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As reported earlier, the UK-TUG AGM will take place on the 14th of November at UCL. As part of the AGM, there will be reports from various members of the outgoing Committee. The following written information is available for reading now:
The Committee hope these are useful.
This is to give you formal notice of the 2009 Annual General Meeting of the UK TeX Users Group, and to tell you about submitting motions and standing for the Committee.
Information about the Speaker Meeting taking place at the same time is will be posted here shortly, and will also be circulated separately.
We will be sending out Accounts for 2008-09 and officers reports shortly, and also be posting these to the website.
The AGM will take place on Saturday 14nd November, from 2 pm to 3 pm. If further time is required, the Committee expects the AGM will decide to adjourn until 5 pm.
The AGM will take place at:
Physics and Astronomy, Room E7
University College London
London (walking distance from Euston)
All members are entitled to attend the AGM, and without charge.
Under the Constitution (clause 17(5)), all members of the Committee apart from the Chair retire at the start of the AGM, and can stand for re-election. The Chair was elected last year for a two year term, and so there is no election for Chair this year.
Nominations for the Committee must be received before the formal start of the AGM: there is no notice period. The signature of the candidate and a proposer are required for a valid nomination.
Please consider joining the Committee, and do contact me or the committee if you would like more information, or would like one of us to nominate you (uktug-committee@uk.tug.org).
Any member wishing to submit a motion to the AGM should do so by writing or by e-mail to the Secretary, to arrive by the 31st of October (i.e. 14 days before the AGM, as required by clause 10(5) of the constitution).
A seconder is not required to submit a motion.
Please contact the Secretary, David Crossland, by e-mail in the first instance to check on postal arrangements, particularly in view of the ongoing strike action at Royal Mail.
The time is nearly upon us for the AGM. The Committee have discussed dates, and it seems that Saturday 14th November is the best choice. The location is yet to be agreed: we are keen to have the meeting in a central location, and Birmingham, London, Oxford or Cambridge have all been suggested.
The Committee can arrange a meeting room in Milton Keynes, but if members have a strong preference (and even better a potential location), then please get in touch. There is money available for booking a location, if needed.
There will be more details of the AGM (including documents and voting details) posted here nearer the time.
The inspected accounts for 2007–08, as presented at the AGM, are now available on-line as a PDF file.
For UK-TUG to remain relevant it is critical that the Committee, through consultation with the members, identifies future needs of the members. The Committee would welcome and encourage your thoughts on this matter. In particular what do you regard as the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for UK-TUG as an organization. What do you want to see the organization doing in the coming years?
At the AGM, a resolution mandating the Committee to consider the future direction of the UK-TUG, and to report back to the membership, was passed. This is clearly not a static exercise, but is a dialogue between members and between the membership and the Committee. Feedback from the membership on how the UK-TUG can move forward is always welcome.
Key points at the AGM were that the focus of the UK-TUG should be on TeX users (rather than TeX developers), and that training was an area that needed consideration. With that in mind, the Committee is establishing a network of trainers. There are TeX trainers in a number of UK institutions, but they are often isolated and can be hard to locate. By establishing a network, the UK-TUG will enable new users to find the help they need, and will help to support trainers themselves. The Committee has appointed a Training Officer to co-ordinate contact between trainers.
The future of the UK-TUG book scheme was discussed, as it has been under-used for the past two years. The AGM voted to retain the scheme, but it was suggested that new avenues should be explored. The Committee will be exploring the possibility of seeking access to on-line resources from relevant publishers (for example Safari Books Online from O’Reilly). The Committee are keen to hear from members which books and publishers are of particular interest.
The Annual General Meeting took place on Saturday 22nd November at UCL. A number of reports were presented at the meeting, which are available here: