mexicana de F\'\i
sica\/} (published by the Mexican Physical Society); the {\sl Bolet\'\i
n de la Sociedad Matem\'atica Mexicana\/} and {\sl Anales del Instituto
de Matem\'aticas\/}; and institutional journals such as {\sl Avance y
Perspectiva\/}, {\sl Contactos\/}, and {\sl Ciencia --- Revista de la
Academia de la Investigaci\'on Cient\'\i fica\/}.
 
Published since 1954, the {\sl Revista Mexicana de F\'\i sica\/} is the
oldest and best-known Latin American physics journal.  Since 1987 (vol.\
33), it has been produced with \TeX\ with F\'\i s.\ Arturo S\'anchez y
G\'andara as \TeX nical editor.  Volumes 33 and 34 have contained an
average of 15 articles and 174 pages per quarter (mostly in English, but
Spanish and Portuguese are also accepted), or roughly 700 pages per
volume (S\'anchez y G\'andara, 1990).
 
In January 1990, the editors of these scientific journals held a Round
Table at the Fourth Grupo de Usuarios meeting.  It was seen that desktop
publishing units had been successfully established (with editors,
typists, secretaries) at each of the institutions, but that each was
devoted to one or two publications.  Springer Verlag at Heidelberg, by
contrast, manages 250 journals, handling everything beyond the ``\ldots\
we accept your paper \ldots'' letter of the journal editor.
 
Clearly it was time for a publishing company to appear to handle these
four or six scientific journals and bulletins, thus offering savings to
the government subsidies that have nurtured them all.  Easier said than
done, but the 1991 Round Table at the Fifth Mex\TeX\ (entitled {\small
MERCADO\TeX NIA}) gathered some four \TeX\ entrepreneurs who now carry
on the production (although not yet the distribution) of one or two of
these journals.  At the same time, we felt the need for a software
company to provide services and training for \TeX\ users (Auri\'on
Tecnolog\'\i a gradually bowed out of these activities during 1990).  We
now depend on a spidery web of altruistic pirates to provide us with new
fonts (Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew), figure caretakers, global formats and
general updating, an information clearinghouse and friendly distributors
of hackers' macros.
 
In 1989, the Centro Internacional de F\'\i sica y Matem\'aticas
Aplicadas ({\small CIFMA\/} AC, Cuernavaca) obtained a grant to further
editorial competence\footnote{Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnolog\'\i
a, {\sl Tipograf\'\i a Cient\'\i fica Automatizada\/}, P107
CCOT89/4517.} by sending a couple of people to TUG annual meetings and
to Springer Verlag in Heidelberg for training in journal management.
Although Mexico's human resources for scientific publications in \TeX\
are good by Latin American standards (on a par with Brazil, and not too
far behind Spain), we have had few links with international \TeX\ users
groups, commercial or academic.  It was thus good to have with us at the
1991 meeting Ms.\ Betsy Dale of ArborText, to learn of the services
provided by her and other American \TeX\ companies.  The Grupo de
Usuarios de \TeX\ is still an informal organization; its creation under
the legal title of an {\sl Asociaci\'on Civil\/} has been an idea raised
at the yearly meetings and understood to be a hot potato with lots of
work and little academic recognition.
 
\subsection*{Some conclusions}
 
It has also become clearer what kind of work \TeX\ is good for, and what
other choices are better for page design, legal bulletins, and pulp
magazines.  The consensus is that most ordinary text is easier and
cheaper to produce with what's-its-name systems usually friendlier to
secretaries and typo workers.  Scientific text is \TeX's home territory,
no doubt.  Technical text edition, such as engineering journals and
bulletins, reports and projects, is the gray area where \TeX\ companies
have to prove their cost effectiveness and accede to this considerable
market.  The Instituto de Investigaciones El\'ectricas de Cuernavaca
(largest engineering research institute in the country) has such an
organization to handle its output.  The Instituto Mexicano del
Petr\'oleo (still larger) is in the first stages of adopting the system
for some of its publications.  Probably the most compact expert group in
the edition of scientific text in Mexico is at the Sociedad Mexicana de
F\'\i sica.\footnote{Sociedad Mexicana de F\'\i sica, AC, Apartado
Postal 70-348, 04510 M\'exico D.F., contact Arturo S\'anchez y G\'andara
and Jos\'e Luis Olivares.}
 
The prices per page of journal text quoted at this year's meeting were
comparable to those advertised in TUG correspondence and in \TUB.  Since
salaries are considerably lower in Mexico, one may wonder why scientific
printing can't also be lower.  It's no great secret, not for general
reasons but rather, for particular reasons.  For example, at banks, one
has to stand in line for an incredible length of time to deposit a
cheque; appointments are not quite so binding as in the time-poor First
World; one visit is seldom enough for most matters; federal mail takes
at least a week in spite of {\small ZIP} codes; pulse telephone lines
are still prevalent and they are noisy, so {\sc fax}es easily fail; few
personal computers are linked to networks and one may be left netless
for days on end; as well, the local tax office increasingly
over-administrates.
 
Things are bound to change, we are told, so text and printing services
should become competitive in Mexico in the near future.  Communications
are being upgraded (and privatized), albeit slowly; technological parks
are being set up near the border, in Quer\'etaro.  These parks provide
company-incubating services to guide newcomers through the red tape of
the establishment, as well as some ready communication lines.  Regarding
personnel, local expertise in handling scientific literature is ample
but diffuse.  It exists in students and graduates of the School of
Science at {\small UNAM} and some five other universities in the
country; there are many key-happy academics (who need, rather than sell,
expert services --- there is too much improvisation by otherwise
over-qualified people), and some smart bilingual secretaries.  Probably
some 200 individuals in all.  Lastly, the professional profile of a
scientific/technical editor is only beginning to be appreciated.
 
There is a long tradition of book production in Mexican art and
literature publishing houses.  The major Spanish, European and American
book companies are represented and routinely translate and print
technical books.  For all these pluses, scientific literature is not yet
handled in a fully professional and efficient way; there is more than
one niche open for enterprising people.
 
\subsection*{References}
 
\mbox{}\bibentry{Boyer, C.P. {\sl The Geometry of Self-Dual Einstein
   Spaces\/}, {\small IIMAX-CT} Notas, No.\ 23. M\'exico: {\small
   UNAM}, 1982.}
 
\bibentry{Estrada, J. {\sl Los Sonidos en Juan Rulfo\/}. M\'exico:
   {\small UNAM}, 1990.}
 
\bibentry{de Llano, M. {\sl Mec\'anica Cu\'antica\/}. M\'exico:
   Facultad de Ciencias, {\small UNAM}, 1985 (unpublished).}
 
\bibentry{M\'arquez, P.\ Garc\'\i a and C.\ de la Lanza. {\sl
   Ecuaciones Diferenciales y en Diferencias\/}.  M\'exico: Facultad
   de Ingenier\'\i a, {\small UNAM}, 1984 (unpublished).}
 
\bibentry{Navarro Saad, M. ``M\'etodos de teor\'\i a de grupos en
   el estudio de aberraciones de tercer orden.'' B.Sc.\ thesis.
   M\'exico: Facultad de Ciencias, {\small UNAM}, 1985.}
 
\bibentry{S\'anchez y G\'andara, A. ``Aplicaciones de la tipograf\'\i a
   automatizada al manejo de informaci\'on cient\'\i fica.'' B.Sc.\
   thesis. M\'exico: Facultad de Ciencias, {\small UNAM}, 1990.}
 
