Minutes of the SIPB Meeting of 11/8/1999


The meeting was called to order at 19:31 by gisele.

In attendance were 
	Voting members: amu arolfe kolya cfox yak gisele fyfer
		zacheiss | golem
	Associate members: tb kcr mycroft proven rjbarbal belmonte
		mhpower | jweiss jdaniel
	Non-voting members: 
	Prospectives: tivol nemo tibbetts ocschwar gif tarvizo mwp
		keithw aatharuv mjones
	Guests: 

Treasurer's Report:
	'()

Chairman's Report:
	proven: I'd like to nominate ocschwar for membership.
	cfox: You can't, but I will.
	zacheiss: Second.
	ocschwar: I accept.
	[Why?]
	cfox: He's written some documentation (especially
		iDocFormats), has installed a lot of software, some of
		which I wouldn't touch, and has spent lots of time in
		office; he's good at helping users, especially CPs.
		I've had to kick him out too often.
	proven: That's basically what I would have said.
	[Passes 8-0-0; election next week]

Office Report:
	tb: It's here.

Office Cleaning Report:
	gisele: Some cleaning happened this afternoon.
	gif: People should pay attention to all the recyclables in the
		back of the office.
	fyfer: The bulletin boards look cluttered.  The cruft is
		charming, but some of it probably ought to go.

MIT Computing Report:
	zacheiss: 8.3.20 goes out to the dev cell tonight.
	ocschwar: exmh presorting used to be really kludgy, but it's
		much better now.  I have documentation on how to write
		a .maildelivery file, which configures it.
	zacheiss: The AFS-Moira PRDB resync happens tonight.  People
		with deactivated accounts will now show up as numbers
		in AFS ACLs; these numbers will go away when the
		janitor runs.  The only other user-visible effect will
		be slowness while the resync happens.

Computer Services:
	zacheiss: The sipb cell was upgraded to AFS 3.5 this week.

SIPB Backup Report:
	zacheiss: I did them.

Publications Report:
	aatharuv: We have everything.
	gif: I updated the office manual with new info about running
		publications off.  (The procedure for using our
		account has changed.)
	aatharuv: We only have one copy of iCyrillic.  Do we care?
	gisele: Print 5 more; they'll last us forever.

Orientation Report:
	'()

IAP Report:
	'()

CokeComm Report:
	jweiss: People should read iFridgeRestocking.

Other:
	'()

Other Other:
	ocschwar: A good prospective project would be a one sheet on
		"So you think your account has been compromised."  A
		user said she thought hers had been, but everything
		showed me looked innocuous.
	cfox: This sort of problem really needs individual attention.
	kcr: A one-sheet of places to go, common warning signs,
		etc. would be useful.
	cfox: Perhaps we should recommend what to do after the fact in
		iSecurity?
	tb: This all belongs in Other.
	tibbetts: I dealt with two users with this issue in the last
		week.
	cfox: I dealt with one.
	jweiss: Did the users send their passwords in the clear, or
		forget to lock their screens?
	tibbetts: One did each.
	cfox: I dealt with a case of an unlocked screen.

	zacheiss: Woods Hole is very scenic.

	cfox: People should keep their greasy fingers off the
		monitors.
	kcr: I move to allocate $10 to purchase more screen-cleaner
		stuff.  [Seconded; white ballot.]

	mycroft: Something should be done about the Nantucket Nectars
		stain in front of the fridge.
	gif: golem should figure out how to deal.

The meeting was adjourned at 19:41.


	Minutes taken and submitted by amu.