Minutes of the SIPB Meeting of 22 September 1986


	The meeting was called to order at <19.30> by <spook>.
	
	In attendance were 
		Voting members:  spook, pww, srz, henry, holtzman,
			ambar, theschun, carla, hyland
		Associate members: 
		Non-voting members: 
		Prospectives: Aaron Goodisman, Feroz Deen, 
			Theodore Tso, Brian LaMacchia, 
			Andre DeHon, Ellen Spertus, Ike Chuang,
			Donald Varona
		Guests: 

	Treasurer's Report:  No daily office report; we're doing 
			 "good" for spending.  Will calculate
			 YTD spending for next meeting.
			 PLEASE PAY UP NOW if you owe $$ to
			 CokeCon or SIPB.  AND ... we got 
			 new soda today.

      Student Spending:  Month-to-date:
                         Year-to-date:

      SIPB/SIPBADMIN Spending:    MTD:
                                  YTD:

	Chairman's Report:  Well, sigh.  Chairman had a good dinner
		tonight.  Beef was on the hot side this evening.
		Chairman's term end date should be made official
		in the constitution.

		Another sigh; that's it.  

	Office Report:  Chairs?  What chairs?  Ken was going to
		ask about chairs.  

		Stan spoke to Jim Bruce, who recommended the
		used furniture exchange.  This can be paid with
		a requisition.

		If someone leaves you a message, please dispose
		of it accordingly; don't refile it under "Old
		and ancient."  Throw them out, or take them 
		with you.

		If you have a drawer, put your crap away; don't
		leave it lying around.  Don't spill food, and
		don't leave half-empty beverage cans.  

	Athena Report:  Athena Liaison Committee: Tim and Ken
		to begin planning for this committee.  OLC 
		Volunteers?  We're working on it <spook>.
		We're trying to make it easier for everyone
		Can we sue Athena consultants if they answer
		questions incorrectly?  Inquiring minds ...
		Workstations:  Names will wait until after
		the meeting.  The workstation report is NOT 
		READY.  <jtkohl> and <irene> can't make meetings
		this fall.

		<jtkohl> recommends placing tcsh in /bin as
		third-party software.

		<simsong> is working on /uus to /urvd on 
		workstations.  There is some preliminary 
		e-mail discussion on this with <lerman>.
		More will follow from <simsong>.

		Workstation naming will continue next week.

	Computer Services:  VM backups are done; accounts will
		be deleted by the end of the week.  

		Some media-lab people want to borrow our
		our Kinetics box, with an alternative to 
		bring their Mac here to use the Kinetics
		box.  

	Telecommunications Report:  On Friday <srz> hooked the
		modems in W20 up.  Rah!  

		The Mac:  the computer store from where we 
		bought the Mac has had their phone disconnected.
		Lots of disconnected phones; a preliminary 
		estimate is $170 if it's not the power supply.

		Upgrade?  Wait till it's fixed...  Several
		possibilities exist, including getting a 800k
		drive, getting a SCSI drive, etc.  

		Printing and other terminals need to be hauled
		out of W20.  MIT Surplus Property will deal
		with them for us.

		This VT100 is flakey.  

		The TRS-80 which ws in the SIPB office is being
		tracked by the Property Office.  

	Publications Report:  We need: SIPB Policy (the oldnew
		format).  Inessential Guides disappeared 
		quickly from W20.  <ambar> will visit <lbm>
		to discuss placement of Inessential Guides
		in clusters.

	R/O Report:  We got the modems back from Clearinghouse
		(finally).  Prospectives should visit early
		and often.  

	IAP Report:  It's getting closer; it's gonna be cold.
		More than a snack, and less than a meal.
		We should begin planning IAP in October or
		November sometime.  Activities have included
		a LISP course (in the distant past), Multics
		internals, Unix internals (ex-<bcn>, future
		<wesommer> <mumble>).  Also: a hack tournament,
		(perhaps) X-trek, etc.

	Other:  Meilin is wearing a skirt today.  

	Other Other:  sexypixy@where?  

	The meeting was adjourned at <20.20>.

	Minutes taken and submitted by <henry>.