\bibentry{S\'anchez-Mondrag\'on, J., and K.B.\ Wolf, eds. {\sl Lie
   Methods in Optics\/}, Lecture Notes in Physics, Volume 250.
   Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 1986.}
 
\bibentry{Wolf, K.B. ``News of \TeX\ Users in Mexico.'' \TUB\
   8 (1987), no.\ 1, page 7.}
 
\bibentry{------\ts, ed. {\sl Nonlinear Phenomena\/}, Lecture Notes in
   Physics, Volume 189. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 1983.}
 
\bibentry{------\ts, ed. {\sl Lie Methods in Optics\/}, vol.\ II,
   Lecture Notes in Physics, Volume 352. Heidelberg: Springer
   Verlag, 1989.}
 
\bibentry{------\ et al. {\sl Manual de Lenguaje y Tipograf\'\i a
   Cient\'\i fica en Castellano\/}. M\'exico: Editorial Trillas, 1986.}
 
\bibentry{Wolf, K.B., L.\ Hlavat\'y and S.\ Steinberg. {\sl Nonlinear
   Differential Equations as Invariants under Group Action on Coset
   Bundles.  I.\ Burgers and Korteweg-de Vries Equation Families\/}.
   Comunicaciones T\'ecnicas {\small IIMAS}, No.\ 219. M\'exico:
   {\small UNAM}, 1982.}
 
\vspace{1pc}
 
\begin{flushright}
   {\it Kurt Bernardo Wolf} \\
   Instituto de Investigaciones en \\
   Matem\'aticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas, \\
   Universidad Nacional Aut\'onoma de M\'exico \\
   Cuernavaca
\end{flushright}
 
\newpage
 
 
%% Typographer's Inn (Peter Flynn column) (pp.12-13):
 
\Section{Typographer's Inn}
 
\begingroup
 
\def\TeX{{\sc t\kern-.1667em\lower.4ex\hbox{e}\kern-.125emx}}
\def\LaTeX{\TestCount=\the\fam \leavevmode {\sc l}\raise.42ex
    \hbox{$\fam\TestCount\scriptscriptstyle\kern-.3em A$}\kern-.15em\TeX}
 
In the desktop publishing ({\sc dtp}) world at large there seems to be
an upsurge in interest in typography, now that the first flush of
enthusiasm among {\sc wysiwyg} devotees is beginning to settle.
 
Ever anxious to be the first kid on the block, {\sc ttn} is proud to
introduce this column as a forum for discussing matters typographic.
Here you can ask for help, grouse about the inadequacies of typefaces,
laugh over some typographic gaffe, or shout about the new things you've
done or seen done.
 
As a new column, we have no contributions yet, so I'm going to stand on
my soapbox and shoot my mouth off, in the hope that it will stimulate
you to write and fuel the debate.
 
First off is the question of training: how do we persuade new users
(principally of \TeX, but actually of almost any word processing or {\sc
dtp} system) that spreading fonts across the page like peanut butter
across hot toast is not necessarily the route to typographic excellence?
I'm biased---I run typography training courses (on demand, for cash), so
I try to explain that communication of ideas is the principal task of
the typographic designer, and I try to equip new users with some basic
skills in layout and font selection to help them do this.  But I'm sure
there are other ways, and I would like to hear about them.
 
That raises the second point: the Computer Modern fonts.  They are
`standard', that is, they come shipped with almost every version of
\TeX, so that a document using this known set of font files is portable
worldwide.  This is a huge advantage on the one hand, and a huge
drawback on the other, because so many reviewers/commenters on \TeX\
gripe that ``it only has one typeface''.  Although this is rubbish
(\TeX\ actually works with almost any typeface from any source, given
the right conversion tools) it is not obvious to the beginner, or even
the seasoned user, just how to go about getting and implementing new
fonts.  The revised font selection scheme for \LaTeX\ will make life
easier, but I for one haven't had time even to look at it yet.  Can
someone perhaps summarize the steps for a new user of \LaTeX?
 
Moving right along, there is the related question of layout.  In \LaTeX,
the page layout is pre-defined, and it takes a fairly sophisticated
hacker to change the design.  In Plain \TeX, you have to do everything
yourself from scratch.  Much play is made in the documentation
surrounding \TeX ware of the virtues of fully marked text, and its
inherent portability, but we still need the middle course between Plain
\TeX\ and \LaTeX, which would provide the management macros such as
sectioning, indexing, table-of-contents, cross-referencing and the
handling of illustrations, without imposing a visual style which is hard
to change.  Anyone volunteer to write this? Or to tell me why it's a
silly idea?
 
What about a bibliography? I have references to (mainly) European books
on typography, but we need a more worldwide spread for it to be useful.
This could be stored on a {\tt listserv} and on an {\tt ftp}--accessible
machine for people to retrieve.  And what about starting up a {\tt
TYPO-L} list?
 
One of the reasons I use \TeX\ is because of the control it gives me.
In most visual {\sc dtp} systems, typographic quality takes a back seat
to claimed ease of use.  Just pick up almost any piece of {\sc dtp}'d
rubbish that pops into your mailbox and study it hard and critically:
are the baselines straight? Is the interletter spacing correct? Are the
margins evenly aligned, especially in itemised lists? Are the lines
evenly spaced? All these things are taken for granted in \TeX, because
it does them so well, but there are people out there unwittingly
producing poor-quality work through no fault of their own except lack of
knowledge.
 
While we're on the subject, if \TeX\ is so hot at these things, why
isn't everyone using it? Some while back I was talking to the graphic
designer at a nearby university where they use Ventura.  Under his
tutelage, they produce excellent work, but not all institutions are
design-aware enough to employ someone as skilled as him to oversee the
quality of publicly-consumed {\sc dtp}.  One thing he did mention,
though, was having worked long and hard on a thesis which contained a
lot of math.  Yep, you guessed.  They had to position every symbol in
every equation by hand, with a mouse, because they were simply unaware
that \TeX\ existed and could do the job automatically in a small
fraction of the time.
 
Finally (for now), what about literacy? It was fashionable among
`progressive' educationalists and educators some while back to claim
that a knowledge of punctuation, spelling and grammar was almost
unnecessary these days.  Funny how they've all gone quiet now that the
labor market has tightened up and only the better-qualified applicants
get jobs.  But we still see `Street' shortened to `St.' when there is
plenty of space for the whole word; indecision about punctuation after
`Ms', `Mr' and the like; misplaced apostrophe's; unnecessary hyphens,
and a whole pile of little itty bitty things which may be unimportant in
themselves, but contribute to the overall impression of sloppiness.  Any
compositor of the hot-metal generation would blush if accused of one of
these slips, but now that anyone can do their own typesetting, how do we
prevent the slide into the garbage can? Do we even need to worry about
it?
 
So tell me.  Mail me ({\tt cbts8001@iruccvax.ucc.ie}) with a {\tt
Subject:} line of {\tt TTN Typography}.  Or mail the editor.  And let's
make this column {\em the\/} place to discuss typography (it could give
the phrase ``letters to the editor'' a whole new meaning).
 
Oh, yeah.  A drink on me at the {\sc tug} meeting in Oregon ({\tenmi
1992}) for the first mail saying what the significant typographic change
in this article is.
 
