Minutes of the SIPB Meeting of 07/26/2004


The meeting was called to order at 7:30 by kchen.

In attendance were 
	Voting members: jmorzins kchen | jtu
	Associate members: jhawk golem | alien
	Prospectives: 
	Guests: 

Treasurer's Report:
	We took receipts to our financial admin, but Eileen was
	smart and didn't come to work today.

Chairman's Report:
	Not many people are here.
	Sherri engraved the pen, we took it to w91, but Jane was
	smart and didn't come to work today.

Office Report:
	The airport express showed up.  People dropped the box on
	the table without sending mail, which was confusing
	because we didn't know that it was here, or what it was.

	Now we have it, but we have no idea what to do with it.
		
	The light above the fridge is still out; plant replaced
	the bulbs, and we're waiting for an electrician to do
	something about ballast.

	Chris moves to allocate $1600 for two Phantoms.  There
	is discussion of how many people will do Windows
	development, and whether you need one Phantom would be
	sufficient.  Motion dies for a lack of a second.  Chris
	says "you all totally suck, and I would like that to go
	on the record".

	Jacob is pondering replacing the recycle paper bin by the
	staplers with a recycle can/bottle bin by the staplers.

	Joe Foley swapped the CRT from hodge-podge with the LCD
	from opus, so that people scanning on opus could resolve
	more levels of black in their results.

	Jen would like to allocate $200 for a power drill.  There
	is discussion of whether people who want to drill things
	would already have access to drills via other means, and
	whether SIPB expects to need the drill often in the
	future.

[3-1-2, motion passes]
[jtu allocation: $200 for drill]

	Sherri asks whether we're interested in a fax machine.
	Idle discussion ensues; there are concerns about having
	space for a machine, or dedicating a line to it.
	Interest is muted.

Office Cleaning Report:


MIT Computing Report:
	The AFS server procustes had trouble this afternoon.

Computer Services:
	Arolfe says that the www.mit.edu transition is happening
	the evening of August 8.  SIPB customized features (like
	password protection via .htaccess) will stop working on
	www.mit.edu, but will keep working on stuff.mit.edu.
		
	We're providing a list of symlinks and other information
	to the network group.  There is some discussion and grief
	about whether we have a detailed transition plan.

Publications Report:
	Publications look okay.

Orientation Report:
	We got the HowToGamit ad in.  We are ordering tattoos.

	We're still looking for an orientation sucker.  If you're
	interestred or know people who are interested, let jtu
	and kchen know.

IAP Report:
	It's sooner than you think.  Sherri will send out email
	with a call for teachers.  Start thinking about what
	you're going to think this year.  We plan on advertising
	a lot.  There is also a lecture series this year. If you
	have ideas for speakers, let Jen or Sherri know.

CokeComm Report:
	'nil

Other:
	Sherri tried to prospectivizing bobmah.  She didn't use a
	very good pitch.

	Chris is not talking to us.

Other Other:
	IE is still the recommended browser for MIT for windows.


The meeting was adjourned at 7:45.


	Minutes taken and submitted by jmorzins.