Minutes of the SIPB Meeting of 87.12.21 The meeting was called to order at 194318 by balamac. Robot's rules of order in effect for the meeting. In attendance were Voting members: balamac, csmith (2020) Associate members: cjsmith, rlk, pae (arr 1947 dep 1949), jis (walks by the door and doesn't stop in. That doesn't matter. We still caught him. He claims he has things to do.). In absentia: kr@portland.maine.usa.na.terra.sol.milky-way.uni Non-voting members: Prospectives: David Smith (jcd) Guests: Treasurer's Report: (treasurer-p) ==> nil Student Spending: Month-to-date: Multics has 10 days left. Year-to-date: " SIPB/SIPBADMIN Spending: MTD: " YTD: " Chairman's Report: Merry Christmas. He called from Maine to say this. Pro-tem secretary declares "Happy Chanuka". No trip to Mary's tonight. Office Report: Office is here, even if not many others. No Coke(tm) cans in evidence. No coke in evidence. Floor was waxed. Office looks much neater than normal -- you can see surfaces. Very quiet -- the keyclick from the VT100 is contributing most of the noise. Athena Report: "Athena? I just met her!" "What else goes under Athena report?" --rlk "Hmmm...Nothing of note" --balamac (cjsmith doesn't say much). Computer Services: Mac's getting a lot of use, particularly for Klondike, Yahtzee, Mille Bournes, Lurking Horror, Leather Goddesses of Phobos, etc. Telecommunications Report: Ike's not here. CJ attempted to dial up on a DECwringer II at 300 baud. It failed miserably. Publications Report: What publications? R/O Report: Feh... IAP Report: VERY soon (as in the next time most of you folks are around, it will have started). [Motion to recess until CJ arrives, seconded, passed on white ballot, chair voting.] [CJ arrives at 2020, bringing prospective in tow. Meeting is therefore resumed.] Other: Waiting for CJ, who claims to have something very important to put in here. CJ then claims that it's nothing important. This year is one second longer that a standard year. The second will be inserted between 235959 GMT 87.12.31 and 000000 GMT 88.1.1. Thus, Multics will have one second extra of life. This will enable it to execute # additional cycles. Other Other: CarolYN wonders why she is still a SIPB member. Balamac replies "Once you become one, you are for life." As CJ tries to decide whether to put something in here, and decides against it because secretary pro tem is doing a superior job... Both CJ's parents were sad when they heard Multics was going away. They both worked on developing it. The meeting was adjourned at 202802. Minutes taken and submitted by rlk, who doesn't have a SIPBADMIN account. [Trying to figure out how to send 'em out...]