Minutes of the SIPB Meeting of 10/5/98


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

In attendance were 
	Voting members: yandros, jfmurphy, jmorzins, elliot, pipa,
		hartmans, amu | sly
	Associate members: marc, jemorris, klmitch, mhpower,
		jdaniel, jmmikkel, eichin, mycroft, mcmullan
	Non-voting members: 
	Prospectives: int18, ocschwar, ansbergc, seph, mkb4@cornell.edu, tb, 
		devnull@gnu.org, aalamb, gemery
	Guests: cmcoury

Treasurer's Report:
		'()

Chairman's Report:
		'()
Office Report:

	amu: We have an office.

	mycroft: The office is a pit.  We should not spread holes all
		over the floor.

	mycroft: There appear to be things on the coat rack that
		should be purged.

Office Cleaning Report:

	pipa: I cleaned the fridge and threw out smelly shit.

	yandros: It sort of happened.  If anyone knows how we got
		equipment for attaching stuff to desks, it appears to
		be failing now.  [It's not clear if yandros implied 
		replacing with the same equipment or not.]
	elliot: The hooks came from Microcenter.
	rjbarbal: The velcro came from Economy Hardware.

MIT Computing Report:
	'()
	
Computer Services:

	mhpower: There are a couple server things going on.
		news.answers does most work in
		/afs/sipb/project/periodic-postings, that directory
		will largely be not publically readable.  Our webster
		servers have been worked on by jered so it covers more
		cases of MIT networks.  There may be a webster server
		upgrade.  The Ultra 60 may be taken out fairly soon
		for the news server replacement.  If you have files on
		tess, then they should get copied.

SIPB Backup Report:

	yandros: I believe kretch did AFS.  I think all or at least
		most UFS happened.


Publications Report:

	cmcoury: aurora suggested I write "iNetscape". It's mostly done.
		Do people want to comment on it or want to use it as a SIPB
		doc?
	rjbarbal: Posta a draft copy on the bulletin board to collect
		comments.  Finally, a version is released after the
		author feels it is final.
	mhpower: 4.07 of Netscape was released yesterday.

Orientation Report:
	'()

IAP Report:

	elliot: xela is dealing with IAP.
	sly: xela has a class that conflicts with SIPB meetings.  He
		will prepare a report to be read in his absence.

	eichin: Does anyone have an idea of room reservation
		deadlines?
	elliot: If you want a particular room, you should consider
		reserving now, but xela will deal with this
		eventually.

CokeComm Report:

	pipa: I will be making a run this weekend.  Email suggestions
		and stuff.

Other:
	'()

Other Other:

	tb: The chairman has a cool shirt.
	elliot: You say that every week.

	sly: Building 37 was evacuated because the alarm went off.
		The connecting door between 37 and 35 on floor 2
		doesn't work.

	eichin: I got a new toy this weekend -- a chocolate tempering
		machine.

	pipa: The MIT parking office did not give me any problem
		getting a north lot permit for my car.

	rjbarbal: mhbraun and autumn have their wedding this weekend.
	marc: fxzane is getting married at the end of the month
		(to Donna Bell)

	sly: Don't drop your laptop from 3 ft off the floor while the
		drive is running.

The meeting was adjourned at 19:44.

	Minutes taken and submitted by hartmans.