SIPB PROSPECTIVE SPIEL CHEAT SHEET
originally by Richard Tibbetts (tibbetts@mit.edu)
contact the Chair (sipb-chair@mit.edu) for current questions
lives at /afs/sipb/admin/office/spiel.txt

* Add the new prospective to members_and_prospectives, and the moira list 
  sipb-prospectives.

* Ask if they want to be added to sipb.  Tell them what the list is for,
  that they should feel free to respond to questions, but that they
  should lurk for a while to get a sense of things.

* Add them to the low-traffic lists sipb-minutes, sipb-discussion,
  sipb-soc, sipb-jobs, while telling them what they're for.

* Tell them about -c sipb and point them to izephyr if they're not
  familiar with zephyr in general.

* Tell them they can login in the office whenever it's open (i.e.,
  when members are here).

WHAT SIPB IS HERE FOR
- Make computing at MIT better.
- Make computing in the rest of the world better.
- A place for geeks to hang out.

WHAT SIPB DOES
- Answer user questions
  - Hot seats
- Run servers
  - scripts
  - linerva
  - SIPB afs cell
  - XVM
- Write software
  - Debathena
  - Invirt
- Maintain software on Athena
  - sipb and outland locker
  - other random projects (e.g., python, wine)
- Perform advocacy for increasing computing resources for students
  (e.g., better networking)

WHAT YOU CAN DO AT SIPB
- Answer user questions (in a hotseat or not)
  - You don't actually have to know the answer, you just have to be
    willing to ask the office on behalf of the user.
- Work on your own projects
  - If you need or want SIPB resources to help with your project, just
    ask.
- Work on SIPB projects.
  - There are several outstanding lists of SIPB projects.
    http://sipb.mit.edu/projects/ is generally most current.

WHAT RESOURCES SIPB HAS
- Other SIPB members and prospectives
- Workstations
- Books
- Soda fridge & snacks. Instructions on the door.
- Stereo: sipbmp3

HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER
- Get to be known by SIPB people.
  - Subscribe to the SIPB zephyr class.
    - Lurk for a while to figure out how things work.
  - Ask people in the office what they're working on.
- Further The Goals of SIPB.
  - contribute to projects
  - help users
- more details at /afs/sipb/admin/office/how-to-become-a-member.txt .