Minutes of the SIPB Meeting of 2020-03-09 The meeting was called to order at 19:30 by wmoses. In attendance were Student keyholders: mrittenb, bds, alvareza, cela, npfoss, mwnguyen, cvorbach, emmabat, wmoses | gshay, kjchen Associate keyholders: quentin, slz Members: joshuaa, kyeb, mitimmy, mau, ivanaf, dbopp, curtiss Guests: '() Administrivia: wmoses: There was an EC meeting this past week. We talked about interfacing with the college of computing about cloud credits. There will be another EC meeting Saturday at 4. wmoses: If you have CPW ideas, talk to the CPW chair dbopp! cela: We should establish a coronavirus response team. emmabat: Opinions about video conferencing ideas? emmabat: We are meeting IS&T tomorrow. Tell me if there's anything you want to tell them, or if you want to be on an IS&T student committee. Project Reports: cela: Uplink met. We have something running at uplink.mit.edu (don't use it yet, though)! wmoses: Who is coming to the food mob? [many people raise hands] wmoses: Amending allocation to $25 times number of people coming. [seconded, whiteballot, passes] cela: Hyades continues. Also, it would be cool if we had an org chart website for SIPB. Come talk to me. npfoss: Courseroad continues. Also, I met someone who made Interstellar, which tells you if your friends are in your classes. This person may share with courseroad, so we may automatically know your classes! slz: Please talk to me about Mirrors! A lot of people depend on this! cela: Mirrors is cool and you should help run it! emmabat: The WISP meeting should maybe be cancelled. npfoss: Game night will happen on Friday! We will wash our hands, don't come if you are sick. quentin: Last Tuesday Scripts launched our new load balancing infrastructure to let people move individual sites to a newer operating system. emmabat: If you have ideas for stuff you would do with cloud computing credits, talk to me! npfoss: If you are interested in a digital CPW of the form of a big open world for prefrosh - cela: Minecraft? npfoss: To get involved, talk to me! alvareza: Maybe I'll spend spring break making a minecraft model of MIT. [discussion of hosting a minecraft server] dbopp: We will have more of an idea after the next week. Other: alvareza: Nate and I talked about a long form game night (4 hours), let us know if you are interested. npfoss: 4 hours plus 45 to learn the game. Minutes, not hours. slz: Do we have contingencies for SIPB meetings? cela: Minecraft. emmabat: Let's discuss over Mattermost. cela: Should I make a coronavirus task force channel? quentin: Called CTF? cela: Channel created. [discussion of whether and in what form SIPB meetings will continue] kjchen: Do we need a save in case of virus box? slz: Can we disinfect things in the office daily, eg the stapler? We have 75% instead of 50% ethanol. wmoses: Who wants to do it? dbopp: Maybe move the hand sanitizer closer to the doors? npfoss: Let's shower people in hand sanitizer when they enter the room. cela: SIPB brand hazmat suits! slz: Motion to dump alcohol on anyone who enters. Other Other: npfoss: Tesla made a giant lithium ion battery array in Australia. It reduced the cost of regulating the south Australia grid by 91%. They will make more batteries soon. quentin: We won't need energy, the way the world's going. Chinese emissions have halved. emmabat: Governments can stop people from moving. cvorbach: Your local grocery store can buy Amazon Go. The meeting was adjourned at 19:50. Minutes taken and submitted by mrittenb.