Minutes of the SIPB Meeting of 8804.04 The meeting was called to order at 19:31 by kerr. In attendance were Voting members: csmith eichin amdehon chariot cheshire amgreene jik kerr jtkohl srz monkey balamac (snuck out at 7:54), raeburn (snuck in at 7:56) Associate members: ambar jon Treasurer's Report: treasurer has nothing to report. jtkohl: what funds do we have before the end of the fiscal year? Chairman's Report: chairman is trying to con somebody into organizing the annual report (jon?) Office Report: the drawer deadline for allocation has passed. csmith has reallocated a drawer. it looks like everyone who wants a drawer gets one. Athena Report: mumblings at sysdev meeting: releases, and lack of 5.6. 6.0 scheduled for june 1. an upgrade to APCs will happen, but its unclear whether faster disk or another 4 meg of memory will be added. win is leaving athena is on athena standard time charon is up to 6.0A Computer Services: We had a lottery tonight for 6 terminals and 3 terminals (for a term). we had three people interested in terminals and modems, so this worked real well. eichin is interested in a terminal. $25 deposit. csmith prepared a useful list of serial numbers beforehand, so everything happened fairly smoothly. we want these terminals back exam week. A/UX: they set the prices though they won't tell jtkohl, and they should be ready within the month. We should be bothering the people next door to (unofficially) get rid of our monochrome monitor. Telecommunications Report: balamac was wondering about the h19 sipb had (MacGregor has one that needs fixing). We probably got rid of our old h19s, so anything Mac has is most likely not ours. Publications Report: There's a new version of the discuss documentation lying around the office - look for a new rewrite (by srz) soon. opus is working on an update for the Underground Guide to Latex R/O Report: none discussion about freshman handbook description is moved to the sipb mailing list to becoma a long flame. hopefully not too long, though: it's due next Monday. IAP Report: '() Other: Remember: if you leave the office, 1. take your keys 2. lock the office Other Other: ambar: DEC sux The meeting was adjourned at 20:11. Minutes taken and submitted by kerr.