Minutes of the SIPB Meeting of 06/11/2001 The meeting was called to order at 19:30 by fyfer. In attendance were Voting members: arolfe alex_c fyfer ingolia | nim Associate members: yak jweiss belmonte dbj jhawk marc eichin | Non-voting members: Prospectives: aletta | Guests: Treasurer's Report: fyfer: Fiscal year ends at the end of the month. The purchasing deadline is the 15th. Chairman's Report: Office Report: jhawk: I move (on behalf of sly) to allocate $100 plus shipping for ViaVoice, voice recognition software for Linux. We want to see if it's useful. yak: What does shipping cost? jhawk: Probably less than $25. eichin: Have people talked to the ATIC lab to see if they already have something like this or if they have looked into this? alex_c: I was going to. jhawk: I'll make sure we do. [sly allocation: $100+ for Viavoice] jhawk: We need markers. I move to allocate $10 for a box. [jhawk allocation: $10 for markers] jhawk: The WWV clock arrived. It does not appear to be receiving the WWV signals. We might need to do something to it. fyfer: Do we know if it works at all? jhawk: It might need to be outside. fyfer: We should find out if it works. Office Cleaning Report: MIT Computing Report: jweiss: Network work is scheduled for tomorrow night. jhawk: The OC3 is here and works and it should simply be a matter of shifting traffic to it. Computer Services: SIPB Backup Report: Publications Report: Orientation Report: aletta: There's stuffing on Wednesday for the first year summer mailing. IAP Report: CokeComm Report: Other: Other Other: fyfer: I'm sick. aletta: Homeruns is pissing me off. The meeting was adjourned at 19:37. Minutes taken and submitted by arolfe.