Minutes of the SIPB Meeting of 06/14/2004 The meeting was called to order at 19:29 by jtu. In attendance were Voting members: jmorzins kchen jtu golem arolfe | merolish ike Associate members: fustflum jhawk wjh Prospectives: asedeno | tabbott annag Guests: Treasurer's Report: arolfe: there's about 1100 left. it'll be potentially more than that if people don't spend. items from office despot and gov connection are easier, and they'll get here sooner. arolfe: people complained about spending money haphazardly. i'm thinking about making a motion to prevent keithw from allocating money unless he submits a budget in the next few weeks for his upcoming allocations in the next year, but that would be rude. people should tell me about large purchases they plan to make in the next year. Chairman's Report: golem: I would like to state for the record that the reason that I'm not drinking jug wine right now is because of the chair. jtu: The 35th Reunion happened. We had about 100 people and too much food, but people took it home with them so it was ok. There is leftover junk food and soft drinks in the office and fridge. Please eat and drink them. Office Report: jmorzins: carpet was new a few years. now they have holes and and rips. want to get two chair mats. [jmorzins allocation: $100 for two chair mats] wjh: about new office head. I'm probably going to buy it later. fustflum: is there interest for hi-co lo-co non-motorized magstripe reader writer? golem: i didn't know hi-co writer without moter existed kenta: i would use it for storing my GPG passphrase. merolish: 15 dollars to replace your MIT card if its been broken. but they didn't charge me last time I tried. golem: working with the tech on embezzling. jhawk: skeptical about how well it works without a motor. My death tongue one is frustrating to use. Took an hour to write one. I wouldn't support, because I expect it would be frustrating to use. fustflum: how much extra should the motorized one cost? jhawk: I expect motorized one to cost between 1 and 1.2K total. fustflum: amendment to add $200. kenta: we're on the bottom end of the cost of motorized. amendment to add another $100. merolish: is there a non-sketchy use? jhawk: I have my copy hanging off my belt. I keep my original in my wallet. It's useful to be able open annoying doors without having to pull out my wallet. ike: Is this a service we provide? People might mis-use it. fustflum: We provide it for reasonable use, like cd copying, film scanners. jhawk: I don't see people mis-using it a lot. Probably to give a copy of their card to their friend or fuckbuddy. asedeno: It would very sketchy and difficult to use at a point-of-sale terminal a duplicate credit card burned onto something that doesn't look like a credit card. <7-2-1> [fustflum allocation: 1100 for a magstripe reader writer] merolish: there are new flatpanels. jmorzins: we have currently two that not installed. ideas? wjh: amd64 machine arolfe: hodge jhawk: we should put attractive monitors near to the door to encourge people to sit by the door. jmorzins: i plan to put the 1600x1400 one (which hasn't arrived yet) on csw. kenta: zsr can do dual head easily. kenta: people should report their report experiences on the LCDs to zephyr, and I'll put together a LCD comparisons publication. jhawk: boxes should be kept for at least day. If you can't find space, talk to me and I'm sure I'll find space. Office Cleaning Report: golem: the office is picnic. MIT Computing Report: Computer Services: arolfe: chris porter and i set up a machine to screw with web server stuff. if you want to join in, talk to me and i'll give you access, or root access if necessary. jtu: the cruft wants to see pictures. asedeno: As per zephyr conversation earlier today, there is interest in a SIPB mail server. If you're interested, talk with me. jhawk: you might want to look all the times we've discussed this before. Publications Report: jtu: We're low on iAthena. There's a version in progress. Go bleed on it. Orientation Report: ike: there are 2000 copies of FYSM in a box. stuffing is on the 27th. IAP Report: CokeComm Report: jtu: aerynne told jenselby she's doing cokecomm. Other: kenta: hartmans is at microsoft doing kerberos testing. He's getting a brainwashing microchip installed in his head. Other Other: merolish: alex_c hooked me up with an internship at harvard medical school. fustflum: cups sucks. samba sucks. kenta: i applied insufficient sunscreen at reunion. jtu: Kevin broke LaTeX making the nametags. But he fixed it. Apparently he used an Assassin's Guild nametag template. I think I may have worn a Guild nametag. I feel dirty now. The meeting was adjourned at 19:54. Minutes taken and submitted by kenta.