Minutes of the SIPB Meeting of 12/10/2001


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

In attendance were 
	Voting members: fyfer tibbetts nim emarcus golem arolfe aletta aatharuv
	Associate members: ingolia dbj rjbarbal yonah yak jhawk  |
		belmonte marc
	Non-voting members: 
	Prospectives: jtu 
	Guests: 

Treasurer's Report:
	nim: SAP is annoying.  It crashed my window manager.  
	golem: How much money do we have?
	nim: It's really hard to say.
	golem: Order of magnitude?
	nim: Maybe $5000.  We allocated a lot of money for a lot of
		things.  This includes allocations for things like IP
		addresses.  

Chairman's Report:

Office Report:
	jhawk: I spent $13 on these acorn nuts for the coat racks.  I'd like
		to be reimbursed from the auction fund.  
	<fyfer seconds>
	nim: Why the auction fund?
	jhawk: It's cash and it's cheaper.  
	<white ballot>
	[jhawk allocation: $13 for nuts.]

Office Cleaning Report:

MIT Computing Report:
	tibbetts: The w92 machine room was really hot today and Plant
		was ignoring the alarms.  

Computer Services:

SIPB Backup Report:

Publications Report:
	belmonte: We're out of Netnews.  Not even one.
	fyfer: Could someone print another?

Orientation Report:

IAP Report:
	fyfer: Way closer than you think.

CokeComm Report:

Sucks:
	golem: End of term.
	dbj: MacOSX ufs.
	jhawk: Losing relatives.

Other:

Other Other:
	tibbetts: You can use acorn nuts to manipulate the track pad on
		my laptop.
	aatharuv: Is this the shortest...
	<all>: NO.
	golem: I saw a big "marc" stomped out in the snow on Mass. Ave.
	


The meeting was adjourned at 19:36.


	Minutes taken and submitted by arolfe.