\endgroup
 
\begin{flushright}
   Peter Flynn\\
   University College Cork
\end{flushright}
 
\newpage
 
 
%% New Publications (p.14):
 
\Section{New Publications}
 
\begin{description}
   \item [Claudio Beccari.] {\sl{\it \LaTeX} --- Guida a un sistema di
          editoria elettronica\/}. Milano: Editore Ulrico Hoepli Milano,
          1991. ix + 399~pp. ISBN 88-203-1931-4.\\
          $\bullet$ The book is the first and only one in Italian at this
          moment. Although it contains an introductory chapter for the
          beginner, its main purpose is to give the reader advanced
          information on \LaTeX\ (and partially on \TeX) in order to
          prepare sophisticated macros, style files, and to make clever
          use of fonts.
 
   \item [Arvind Borde.] {\sl \TeX\ by Example\/}. New York: Academic
          Press, 1991. 169~pp.\ (softcover), US\$19.95.
          {\bf \$18 for TUG members.} ISBN 0-12-117650-9.\\
          $\bullet$ This book teaches entirely by example. Input and output
          are shown side-by-side, allowing users to spot quickly how to get
          symbols, how to obtain italics, how to use bold type, how to
          start new paragraphs, and so on. The alphabetic appendix is both
          an index and a glossary, which systematically lists all commonly
          used features of \TeX.
 
   \item [Victor Eijkhout.] {\sl \TeX\ by Topic: A \TeX nician's
          Reference\/}. Wokingham, UK: Addison-Wesley, 1992. viii +
          307~pp.\ (softcover), US\$30.00. {\bf \$27 for TUG members.}
          ISBN 0-201-56882-9.\\
          $\bullet$ {\sl \TeX\ by Topic\/} is a systematic reference
          manual designed as a companion to tutorial guides about \TeX.
          Not for the novice, it is meant for users with a basic
          understanding of \TeX\ who have specific questions, or who are
          keen to explore the full potential of this unique computer
          typesetting system.
 
   \item [Jane Hahn.] {\sl{\it \LaTeX} for Everyone\/}. Mill Valley:
          Personal \TeX\ Inc., 1991. xi + 346~pp.\ (softcover),
          US\$19.95. {\bf \$18 for TUG members.} ISBN 0-9631044-0-3.\\
          $\bullet$ {\sl{\it \LaTeX} for Everyone\/} is a tutorial as well
          as a reference guide. Written with the beginning user in mind,
          it is designed to be easy to read and understand, and contains
          examples of all the basic commands. The experienced \LaTeX\
          user, however, will also find this book to be a valuable
          reference tool.
 
   \item [Raymond Seroul and Silvio Levy.] {\sl A Beginner's Book of
          \TeX\/}. New York: Springer Verlag, 1991. 283~pp.\ (softcover),
          US\$29.95, DM58,--\ts. {\bf \$27 for TUG members}.
          ISBN 0-387-97562-4.\\
          $\bullet$ Seroul and Levy's book is an excellent beginner's
          text. It is meant for careful reading, in which case it gives
          a surprising amount of detail. The book also has a reference
          section.  This is an expanded translation of Seroul's book,
          {\sl Le petit Livre de \TeX\/} (Paris: InterEditions, 1989).
 
\end{description}
 
\newpage
 
 
%% ``Hey -- it works!'' (pp.15-16):
 
\Section{``Hey --- it works!''}
 
\subsection*{The Cauchy Integral}
 
\begingroup
\def\intcauchy{\mskip3mu-\mskip-18mu\int}
 
When the applied sciences use complex numbers they generally need a
symbol for the Cauchy integral, which is a regular integral sign with a
bar across.  The following macro will do:
%
\begin{verbatim}
   \def\intcauchy{\mskip3mu-\mskip-18mu\int}
\end{verbatim}
%
and works pretty well with most \LaTeX\ size options, although the best
is as always the 10pt default size.  If you do not like \verb"\def" you
can use the standard \LaTeX\ commands:
 
\begin{verbatim}
   \newcommand{\intcauchy}{\mskip3mu-\mskip-18mu\int}
\end{verbatim}
 
\noindent Now you can write in display math:
 
\begin{displaymath}
\intcauchy_\infty^\infty f(z){\rm\,d}z =
    \lim_{R\to\infty}\int_R^R f(z){\rm\,d}z
\end{displaymath}
%
by using the new command \verb"\intcauchy" as you do with regular
integral signs.
 
By the way, ISO standards require the differential sign to be typeset
with Roman type, a rule that is very seldom observed even in the most
qualified mathematical papers.
\endgroup
 
\begin{flushright}
   Claudio Beccari \\
   Politecnico di Torino, Italy
\end{flushright}
 
 
\subsection*{Dealing with Very Long Paragraphs}
 
The following problem would never have occurred to me --- I am a
mathematician, and I do not write really long paragraphs.  But habits
are different, and so it happened that the other day a mathematics
historian I know mentioned the following problem.
 
He complained that, once in a while, \TeX\ reported insufficient memory
when compiling some unusually long paragraph.  Of course, he admitted
that it would be possible to give in and introduce an additional
paragraph.  But certainly that would not be completely satisfactory.
Another way out would be to use some big\TeX-Version --- neither
elegant, nor convenient.
 
Fortunately, there is yet another solution.
 
If a paragraph is too long for \TeX's memory, then certainly it should
also be long enough to prescribe the \verb|\parfillskip|! Therefore the
following definition introduces an ``invisible paragraph''
\verb|\nopar|.  It can be inserted into a long paragraph --- for
instance, just before the point where \TeX's memory was exhausted --- or
even just ``for safety'' when a paragraph seems to be too long.  But
beware: when inserted too early \verb|\nopar| may produce a nasty
underfull \verb|\hbox|!
 
\begin{verbatim}
   \def\nopar{{\parfillskip0pt\parskip0pt\par\noindent}}
\end{verbatim}
 
Note the double pair of brackets --- they serve to restore the previous
settings of \verb|\parskip| and \verb|\parfillskip| after the invisible
\verb|\par|.  See also {\sl The \TeX book\/}, p.~100 for a description
and dangerous bend problem {\bf 14.15}, and p.~315 for the solution.
 
\begin{flushright}
   Peter Schmitt \\
   Universit\"at Wien, Austria \\
   \tt a8131dal@awiuni11.bitnet
\end{flushright}
 
 
%% TeX news (p.16):
 
\Section{\AllTeX\ News}
 
\subsection*{I\LaTeX}
 
As of December 18, 1991, International \LaTeX\ (or I\LaTeX\ for short)
does not exist any more.  If it is found on any \TeX\ servers, it is
outdated and should be deleted.  The latest version of \LaTeX, dated
December 12, 1991, has made this possible, since it incorporates the
functionality of I\LaTeX\@.  Please use this (or a newer) version.
 
The following parts were not incorporated into \LaTeX:
 
\begin{description}
   \item [The Generic Local Guide.]
         It will be released as a separate distribution at a later
         time. I have a lot of responses to check first, though.
 
