Minutes of the SIPB Meeting of 2015-02-23 The meeting was called to order by vasilvv at 19:30. In attendance were Voting members: dove, dvorak42, dzaefn, madars, tboning, vasilvv, Associate members: asedeno, cesium, sparrow_, quentin, Prospectives: asra, jselover, semonr, slz Administrivia ============= () Project Updates =============== () Other ===== dvorak42: This weekend, we’re competing in a CTF. If you are interested, please talk with me. dzaefn: further details on the SIPB reunion were sent out via email. sparrow_: last week, it became clear that Lenovo did a bad thing and should feel bad. Please look up #superfish if you would like more details. vasilvv: last weekend, I showed up to the office, the door was open, and no one was here. If you did that, and not a random Facilities person, please don’t do that. Other Other ========== () [dove steps out of the room] ELECTIONS ========= vaslivv reads the description of the chair position from the SIPB Constitution. dvorak42 nominates Madars, who declines. dvorak42 nominates Victor, who accepts. [btidor walks in] dvorak42 nominates btidor, who declines. madars: Victor, why do you want to be the chair? vaslivv: because...who else? [dove walks back in.] dove is nominated, and immediately declines. [the prospective chair steps out of the room. vasilvv is re-elected as chair, 5-0-0.] [vaslivv is invited back into the room.] dvorak42: congratulations! quentin: I’m sorry. vasilvv: thank you. [slz walks in.] vasilvv reads the description of the vice-chair position from the Constitution. dvorak42 nominates btidor, who declines. btidor nominates dvorak42, who accepts. vaslivv nominates everyone else, who declines. sparrow_: hey Steven why do you want to become vice-chair of SIPB? dvorak42: for similar reasons that Victor wanted to become chair of SIPB, it’s a longstanding tradition, that, anyway… dvorak42 is elected 5-0-1. vaslivv describes the treasurer position according to the Constitution. dvorak42 nominates btidor. btidor nominates dvorak42, then btidor declines. btidor nominates tboning. tboning: does anyone else want to do this? dove: wrong question - is anyone else willing to do this? tboning accepts. dvorak42 nominates “every other active member in this room.” they all decline. cesium: Tom, why do you want to be treasurer? tboning: because no one else wants to do it, and if I keep doing as much work for it as I’m doing now, that’ll be okay. dove: how much work are you doing for it right now? tboning: too little, though that’s about to change when I submit these RFP’s. tboning leaves the room. elected 6-0-0. re-enters room. vaslivv describes the secretary position. sparrow_ explains the acting/proxy secretary options. slz: I volunteer...as tribute? vaslivv nominates madars, who accepts. dzaefn: madars, why do you want to be secretary? madars: I want to transfer my active duties to someone else. dvorak42: someone else, why do you want to be secretary? slz: I am a prospective living in East Campus, I am usually at meetings and am willing to be the scribe for them. jogama walks in. dove: I nominate jogama for...something. vasilvv: that’s not how this works! madars steps outside. He is elected secretary, 7-0-0. vaslivv explains how members-at-large work. member-at-large election happens. bbaren: 8 votes, btidor: 8 votes, csvoss: 8 votes, dzaefn: 7 votes, jgross: 1 vote, jogama: 8 votes. meeting adjourned at 20:15. Minutes taken and submitted by sparrow_.