Minutes of the SIPB Meeting of 03/5/2001


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

In attendance were 
	Voting members: fyfer sly arolfe ingolia gif golem kolya
	Associate members: lnemzer belmonte jhawk cfox cana marc srz
		svalente jered katyking nygren
	Non-voting members: 
	Prospectives: mwp xela cyruse and
	Guests: 

Treasurer's Report:

	sly: hi

Chairman's Report:

Office Report:

	fyfer: binkley's monitor is dead.
	jhawk : It died under unknown circumstances.  It will be replaced
		with a flatpanel lcd from shabby
	belmonte: that's brilliant and absurd.

Office Cleaning Report:

	xela: it's not a pit
	jhawk: I dusted behind the clock
	sly: the cleaning bot went off at 4:30am.  This is not good.
	ingolia: I'll look into it.

MIT Computing Report:

	jhawk: On saturday, ops deployed a new version of zephyrd to
		restore interrealm with CMU but broke winzephyr.  The
		winzephyr breakage was reverted and it is working
		again.  But this involves leaving a security hole.

Computer Services:

	sly: the webserver display service is dead	

SIPB Backup Report:	

Publications Report

	fyfer: we're out of matlab.
	gif: there's a whole pile in here.  But we're out of iAFS.  

Orientation Report:

IAP Report:

CokeComm Report:

	fyfer: cokecomm doesn't suck
	gif: what're you looking at me for?
	cana: who is cokecomm?
	cyruse: I don't have the money yet
	fyfer: cyruse is cokecomm

Other:

	and: We have oracle books, on loan.
	golem: maybe we should throw away old books since the bookshelf
		is crowded
	sly: we got rid of some a long time ago.  IF someone's inspired
		to do so again, they should feel free.
	fyfer: I think there's even a list somewhere
	jhawk: MEridian7-1234 12.7 seconds fast

Other Other:

	marc: copyleft has debian stickers to replace the windows
		sticker.  $1 each, discount if you buy in bulk.
	golem: the drinkybirds are gone
	gif: My 24.00 prof told us today: Aristotle wrote a book called
		the physics.  He wrote a later
		book that didn't have a title.  Someone nicknamed
		the untitled books the metaphysics.
	fyfer: mit people are wimps for closing for a little bit of
			snow
	marc: we're here.  we're not wimps
	cana: my back doesn't work, and that pisses me off
	jered: chris's hair is normal.  What's up with that?
	jhawk: stan's hair is sticking up like jered's sometimes does
	katyking: natural disasters were conspiring to keep me from boston,
		but I'm here
	sly: maybe we should start answering the phone as "hello, sipb
		helpdesk"
	fyfer: what are you coding?
	jered: I was reading through some docs on fedex's site.  They have
		separate delivery exception codes for volcanoes,
		mudslides, civil unrest, tornadoes, hurricanes,
		earthquakes, and a variety of other natural disasters,
		all classified as weather.
	


The meeting was adjourned at 19:38.


	Minutes taken and submitted by arolfe.