   \item [The support for multi-lingual documents.]
         The Babel system by Johannes Braahms provide an alternative
         possibility. If you prefer my system, it can still be fetched
         via anonymous ftp from ftp.th-darmstadt.de, directory
         pub/tex/initex, files mlinitex*.
         I think that parts of this system might influence the Babel
         development in the future.
\end{description}
 
I hope that I have served the \TeX\ community with the I\LaTeX\ support
and look forward doing new, other, work in the \TeX\ arena.
 
\begin{flushright}
   Joachim Schrod\\
   Darmstadt \\
   \tt schrod@iti.informatik.th-darmstadt.de
\end{flushright}
 
\newpage
 
 
%% News from Around... + Reports on Meetings (pp.17-21):
 
\Section{News from Around \ldots}
 
\subsection*{CyrTUG
             \hfill
             \it Irina Makhovaya}
 
\vspace{-.5pc}
 
\begin{flushright}
   Mir Publishers, Moscow
\end{flushright}
 
\noindent I'd like to send you CyrTUG's warmest regards.  CyrTUG is a
new group, uniting \TeX\ users in Russia.  Our objectives are to further
development of \TeX nology in Russia, coordinate developments and
standardization, create a Cyrillic \TeX, and support contacts with \TeX\
users from the USA, England, France, Germany, Holland and other
countries.  We understand that there is serious interest in a Cyrillic
\TeX\ in the United States and other countries.  We have also heard
about a Slovenian Users Group.
 
Our constituent meeting took place at Mir Publishers, in Moscow, May
23--24 of this year; coincidentally, this was also the Cyrill and
Mefodiy days --- a celebration of the Slovenian languages.  In all,
twenty-three representatives from twelve establishments in four Russian
cities attended the meeting.  The number of \TeX\ users at each of these
institutions ranges from one to 100 people, so that effectively some 250
users from across Russia were represented at the meeting.
 
The following individuals were elected to the Board of Directors:
 
\medskip
   Joseph Romanovsky, President, LSU, Leningrad
 
   Irina Makhovaya, Executive Director, Mir, Moscow
 
   Vladislav Andrushchenko, IRL, Moscow
 
   Mark Doubson, CEMI, Moscow
 
   Eugene Pankratiev, MSU, Moscow
 
   Alexander Samarin, IHEP, Protvino
 
   Anatoly Urvantsev, NSU, Novosibirsk
\medskip
 
A second meeting took place at the Institute of High Energy Physics
({\small IHEP}), in Protvino, a suburb of Moscow, August 22--23.  In
September, some reports on our activities were presented at the
Euro\TeX\ conference in France, and some will appear in {\sl TUGboat\/}.
We appreciate very much the invitations from Euro\TeX\ to our
colleagues.
 
We plan to hold our annual meetings in May.  The first Annual Meeting of
CyrTUG will take place at IHEP, Protvino, in 1992.  We would be very
glad to see \TeX\ gurus, \TeX perts, and anybody from TUG, the UK\TeX
UG, {\small DANTE}, GUTenberg, NTG, and other national groups.  We would
like to invite everyone who is interested in \TeX, Russia and
international cooperation.
 
\vspace{1pc}
 
\subsection*{SibTUG
             \hfill
             \it Dr.\ Anatoly L.\ Urvantsev}
 
\vspace{-.5pc}
 
\begin{flushright}
   Computing Center, Novosibirsk University
\end{flushright}
 
\noindent This is official information about the founding of a \TeX\
Users Group in Siberia.  The inaugural meeting took place 6 Dec.\ 1991
at Novosibirsk State University.  Fifteen people, representing ten
organizations from the Siberian cities of Novosibirsk, Krasnojarsk and
Barnaul, took part.
 
Members of the board of SibTUG include:
 
\medskip
   Dr.\ Anatoly L.\ Urvantsev (Computing Center, Novosibirsk) -- Chairman
 
   Dr.\ Vladimir N.\ Djatlov (Novosibirsk University) -- Executive Director
 
   Il'a R.\ Roussakov (NAUKA Publishing House, Novosibirsk)
 
   Prof.\ Anatoly M.\ Fedotov (Computing Center, Krasnojarsk)
 
   Dr.\ Gennady I.\ Algazin (Altaj University, Barnaul)
 
   Prof.\ Vladimir A.\ Vasilenko (Dialogue-Siberia) -- Financial Inspector
\medskip
 
There was strong interest from scientists and other specialists from
other cities, including Omsk, Tomsk, Tjumen, Kemerovo, and Irkutsk to
form local branches of SibTUG\@.  The Siberian division of the Academy
of Sciences comprises some 80 academic institutes of various scientific
areas of interest (about 40 are in Novosibirsk).  Many other
organizations, such as publishing and printing houses, software and
hardware firms, and so on from this region are interested in
high-quality publication of scientific, educational and engineering
literature.
 
The Siberian Science and Education system has good connections with
colleagues and centers in different countries.  We also enjoy good
cooperation with scientists from other republics of the former USSR,
especially the Asian republics.  As a result, we are not only focussing
on Cyrillic versions of \TeX, but also on a whole rainbow of \TeX\
possibilities.
 
Because SibTUG is, naturally enough, the Siberian part of CyrTUG, we
shall coordinate our efforts.  Nevertheless, given our large region and
poor connections (transport, mail, e-mail, etc.) with Moscow, we ask the
\TeX\ world to contact us directly.
 
From our side we shall support the \TeX\ community in your efforts to
extend the use of \TeX\ and to include high-level software specialists
in the process of producing new \TeX\ possibilities.
 
The main problems for SibTUG and \TeX\ users in Siberia are:
 
\medskip
   -- the absence (in practice) of books on \TeX
 
   -- the absence of good versions of \TeX
 
   -- the absence of \TeX\ materials
 
   -- poor communication between users
 
   -- limited knowledge about happenings in the larger \TeX\ community
\medskip
 
We shall concentrate our efforts on solving these problems.  We also
want to give our users the opportunity to use Russian language \TeX\
materials as well as materials on other languages of Siberian countries.
So, our first steps will be to organize:
 
\medskip
   -- a library of \TeX\ materials (books, proceedings,
      magazines, etc.)
 
   -- a collection of \TeX\ software products and
      demonstrate their capabilities
 
   -- courses for different levels of users in Novosibirsk
      and other Siberian cities
 
   -- better communications between \TeX\ users inside
      our region and beyond
\medskip
 
However, problems such as exchange of the rouble and other national
concerns are currently hampering our efforts to acquire these materials
in legal ways.  We greatly appreciate any support and help from all
sides as we address our primary needs, especially during our start-up
period.  In spite of these difficulties, we are determined to solve
these problems, and offer our colleagues in other \TeX\ users groups to
cooperate with us.  For our part, we shall be very glad to return that
help to the \TeX\ community also.
 
On behalf of SibTUG,
 
\begin{flushright}
   Dr.\ Anatoly L.\ Urvantsev \\
   Chairman, SibTUG
\end{flushright}
 
\begin{center}
   \begin{tabular}{ll}
    Computing Center            & Tel (3832) 350-454 \\
    prosp.\ Lavrent'eva 6       & FAX (3832) 324-259 \\
    Russia, 630090, Novosibirsk & E-mail \tt uran@isi.itfs.nsk.su \\
   \end{tabular}
\end{center}
 
 
%% Reports on Meetings:
 
\Section{Reports on Meetings}
 
\subsection*{TUG '91: 15--18 July 1991
             \hfill Dedham, Mass.}
 
The 1991 Annual Meeting of the \TeX\ Users Group took place at the
Dedham Hilton, just outside of Boston, Massachusetts; the theme was
``\TeX\ Inroads into Publishing: Document Design, Production and
Interchange.'' Judging by the number and diversity of presentations and
attendees, this was a truly successful meeting.  And as with all TUG
meetings, there was a lot more than just publishing being discussed: new
font and graphics packages and applications, and future directions of
\TeX\ were also very much on people's minds.
 
