Minutes of the SIPB Meeting of 17 August 1981
	The meeting was called to order at 19:32 by William M. York,
    to a deafening silence.
	
In attendance were GMP, barmar, ACW, RLL, DCP, CAH, WMY, TZS, dead JSL.
		
Late were: DMK, Naha, RK, JIS, LRH, c/
	The minutes of the meeting of 10 August 1981 were read and accepted as
	corrected.  
    DMK, Naha, RK came in during this.

	Treasurer's Report:
There is a write-in treasurer's report, as the treasurer is at the LSC
    barbecue.
Multics month to date: $1884.44, Year to date: $5686.70
The phone bill is here.
The treasurer recovered $150 worth of Coop.
 
	Chairman's Report:
The chairman has received a letter from Dave Clark confirming his
    proposal of setting up a terminal in a Student Center library carrol.
    This letter also went to the Student Center librarian.  RLL
    volunteered to set up the terminal.
WMY has not gotten as much done on the Annual Report as he had hoped.
    He will keep trying.
CRD got a new car.
 
	Office Report:
All the stuff we used to have in the darkroom (old bills, etc.)
    disappeared some time ago.  Has anyone checked up on this?  RLL had
    said that he would talk to Leo Ryan, but he is not here to answer
    for himself.
The boat anchor is anchoring, because RLL is putting it on the new MUX.
    It will be a little slower, but you can do fingers from it.
We should GC the other card drawers, as we are running out of drawer
    space.
 
	Computer Services:
JIS spoke to RAR about us getting access to UNB.  We will be getting it.
He also spoke to him about us selling NBDD.  We can charge more than the
    base cost to recoup our losses, for instance our backup costs.  He
    says ~$.20/record/month is probably reasonable.
 
	Telecommunication Report:
Has anybody done anything about the MacGregor dataset theft?  Apparently not.
DuPont has a new floor, so the Midway will be there.
 
	Publications Report:
Runoff wallcharts will be ready at Beane II on Wednesday.
 
	R/O Report:
Next House has been certified for R/O week.
We should arrange to have 6-120 for the night of the Computer Tour,
    which will be Tuesday, September 8, 1981.
Someone should contact people at JCF and CIPG in order to arrange for
    the tour.

    	Other:
Should we reschedule the meeting on Labor Day so we can see "Dark Star"?
    We will decide next week, when we know what the schedule is.
MIT-Multics has been off the ARPAnet since Saturday.  JIS is trying to
    fix it.
    JIS, LRH came in during this.
WMY is working on a Multics talk program.
    c/ came in during this.
There is a review copy of the Office Manual on the blackboard.
Read the instructions when taking 370 applications.
 
	Applications:
JIS spoke to Hluchyj, the user who we thought was doing his thesis on a
    Student account.  He was, in actuality, doing a very large PhD
    thesis proposal.  He had already copied his files out to his
    account on a personal project.
David E. Root just got an account today, his previous account was in
    1973.
Kushner, David M. - $100 for editing essays for graduate school
    applications and writing fiction.  Given.

		Total appropriations: $545 without Coop
	  Autoed: 
	    Student: $395
	    370: $50
	  To Meeting: $100, EC: $0,  all Student.
		Coop: $115

	Other Other:
RK didn't go away this weekend!
"The Hithchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" will be on tonight.
The Multics Picnic was this weekend.  The weather was not so great, and
    there was no volleyball net.  Otherwise, it was OK.
DCP's cube-hacking program is losing because of system problems.
ACW and J9 moved to Arlington.  It was awful.  They are now
    suburbanites.
The boat anchor just feeped with sound.
We discussed ACW's patent on Crook.
The Red Cross is low on blood, so people should go give blood now,
    rather than waiting until R/O week.
WMY's plumbing is finished.
The meeting lasted slightly over an hour.
 
	The meeting was adjourned at 20:35.


	     Minutes taken and submitted by Barry Margolin.