Minutes of the SIPB Meeting of 07/18/2005


The meeting was called to order at 19:30 by kchen.

In attendance were 
	Voting members: kchen arolfe janetryu jtu
	Associate members: jhawk deberg jweiss gschmidt asedeno
	Prospectives: zev cporter tabbott
	Guests: 

Treasurer's Report:

        arolfe: New fiscal year started.  We have ~$12k we can spend out of
		~$34k.

        cporter: Do we have to pay more for phones?

        arolfe: No.  Also, in April keithw moved to confine motions to the
		current fiscal year.  This means we don't have any more
		standing allocations for office expenses, etc.

Chairman's Report:

Office Report:

        jtu: It's a fucking strange place.

        arolfe: There were some ideas for what to do when things move
		back into the office.  One of them is it'd be neat to
		put some shelves on the left wall, replacing the
		bulletin boards, creating an enormous amount of space
		and allowing us to punt the monoliths.

        jhawk: It might be tough for shorties, and annoying to browse
		the books.

        gschmidt: I like the sense of open space right now.

        arolfe: Move to allocate $200 to get an estimate from
		facilities.  jtu seconds.
        
        janet and jtu: As short people, we prefer proposed solution.

        <motion passes 7-0-2>

	jtu:	We should flip around all the desks to form a steel 
		cage for deathmatches to settle any office rearranging 
		disagreements.

	asedeno:"Steelcase deathmatches."

        arolfe: Other ideas we might not want to vote on.  One is reduce
		the number of filing cabinets, because they block the
		office.  Many people using the cabinets aren't around
		anymore.  Another is to punt the bookcase full of CDs.
		One option might be to give owners a 2 month window to
		reclaim them, after which we donate them to LAMP.

        cporter: When does the furniture come back?

        arolfe: Dunno.  Quotes on rug replacement are being gotten.

        jweiss: Should we consider replacing the carpet at our own expense?

        jweiss: Some group of people tested all the network drops.
		(That was deberg and dsheets.)  They all work, w/ the
		exceptions of port 2 on each of w20-557-{02,05,06,07}.
		We have no reason to believe they should be active, but
		we can easily activate them if necessary.

        gschmidt: What control do we have over when our stuff is
		returned?

        arolfe: Enormous amounts of it.  We can get a key from CAC any
		time.  They have been very helpful.

Office Cleaning Report:

        arolfe: Well...

        arolfe: This place was filthy.  Maybe we should expand the scope
		of the fish reminder.  We tossed lots of stuff in the
		move to the basement, and we'll probably do it again as
		things return upstairs.  Thanks to woz and many others
		for the Sunday moving.

        arolfe: The most significant mold growth was found to be under
		the fridge.

        jhawk: We used to empty the fridge pan regularly.  What
		happened?

        <nobody remembers>

MIT Computing Report: 

        jhawk: The people implementing the jabber project have made
		noise.

        zev: What is the point of the jabber project?

        <discussion>

        jhawk: Eventually, but perhaps not soon, a possible replacement
		of zephyr.  Possibly including a gateway.

        kchen: Subscribe to wocky@mit.edu if you're interested.

Computer Services:

        arolfe: bloom (news transport) has crashed 3 or 4 times in the
		past week.  jweiss and arolfe replaced apparently-faulty
		CPU module.

Publications Report: '()
        
Orientation Report:
        
        tabbott: Send mail to yoz or myself about potential computer
		tour locations.

IAP Report:

        jtu: Sherri is working on speakers.

CokeComm Report:

        deberg: There's no coke.

Other:

        jtu: Shirts are in -- I'll do something once the office is back
		in order.

Other Other:

        cporter: Flying tigers is a great demo.

        jtu: I moved to an apartment, but I still need a job.

        <cporter offers jtu a job>

        jhawk: mit-talk is back.  Subscribe w/ moira or mailman.  MIT
		discussion of all sorts.

The meeting was adjourned at 19:46.


	Minutes taken and submitted by deberg.