Each day was dedicated to a specific sub-theme, which made it easier for
attendees to focus on their preferred areas of specialisation.  In
addition to some 193 people who registered for all four days, there were
50 registrants who came specifically for the Monday program, 11 who came
on Tuesday, and 6 on Wednesday.
 
The meeting was launched with a provocative keynote address by Nico
Poppelier of Elsevier Science Publishers (Holland).  In all, there were
28 presentations, 4 panel discussions, and 7 workshops, with the TUG
Business Meeting, the Questions and Answers session, and an Historical
Round Table also vying for everyone's attention.
 
In 1992, the TUG Annual Meeting will be held in Portland, Oregon;
Program Coordinator will be Mimi Lafrenz, with Doug Henderson, Helen
Gibson and Ron Whitney on the Program Committee.  After four years of
working on TUG's Annual Meetings, I must confess to feeling a great
sense of relief at handing over the task to a new Coordinator --- and I
look forward to attending this year's meeting as a regular TUG member.
See you all there!
 
\begin{flushright}
   Christina Thiele\\
   TUG'91 Program Coordinator
\end{flushright}
 
 
\subsection*{CsTUG: 18--20 Sept.\ 1991
             \hfill Skalsk\'y Dv\accent23ur, Czech.}
 
The 1991 meeting of the Czechoslovakian \TeX\ users took place in
Skalsk\'y Dv\accent23ur, located to the southwest of Prague, surrounded
by hills and forests, far away from the bustle of the big cities.  It's
just the right place to concentrate either on a typesetting system or on
the outstanding Czechoslovakian beer.
 
The \TeX{}-related portion (from September 18--20) of the Ninth Summer
School on Computing Techniques in Physics, in which the meeting
traditionally is embedded, presented papers on: new features of \TeX\
v.\ 3, {\small SGML} in the publishing world and other {\small
SGML}-related topics, \LaTeX\ and related software, \TeX\ and graphics,
exchange of knowledge, experience, software within the \TeX\
environment, and working with \MF\@.
 
There were about 120 attendees, from Bulgaria, Finland, Germany,
Hungary, Libya, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, USA, USSR (at that
time)\footnote[1]{Tempus fugit.} and the UK.  Because of the
international audience the closing discussion about the needs in
different Eastern countries was a very important topic.  The people who
had the problems and those who had the solutions were in the same room
at the same time and were talking together.  So the discussion was a
great success.
 
But one example of the importance of information in the Eastern European
countries should be mentioned: the universities in Romania were forced
to buy a commercial {\small DTP} system because \TeX\ was unknown there!
And \TeX\ was what they were looking for.
 
\begin{flushright}
   Friedhelm Sowa\\
   {\small DANTE} Treasurer
\end{flushright}
 
 
\subsection*{Euro\TeX 91: 23--25 Sept.\ 1991
             \hfill Paris}
 
The 6th European \TeX{} Conference was held in Paris' Latin Quarter last
fall (Sept.~23--25) at the {\em Maison de la Mutualit\'e\/}, followed by
a one-day GUTenberg Conference.\footnote[1]{Thanks to TUG, UK\TeX UG and
GUTenberg for their financial help in sponsoring Eastern representatives
to attend.} Highlights from the two conferences included four 4-day
courses before the week of the meeting (a special mention should go to
Philip Taylor and his course on advanced \TeX\ and \TeX\ macros), some
two dozen presentations with simultaneous English-French translation,
two panels, commercial sessions, a question period and parallel {\em
Birds-of-a-Feather\/} sessions.  There was a large exhibit area, and
numerous terminals or stations for attendees to access the Internet.
 
The social activities included a film shown on the G\'eode's 1,000 $m^2$
hemispheric screen, dinner inside the {\em Cit\'e des Sciences\/} and a
bus tour of Paris by night.
 
And yet \dots\ these attractions weren't enough to convince people to
come; perhaps it wasn't a good week, perhaps the fees were too high,
perhaps there are now too many \TeX{} meetings around the world \ldots{}
There were a little over one hundred attendees (coming from 21 nations),
although we had planned for twice as many (based on attendance figures
from previous GUTenberg annual meetings).  In all, there was too much
effort for too little return, and the GUTenberg Organizing and Program
Committees are a little disappointed.  All the ingredients for a
successful meeting were present but \ldots{}
 
The presentations have been published in a double-issue (nos.~10--11) of
the {\sl Cahiers GUTenberg\/}; however, the two panels (\TeX\ in Europe,
and \LaTeX\ V3) and the BoFs were not included.
 
In conclusion, as a \AllTeX{} user, I can say that I was satisfied;
however, as manager of the local users group, I was also quite
disappointed.
 
\begin{flushright}
   Bernard {\sc Gaulle}\\
   GUTenberg President \\
   TUG VP for French-Speaking Users
\end{flushright}
 
 
%% Special def from Denis Megevand for 1992 EuroTeX meeting logo:
 
\def\TeCH{{\rm T\kern-.1667em\lower.7ex\hbox{E}\kern-.125em{\sf CH}}}
 
\subsection*{\TeCH'92: 16--18 June 1992
             \hfill Les Diablerets, Switz.}
 
\begin{center}
   \large\sl Call for Papers --- \normalsize\bf Deadline Extended!
\end{center}
 
The 1992 GUTenberg meeting will be held in Les Diablerets, Switzerland
and will be organized by the Observatory of Geneva.
 
Deadline for the {\bf Call for Papers} has been extended to {\bf 15
April 1992}.  The conference will address the problems of \TeX's social
environment at the support and training levels, and the use of \TeX\ in
non-scientific applications.  Of course, more general \TeX\ and {\small
DTP}-related subjects are also welcome.  Send submissions and inquiries
to {\tt megevand@scsun.unige.ch}
 
\begin{flushright}
   Denis M\'egevand\\
   Pr\'esident du comit\'e d'orgaanisation
\end{flushright}
 
 
\newpage
 
\subsection*{TUG'92: 26--30 July 1992
             \hfill Portland, Oregon}
 
\begin{center}
   \large\sl \TeX\ in Context:\\
             Resources, Support Tools, and Comparative Studies
\end{center}
 
The thirteenth annual conference of the \TeX\ Users Group will be held
in Portland, Oregon, USA.  This is going to be an exciting week of
lively discussion and informative presentations covering a broad range
of subjects relating to the various uses of \TeX\ throughout the world.
 
The developing technologies that supplement the power of \TeX\ ---
fonts, graphics, format macros, and archives --- will be explored in
presentations followed by question and answer sessions.  Ever-popular
workshops will be run several times each, to ensure the possibility of
participation.
 
Panel discussions following themes of the presentations will address
fonts, graphics, and include a special discussion on archives and the
tremendous information available.  The current 1991 Resource Directory
will be just one of the many tools explored and explained.
 
The recently restored Benson Hotel in downtown Portland has agreed to
host the conference and meetings at a rate close to 50\% of their
regular price.  The Benson was the only hotel willing to allow more than
one person in each room at the same base price.  So don't be overcome by
the beauty of this old charmer; it really was the best deal we could
muster.  If you want accommodations for less than the \$89 standard
rate, they will be available, in limited supply, at a nearby inn.  The
Program Committee is looking into local universities for possible
housing.
 
A new feature this year is the all-volunteer squad of assistants ready
to help with information on anything about the program.  If you would
like to help with this year's program, please indicate your ideas on the
conference registration form.
 
