[texhax] Apr 2010 TUG news: conferences, software, TUGboat, interviews

[TeX Users Group]

Dear TUG members,

- First, the upcoming TeX conferences in 2010:

  Apr 30-May 4 - BachoTeX 2010 (Bachotek, Poland)
    http://www.gust.org.pl/bachotex/
  
  Jun 28-30 - TUG 2010 (San Francisco, USA)
    http://tug.org/tug2010/
  With special appearance by Don Knuth and his Stanford colleagues.
  Special one-day rate available.
  
  Aug 25-29 - EuroTeX 2010 (Pisa, Italy)
    http://www.guit.sssup.it/eurotex2010/

  Sep 13-18 - Fourth ConTeXt User Meeting (Brejlov, Czech Republic)
    http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2010/
  
  
- TUG 2011 will be held in Cairo, Egypt, tentatively from November 28
  through December 1, and will include a planned excursion.  Hossam
  Fahmy of Cairo University is the chief organizer.


- TUGboat 31:1, a regular issue, will go to the printer shortly.  The
  deadline for the TUG'10 conference issue is July 19,
  and for the third issue September 1.
  New articles are very welcome.
  http://tug.org/TUGboat/


- Work on the 2010 software release continues.  We optimistically hope
  for a summer release.  Initial builds of the new sources have gone well.
  http://tug.org/texcollection/


- The latest subject in the Interview Corner is from the early
  days of TeX and Metafont: Howard Trickey.
  http://tug.org/interviews/


Karl Berry (President) on behalf of the TUG Board
http://www.tug.org/