Minutes of the SIPB Meeting of Jan 24 2000

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

In attendance were 
	Voting members: zacheiss, cfox, yak, amu, lockhart, lyudmila,
		arolfe, kolya, foley
	Associate members: dbj, klmitch, jtkohl, belmonte, jhawk, srz,
		marc, mycroft | eichin, kcr, tytso
	Prospectives: nim, goodell, mwp, ynusi, gif
	Guests: 

Treasurer's Report:

	foley: I'm here.

	jhawk: So when I gave the last estimate of money available,
		that didn't the include Alpha or Clari.net.  I suspect
		we have less money left after the Clari.net thing.

	foley: We have very little money left - something like $2000,
		but I will report back next week.

Chairman's Report:

	zacheiss: I'm gisele again this week.  I want my life back;
		Kretch is a horrible kisser.

	foley: Gisele has less facial hair this week.

Office Report:

	zacheiss: The office is still here.

	kolya: I've read all the tapes except for the Multics ones,
		and am waiting for someone to get back to me about
		them.

	gif: I hit my head on the ceiling when I sit up straight.

	mycroft: I'm considering installing a two megabit network card
		in zsr to provide wireless service to the office.

	marc: Move to allocate up to $400 to activate two non-used
		network drops in the office.

	[jhawk seconds]

	[srz has objection to white ballot]

		[discussion ensues - these drops are one behind oliver,
		and the other near the fridge, and are the last two
		non-active drops, so getting more will be significantly
		more expensive.]


	marc: People often want to have a laptop and a desktop, on the
		front side of the room.

	jhawk: We've also lost network drops because of the flaky aui
		with the SGI's.

	[motion passes 14-0-5]


Office Cleaning Report:

	jhawk: Kretch sucks.

	zacheiss: People should clean the office.

MIT Computing Report:

Computer Services:

	belmonte: Last spring the SIPB was a co-organiser, along with
		the Educational Studies Program and the CTY Alumni
		Association, of a theoretical computer science course
		for high school students.  Several SIPB members and
		prospectives helped to make the course a success.  A
		summary of that course, including feedback from
		students, is at
		"http://www.mattababy.org/~belmonte/Teaching/CS1/esp99.html".
		CTYAA and ESP plan to run the course again this coming
		semester, and we wonder if SIPB would be interested in
		signing on as an organiser again.

		Move that we add our name to theoretical comp. sci. class.
		[seconded]
		[white ballot, motion passes]

	marc: Icampus stuff happened, right?

	zacheiss: Nothing interested occured after last week's meeting,
		and people who submitted proposals will be contacted
		individually soon, if they haven't already.

SIPB Backup Report:

	zacheiss: I did everything last week, and I'm being lame about
		this week, but it'll happen.


Publications Report:

	cfox: I ordered imatlab, I don't know if it arrived or not.

	foley: We seem to have enough [docs in general, not matlab].

IAP Report:

	jhawk: I taught my class and it was ok.

	foley: IAP is almost over

	xela: IAP continues, java class went well.

CokeComm Report:

	gif: Don't cross the streams.
	mycroft: Coke comm sucks.
	gif: When there are empty cans and full cans, put them is
		separate stacks.
		New slogan: "now with real spoo".

Other:

Other Other:
	jhawk: MIT henge is this week, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
	http://web.mit.edu/planning/www/mithenge.html.

	foley: As of today, Bink Tait is MIT staff.


The meeting was adjourned at 19:40. 


Minutes taken and submitted by cfox.