For families and friends, we will have some organized adventures running
concurrently with the meetings.  Doug Henderson is organizing a
fund-raising bowling tournament.  There will be many things to see and
do in Portland.  See the conference brochure for more details, due in
your mailbox in February.
 
One last event that bears mentioning is the Mt.\ Hood Festival of Jazz,
beginning Friday, July 31st and continuing through Sunday, August 2nd.
Tickets will be made available through TUG\@.  Please mark your
registration form if you are interested.
 
Members of the Program Committee for TUG'92 include: Helen Gibson, Doug
Henderson, and Ron Whitney.
 
\begin{flushright}
   Mimi Jett\\
   TUG'92 Program Coordinator
\end{flushright}
 
\newpage
 
 
%% Summaries of July '91 Board and Exec. Comm. meetings (pp.23-26):
 
\Section{TUG Board Activities}
 
\subsection*{Summary of Board Meeting\footnote[1]{[These reports were
    prepared with the assistance of David Kratzer and Regina
    Girouard --Ed.]}}
 
{\small \baselineskip=11pt
The TUG Board of Directors met for 2 days before the 1991 Annual
Meeting, 13--14 July 1991, at Dedham, Massachusetts.  Board members who
were present all or part of the two days included Nelson Beebe, Barbara
Beeton, Lance Carnes, Malcolm Clark, Allan Dyer, Bernard Gaulle, Regina
Girouard, Roswitha Graham, Alan Hoenig, Hope Hamilton, Doug Henderson,
Patrick Ion, David Kellerman, David Kratzer, Joachim Lammarsch, Kees van
der Laan, Pierre MacKay, Craig Platt, and Christina Thiele.  Also
present was Ron Whitney, TUG's Technical Director/Business Manager.
 
Board members not able to attend were: Bart Childs, John Crawford, David
Fuchs, and Dean Guenther.
 
During this meeting, some 43 motions were discussed and voted upon; the
main issues are presented here.  In keeping with a decision made at the
March board meeting [summary in TTN 0,0], we are publishing this summary
of the meeting minutes for the membership of TUG so that you may be
aware of the work being done by TUG\@.
 
Malcolm Clark was elected Interim President, to serve from January 1,
1992 through the end of 1992.  The Board elected the following from its
members to serve as interim officers: Christina Thiele as Interim
Vice-President and Secretary, and Allan Dyer as Interim Treasurer.  The
latter two officers will serve until replacement appointments are made
by the newly elected board.
 
The President, Nelson Beebe, was directed to make an offer of employment
to Ron Whitney, to provide for a formal agreement between Ron and TUG\@.
 
The need for a Technical Council has been apparent for a few years now
and the Long Range Planning Committee (David Kellerman, Chair) was
instructed to formulate the initial charter for the Technical Council.
 
Malcolm Clark believed the need for a specific European Coordinator is
no longer there, so the Board voted to abolish the position that Malcolm
has held, and added a note of appreciation for the work that he has
done.
 
A budget for 1992 had not be developed so the Executive Committee was
charged with coming up with one in the months following the July board
meeting.  A number of budget-related items were discussed.
 
\begin{itemize}
   \item In an effort to better distribute funds, the TUG Office will
         modify their procedures to move toward fund accounting procedures.
 
   \item It was agreed that a maximum of \$40.00 should be allocated to
         each board member without e-mail access to gain that access,
         thereby allowing them to participate in board-related business.
 
   \item An adverse reserve fund (initial amount of \$50,000) will be
         established for the specific purpose of funding TUG's
         liabilities in the event of an unforeseen and major catastrophic
         financial event.
 
   \item A motion to cap travelling scholarships and contributions to
         other societies at \$4,000 failed; a subsequent motion to include
         this amount in the 1992 budget was passed.
 
   \item Committees requiring funding must now submit a budget to the
         TUG Office, for approval by the board.
 
   \item An effort will be made to receive additional funds for certain
         projects, such as \TeX hax, the \LaTeX3 project, and others. The
         TUG Office was directed to establish restricted funds for such
         projects.
\end{itemize}
 
The board adopted a policy stating that it was in favour of reciprocal
membership arrangements between TUG and other user groups; interested
groups should submit proposals to the TUG Office.
 
The board asserted its intentions to continue using terms associated
with \TeX\ and \MF, as has been done for at least 14 years (e.g., {\tt
dvi}, {\tt tfm}, \TeX, etc.).  The issue arose out of examples of the
use by other groups of the letters ``dvi'' for either their group's
names or products.  It was deemed necessary for TUG to declare the
long-standing and specific use of ``dvi'' for ``Device Independent'',
and its integral use within the \TeX-using community.  On the related
matter of copyright, it was decided that TUG would adopt an appropriate
form of the new general public license as the copyright license for TUG
documents.
 
A Site Selection Committee was named, to select the 1992 site and to
draft guidelines for the selection of future sites.  Members of the
committee are: Bernard Gaulle, Mimi Lafrenz, Christina Thiele, and Ron
Whitney.
 
Draft guidelines on the Knuth Scholarship were accepted; Barbara Beeton
will serve as board liaison between the Knuth Scholarship Committee and
the board.  Chris Rowley, David Salomon, and Nico Poppelier were
appointed as the core of the Knuth Scholarship Committee (Chris Rowley,
Chair) for the period 1991--1992; Linda Williams, the most recent
previous Scholar, was appointed for a term of one year.
 
To defend \TeX\ against misrepresentation, the Board will offer a
\$16.00 reward for the first person pointing out a {\em published\/}
possible misrepresentation of \TeX\ and reporting it to the TUG Office.
 
The board approved the following policies on attendance at official
meetings: all TUG members may attend board meetings; all board members
may attend Executive Committee meetings.
 
The TUG Office has been authorized to maintain a file of certified
statements containing a minimum set of information on various \TeX\
implementations so that purchasers may verify that a particular \TeX\
system has measured up to approved standards.  Vendors will be
encouraged to state in their ads that the certified statements are on
record in the TUG office.
 
There was much discussion about the new election procedures which will
cause all members of the Board of Directors to be elected by the TUG
membership.  The procedures outlined in TTN 0,0 were adopted; by the
time you read this, the results will be known.  [See {\sl Election
Results\/} elsewhere in this issue -- Ed.]
 
The Board adopted the following Mission Statement for TUG, following
lengthy discussions of a draft proposal from the Mission Statement
Committee (Christina Thiele, Chair):
 
\medskip
The \TeX\ Users Group (TUG) provides leadership
 
\begin{enumerate}
   \item to encourage and expand the use of \TeX, \MF, and
         related systems
   \item to ensure the integrity and portability of \TeX, \MF,
         and related systems
   \item to foster innovation in high-quality electronic document
         preparation
\end{enumerate}
 
Since there is now an organized users group in Japan, the head of this
new users group will be invited to join the Board as a special
vice-president.
 
The positive response that the newsletter \TTN\ has received prompted
the Board to authorize \$5,000 for another issue in 1991.  [Due to TUG's
financial siuation it was later decided not to publish another issue in
1991 --Ed.]
 
Other issues discussed included: the role of board liaison, special
vice-presi\-dents, and ``porte-parole'' (spokesman for TUG), TUG's
non-profit tax status, TUG's legal counsel, annual meetings outside of
North America, responses to queries regarding \TeX's future, reports
from various committees, reports from various user groups, operating
procedures manual(s).
 
