Feb25 news: Peter Wilson, TUG trial electroninc membership, lottery, election, conference, other events

[TeX Users Group]

Hello TeX users,

First, calling all friends of Peter R. Wilson, long-time (La)TeX
contributor and TUG supporter: if anyone knows of Peter's current
whereabouts, or is in contact with his family, please let us know
(https://tug.org/contact). We've been unable to contact him for some
time. He was last living in Warwickshire, England.

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In TUG news, we are now offering a new $20 electronic trial membership
for anyone new to TUG: https://tug.org/trial. Physical TUGboats will be
delivered for an additional $15.

TUG holds a lottery among new members for typographic prizes each year.
This year, new TUG members Stefan D. and Jae-won D. were the winners, of
the Indie Fonts #2 collection from DRY, Inc., and the book Do Not Erase:
Mathematicians and Their Chalkboards by Jessica Wynne (reviewed in
TUGboat: https://tug.org/books).

Another lottery will be held next year, so please encourage your friends
to join. Thank you to all new (and renewing!) members!

Finally, 2025 will be an election year for TUG. The positions of TUG
President and seven other members of the Board of Directors will be
open. The nomination form and election information are available:
  https://tug.org/election/

The deadline for submission of nominations is March 1, 2025, 7am US/Pacific.

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TUG 2025 will take place in Trivandrum, Kerala, India, hosted by
TeXFolio (thank you!), from July 18-20 (Fri-Sun), 2025.
Conference information and the registration form are now available:
  https://tug.org/tug2025/
The venue is the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Trivandrum:
  https://www.hyatt.com/hyatt-regency/en-US/trvrt-hyatt-regency-trivandrum

Conference flyers are available in A3, A4, letter, mobile
device sizes, linked from the conference page. The A3 url is:
  https://tug.org/tug2025/t2025flyer-a3.pdf
Please post anywhere appropriate, and thanks!

The TUG bursary is available for those needing financial assistance to
attend the conference:
  https://tug.org/bursary/

A visa will be needed by most participants coming from outside India;
it's advisable to start that process as soon as possible.  The
conference committee is happy to provide invitation letters and any
other assistance; you can email us at tug2025 at tug.org.

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Other upcoming events:

- BachoTeX 2025, in Bachotek, Poland, April 30-May 4, 2025. This year's
  theme: TeX in education.
  Call for papers: https://bachotex.gust.org.pl/2025/cfp_en.html
  BachoTeX site: https://bachotex.gust.org.pl/2025/index_en.html

- SILICON Type Design Incubator: Empowering New Voices in Typography,
  an online 5-10 week course starting late May, 2025.
  Application deadline: February 28, 2025. Especially eager to meet
  students from digitally disadvantaged language communities.
  Application form:
  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5zbtdcJDde7NrVemsEA_9TsUd9nfAUd5PST2si-KmSXyjSg/viewform  

- DANTE 2025, April 3-5, Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany.
  https://www.dante.de/veranstaltungen/dante2025/cfp/

- ConTeXt Meeting 2025, Chmielno, Poland, August 22-29, 2025.
  https://meeting.contextgarden.net/2025/

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Happy \TeX{}ing in 2025 and beyond,
Karl Berry, on behalf of the TUG Board