Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2019 21:36:08 +0200
From: Manfred Lotz <manfred@ctan.org>
To: ctan@ctan.org
Subject: Re: Request: please look at the slides for a TUG talk 2019
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On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 20:54:10 +0200 (CEST)
Erik Braun <erik@ctan.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 7 Jul 2019, Manfred Lotz wrote:
> 
> > > > - reagarding CTAN history I would prefer to say: ask Rainer,
> > > >   Joachim, Robin, and Jim    
> > >  Is this meant do be done during the conference?  
> > 
> > I think it was meant more rethorically. Not in a way that those
> > people are at the conference to be asked.  
> 
> This is the problem with points on a slide: without explanation you
> have to guess what is meant. Petra was right, I was planning to point
> to Karl Berry and Jim Hefferon (even that I've never seen them
> before). Both are at the conference and both had important roles 27
> years ago (according to the TUGboat article).
> I would like to keep the history as briefly as it is appropriate.
> 
> Best, Erik

Rainer and Joachim know best about the history. So, they could tell.

-- 
Manfred