\subsection*{Summary of Executive Committee Meeting}
 
The Executive Committee held an evening meeting on 17 July 1991, during
the 1991 Annual Meeting, at Dedham, Mass.  The Executive Committee is
made up of: Nelson Beebe (President), Malcolm Clark (1992 President),
Christina Thiele (Interim Vice-President and Secretary), Allan Dyer
(Interim Treasurer), Alan Hoenig (invited by Nelson Beebe), and Ron
Whitney (Technical Director/Business Manager), a non-voting member.
 
Others present included Doug Henderson (recording secretary), and
several board members.
 
During this approximately 4-hour meeting, the following major agenda
areas were discussed: short-term requirements and issues raised during
the general meeting, reports from various committees, and the TUG
budget.
 
Charlotte Laurendeau will be leaving the TUG office after several years
of service to TUG; the Executive Committee approved the recognition of
her service by giving her a gift during the closing session of the
meeting.
 
Ron Whitney, who is TUG's Technical Director/Business Manager, has been
serving TUG since the departure of Ray Goucher but his role has not been
defined clearly.  Several issues were discussed and the Executive
Committee gave Ron authority to deal with many items which came up
during the Board meeting, the general meeting, and the Executive
Committee meeting.
 
The Executive Committee will meet in the fall to finalize the budget and
handle some of the items that were put on hold at this meeting.
 
In the future, when \TUB\ is ready for distribution, the TUG Office will
make shipments to trans-Atlantic destinations before domestic mailing.
 
Mimi Lafrenz was named the 1992 Program Coordinator.  Mimi has also
volunteered to devote a significant amount of work on the \LaTeX3
project.
 
The Publications Committee (Kees v.d.\ Laan, Chair) report included the
following points: news items will be shifted from \TUB\ to \TTN, which
will be published quarterly at 28 pages per issue (7 $\times$ 10in);
\TUB\ will be limited to 800 pages per year; the resource directory,
which all TUG members received, will also become an item for individual
purchase; a catalogue of TUG items for sale should be produced; a \TUB\
index should be prepared (based on author and keyword).
 
The Membership Committee is considering a two-tier system for all new
items where members would get better prices than non-members.  Lacking a
consensus, the Committee made no recommendation at this time.  More
effort will be put into retaining current and attracting new TUG
members.
 
The Local User Group Committee (Malcolm Clark, Chair) will be presenting
its final report after the current meeting.  Two preliminary reports had
already been submitted to the board.
 
The Site Selection Committee (Christina Thiele, Chair) selected
Portland, Oregon as the site for the 1992 Annual Meeting, considering in
part the following factors: proximity of a major airport, range of hotel
choices, Univ.~of Oregon computer labs close by, a known concentration
of \TeX\ users and companies.  Another factor in the Committee's
selection was the desire to move the meeting to a different geographic
region.
 
Marketing of TUG and its products was discussed.  It was decided that a
tentative budget allocation of \$20,000 be included in the 1992 budget.
 
The Executive Committee directed Ron to look into reducing the prices
for back issues of \TUB.  Currently, old issues of \TUB\ are still
available for \$17.00 each.  When new user groups start up, TUG
materials will be made available at nominal costs.
 
The startup of a restricted fund for \TeX hax was approved.  This would
see monies allocated directly towards \TeX hax, both as a budget item
and as a focus for contributions.  The money so allocated may not be
used for other purposes.
 
There was discussion of starting up a similar restricted fund for
research into \TeX\ extensions; the Executive Committee voted to
postpone this move for future board discussion.
 
The Executive Committee discussed the need for the annual meeting to
break even rather than lose money.  There will be a concerted effort to
achieve this goal with the 1992 meeting.
 
The newsletter, \TTN, should be budgeted for 4 issues at \$5,000 each in
1992.  Sponsorship was also discussed, and there was a consensus that
\$500 be spent for design of the newsletter.
 
By consensus, it was decided that a total of \$18,000 should be included
in the 1992 budget for production of six issues of {\sl \TeX niques\/}.
 
Other issues discussed included two-tier membership, a subscription
category for \TUB, donations to TUG, producing an annual report, more
input on the mission statement, having an open-ended business meeting,
having the board reconvene after the business meeting, initiating a
``reach-out'' component for new attendees at TUG meetings.
\par}
\vspace{1pc}
 
\begin{center} \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3}
   \begin{tabular}{||c||}
      \multicolumn{1}{c}{\large\bf Next Board Meetings} \\
   \hline
       15--16 February 1992, Aston University, UK \\ [2pt]
       25--26 July, at TUG'92, Portland, Oregon, USA \\
    \hline
   \end{tabular}
\end{center}
 
\newpage
 
 
%% Upcoming Events (p.27):
 
\Section{Upcoming Events}
 
\begin{center}
%{\tabcolsep3pt
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\hline
\bf 23 March    & {\bf TUG\ts Knuth\ts Scholarship.}\nl
                  Deadline for receipt of sub\-mis\-sions.
                        & TUG Office\nl
                          {\tt tug@math.ams.com}                \\
\hline
\bf 24--27 March
                & {\sc dante} conference in Hamburg.
                       &  Reinhard~Zierke or
                          Gerhard Friesland-K\"opke\nl
                         {\tt dante92@informatik.uni-\nl
                          hamburg.de}                        \\
\hline
\bf 7--10 April & EP'92: ``Electronic Publishing, Document
                  Manipulation, and Typography.''\nl
                  Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne.
                       & EP'92 --- D\'ep.\ d'In\-for\-ma\-ti\-que, IN
Ecublens,
                         CH--1015 Lausanne, Switzerland\nl
                         {\tt ep92@eldi.epfl.ch}             \\
\hline
\bf Spring      & UK \TeX\ Users' Group:\nl
                  Tentative meeting scheduled
                       & Peter Abbott\nl
                         {\tt p.abbott@aston.ac.uk}          \\
\hline
\bf May         & CyrTUG: 1st Annual Meeting.\nl
                  Institute of High Energy Phys\-ics,
                  Protvino (near Moscow).
                       & Irina Makhovaya\nl
                         {\tt irina@mir.msk.su}               \\
\hline
\bf 4 June      & NTG meeting:  ``Scientific Publishing and \TeX.''\nl
                  CWI, Kruislaan 413, Postbus 4079, 1009 AB Amsterdam.
                       & Gerard van Nes\nl
                         {\tt vannes@ECN.NL}                  \\
\hline
\bf 16--18 June & \TeCH'92, a GUTenberg conference:\ts
                  ``The Dark Side of \TeX''/\nl
                  ``La face cach\'ee de \TeX.''\nl
                    Les Diablerets, Switzerland.
                        & Denis M\'egevand\nl
                          {\tt megevand@scsun.unige.ch}       \\
\hline
\bf June        & UK \TeX\ Users' Group:\nl
                 ``Design Issues'': A visit to the
                  Dept.\ of Typo\-graphy, University
                  of Reading.
                       & Peter Abbott\nl
                         {\tt p.abbott@aston.ac.uk}           \\
\hline
\bf 27--30 July
                & {\bf TUG'92:\nl
                   ``\TeX\ in Context.''}\nl
                  Portland, Oregon.
%                 [See back cover.]
                       & TUG Office\nl
                         {\tt tug@math.ams.com}               \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
}
\end{center}
 
\newpage
 
 
%% Obituaries (p.28)
 
\Section{In Memoriam}
 
\begin{center}
   \large\bf Cathy Booth
\end{center}
 
Cathy Booth died on July 27th, 1991, of cancer of the kidneys.  For the
last year she fought the disease consistently, cheerfully and
resolutely.
 
