Minutes of the SIPB Meeting of 01/15/96 The meeting was called to order at 7:30 by ghudson. In attendance were Voting members: rshah, marthag, marc, ghudson, cat, nocturne, hartmans, tlyu, yoav, gamadrid, gsstark, nathanw, djib, nygren Associate members: mhpower, jcb, eichin, mycroft, jweiss shabby | sgw, jhawk, mkgray, raeburn, kcr, srz Non-voting members: Prospectives: klmitch, sit, kretch, cyruse, barker, katyking, jfmurphy, joanna | pipa , jdaniel Guests: Treasurer's Report: Mail was sent out about how much money we have. ghudson: a 2000 dollar limit on Athena hardware maintenance contracts seems too low. We shouldn't count on having more than about $10,000 in elective money this year, and we've allocated something like $5,000 of that. Chairman's Report: ghudson is officially homeless until February. marc: (pop back from other to this) I would like to have a closed meeting please. ghudson: Any objections? yoav: I'd like to see a vote ghudson: Motion to have a closed session in a minute or so for: 17 opposed: 0 abstentions: 4 Passes. If you are not a member, please leave the room. : We were concerned that a certain prospective was abusing the SIPB's resources. Therefore the Chairperson is going to talk to this person. If you are concerned it is you, it probably isn't, but talk to Greg if you are worried. Office Report: jweiss: Office is a pit tlyu: Office copy of Postscript red book is broken, it's dcctdw's, motion to allocate $30 for new copy. white ballot. sgw: I would like to create space in the office by buying milo. I'm willing to offer $400 with the adendum that he's happy to take the memory to a Ken Gordon show, sell it, and give SIPB the money. Since it's not being used I'm the only one that uses it, and the office is kind of full. jhawk: SIPB should always keep old hardware. It would be great if milo functioned, sipb doesn't need the money, we should keep it. shabby: How about a loan, so that we may call it back if somebody had a use. kcr: Didn't we allocate mooney to get a Plan 9 license? -- yes -- Plan 9 runs on milo sgw: I would like to see milo used, if people use it, cool, otherwise, I'd like to buy it. MIT Computing Report: marthag: Frame relay died. Nynex sucks Computer Services: '() SIPB Backup Report: jweiss: Everything except for one of picayune's partitions was done sit: we might want to backup lime since it will be used for the linux class. ghudson: probably unnecessary. Publications Report: sit: made copies of ILinux for IAP class. hartmans: was money allocated? ghudson: yes. R/O Report: IAP Report: yoav: jhawk hasn't scheduled IAP class.. Oh yes he has!! jhawk's class is 25th and 26th 6-9 p.m. srz: Java class from 29th 7-10 p.m. in 1-390. kretch: schedules for IAP are available on the web. srz: Allocate $50 for postering for java class. white ballot nygren: "Intro to UNIX Software Development" from 7-9pm on Wed 1/17 and Thurs 1/18 in 1-390. The class covers RCS, Makefiles, emacs, and more. CokeComm Report: shabby: Rachel says that someone must be stealing from the money box in the fridge. Give her money in person, don't put it in the fridge. cat: please take down empty cans! kcr: there are lots of empty cans! shabby: Your soda can doesn't belong here. Gigantic Elves that Eat People Report: The office has been stormed by gigantic 15 foot elves on a rampage. mmm.... milo taste good.... Other: shabby: my brain is back.. it's upgraded!! jhawk: I just spilled coke on myself. Other Other: kcr: hartmans: In the future, jhawk should-- jhawk: I did. mycroft: I would like jweiss's "the office is a pit" comment to go into the minutes for all minutes in the future. ghudson: I'm going to completely ignore that. The meeting was adjourned at 20:56 Minutes taken and submitted by yoav the not-so-orange one!