Cathy was born on June 19th, 1952.  She attended Exeter University,
where she completed a BSc in Geography, and in 1984, she began work
there as Computing Development Officer.  One of her first
responsibilities was \TeX.
 
Cathy attended many of the \TeX\ conferences in Europe (in Strasbourg,
Karlsruhe and Cork), as well as TUG meetings in North America (in
Montreal and Stanford), and some of the GUTenberg meetings in Paris.
But it will be the \TeX88 conference held at Exeter University with
which she may be best remembered to many in the \TeX\ world.  Cathy was
the local organiser for this meeting: the huge success of the meeting
must be attributed in no small way to her vivacity and personal
magnetism.
 
Cathy was an excellent teacher of \TeX.  She taught a number of TUG
courses on Beginning and Intermediate \TeX, and other \TeX\ courses at
Exeter University.  At the University, she also developed courses which
united her skill with \TeX\ and her design abilities.
 
Besides her other activities in \TeX\ and Electronic Publishing, she had
been a member of the UK \TeX\ Users' Group committee since the
foundation of the group, as well as a member of the committee of the BCS
Electronic Publishing Specialist Group.
 
\begin{flushright}
   Malcolm Clark
\end{flushright}
 
\vfill
 
\begin{center}
   \large\bf Samuel B.\ Whidden
\end{center}
 
\noindent Sam Whidden, one of the founders of TUG, and its treasurer
from 1980 through 1987, died unexpectedly on October 29, 1991.  At the
time of his death, he was a member of TUG's Long Range Planning
Committee.
 
Sam was a long-time employee of the American Mathematical Society.  He
established the Society's information systems department in 1968, and
was a champion of in-house composition of AMS publications, leading this
function from the status of research project to a full production
operation.  He quickly saw the need for \TeX{} users to band together
for mutual support, and was instrumental in arranging for the first
meeting at Stanford in 1980.  Sam left regular employment at the Society
in 1989, but continued as a consultant.
 
\begin{flushright}
   Barbara Beeton
\end{flushright}
 
\newpage
 
 
%% Cover 3 (Table of Contents):
\pagestyle{empty}
 
\begin{center}
   {\Sectionfont \TeX{} and TUG NEWS\\
    \medskip
                  Table of Contents}
\end{center}
 
\vspace{1pc}
 
\contentsline {section}{{\it Editorial}}{1}
\smallskip
\contentsline {section}{First TUG Election by Mail}{2}
\contentsline {section}{Announcement: Donald E.\ Knuth Scholarship for
                        1992}{3}
\contentsline {section}{What is the \LaTeX3 Project?\\
               \indent {\em Malcolm Clark}}{4}
\contentsline {section}{The \LaTeX3 Project Fund\\
               \indent {\em Frank Mittelbach and Chris Rowley}}{5}
\smallskip
\contentsline {section}{Scientific Publishing in Mexico\\
               \indent {\em Kurt Bernardo Wolf}}{7}
\smallskip
\contentsline {section}{Typographer's Inn\\
               \indent {\em Peter Flynn}}{12}
\contentsline {section}{New Publications}{14}
\smallskip
\contentsline {section}{``Hey --- it works!''}{}
\contentsline {subsection}{The Cauchy Integral {\em Claudio Beccari}}{15}
\contentsline {subsection}{Dealing with Very Long Paragraphs {\em Peter
                           Schmitt}}{15}
\smallskip
\contentsline {section}{\AllTeX\ News}{}
\contentsline {subsection}{I\LaTeX\ {\em Joachim Schrod}}{16}
\smallskip
\contentsline {section}{News from Around \ldots}{}
\contentsline {subsection}{CyrTUG {\em Irina Makhovaya}}{17}
\contentsline {subsection}{SibTUG {\em Dr.\ Anatoly L.\ Urvantsev}}{18}
\smallskip
\contentsline {section}{Reports on Meetings}{}
\contentsline {subsection}{TUG'91 {\em Christina Thiele}}{19}
\contentsline {subsection}{CsTUG {\em Friedhelm Sowa}}{20}
\contentsline {subsection}{Euro\TeX91 {\em Bernard Gaulle}}{20}
\contentsline {subsection}{\TeCH'92 {\em Denis M\'egevand}}{21}
\smallskip
\contentsline {section}{TUG'92: \TeX\ in Context\\
               \indent {\em Mimi Lafrenz}}{22}
\smallskip
\contentsline {section}{TUG Board Activities}{}
\contentsline {subsection}{Summary of Board Meeting}{23}
\contentsline {subsection}{Summary of Executive Committee Meeting}{25}
\smallskip
\contentsline {section}{Upcoming Events}{27}
\contentsline {section}{In Memoriam}{28}
 
\vspace{2pc}
 
\begin{center}
   \bf Volume 1, No.\ 1, 1992
\end{center}
 
\newpage
 
 
%% Cover 4 (TUG '92 promo):
\pagestyle{empty}
 
\begin{center}
   \huge\sf \TeX\\
   \huge\sf in Context:\\
   \Large\sf Resources, Support Tools,\\
   \Large\sf and Comparative Studies\\
   \mbox{}\\
   \Large July 26 to 30, 1992\\
   \Large Portland, Oregon\\
   \Large\bf 13th Annual \TUG\ Meeting\\
\end{center}
 
The 1992 \TUG\ Conference will focus on the \TeX\ resources environment,
on the tools used to support \TeX, and on comparing and understanding
the interaction of the various elements within the \TeX\ world as well
as with external products.
 
During four information-packed days, we'll delve into the use of front
ends for \TeX, ways of including graphics in \TeX\ documents, how to
export \TeX\ output to other graphics programs, comparisons of various
personal computer implementations of \TeX, network access and resources,
educational issues, and translation between \TeX\ and word-processors.
 
Mark your calendars and join us in Portland, the home of 20-pound salmon
and 20-story buildings.  Ride light rail trains over cobblestone
streets, ski Mt.\ Hood and attend the symphony in the same day --- even
in July! Of special interest to TUG Meeting attendees may be the 11th
Annual Mt.\ Hood Festival of Jazz to be held August 1st and 2nd in
Gresham, Oregon, a suburb of Portland.
 
We'll meet and stay at the Benson Hotel, a registered historic landmark
recently restored to its former grandeur of the early 1900s.  Special
TUG rates: \$89/night (available until 26 June only).
 
For a complete visitors' guide, {\sl The Portland Book\/}, call the
Portland Visitors' Center at (800) 345-3214.
 
\begin{center}
   \begin{tabular}{llll}
      \multicolumn{2}{l}{\bf Program Coordinator:}
            & \multicolumn{2}{l}{\bf Program Committee}      \\
      & Mimi Jett $\diamond$ \sl ETP Services Co.
            & & Helen Gibson $\diamond$ \sl Wellcome Institute \\
      \multicolumn{2}{l}{\bf For more information:}
            & & Doug Henderson $\diamond$ \sl Blue Sky Research \\
       & \tt tug@math.ams.com
            & & Ron Whitney $\diamond$ \sl \TUG \\
   \end{tabular}
\end{center}
 
\vspace{1pc}
 
\noindent Watch your mail and future issues of \TUB\ and \TTN\ for
more details. Or contact the TUG Office. Meet you in Portland!
 
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