Minutes of the Meeting of 8/27/79

Meeting called to order at 19:30

In attendance:RLL, DPC, JCG, RDM, and GMP.
Rll acting chairman.

Minutes from the last two weeks were read and accepted.

JSL, RMPII, and DGH walked in at this point.

Treasurer's Report: We spent approximately $3,733.30 this month.

Applications: $250 autoed, $100 to meeting; $250 Multics,
$100 TROLL on the 370.  Extension of money given to Levine.
Warning given to Hal Peterson for doing unauthorized UROP.

Chairman's Report: Chairman is not here, on vacation.

Office Report: Spinwriter is being repaired, will be back next Wednesday.

Multics Report: ()

370 Report: You can't write more than one file on a non-labeled tape.

ECS Report: ECS who_table still broken.

CS Report: ()

Telecommunications Report: The Student Center is still not totally up
and operational due to lack of cables.  The room has been completed by
the workers except for painting and air-conditioner installed.
Office VT100 has been hardwired to Multics for a while.

Publications Report: NUMs came. Should be rewritten.

R/O Report: ACW has written a freshman letter. Needs to be polished, replicated,
and stuffed by Thursday. We obtained permission to get on the third floor of
IPC this year, and are expected to show off the 370 as well as Multics.
People are encouraged to show up this Wednesday to help stuff the Freshman
packets.

Other: A bulletin is being prepared by the center advertizing the printing
service provided by the LA120 in the Student Center. Its okay, except that it
advertises it as a "quality output" device.

Penny,ACW, ALAN, HIC, and SAS walked in at this point.

PAE left a note on the agenda concerning whether to start up use of our
Spinwriter for our users and optionally outside users.   A discussion
followed concerning the "legality" of such a move, and the inconvience
outside use would impose on the SIPB.  An absentee queue was considered
and its faults and features were discussed. Discussion closed on awaiting
information on whether the Center might wish to purchase our Spinwriter
on a similar service as our LA120.
	CRD and ACW walked the tour route, and it took about
a half an hour.  We have nine sites so far.  People thought
about perhaps moving the time to try and not conflict with
the LSC movie.  The time was decided to be left as is.
	There was a motion to allocate money to buy
refreshments for after the tour.  DGH (who was in charge of this last year)
mentioned that she spent $25 last year, and it wasn't enough. Two large
punch bowls will be attempted to be obtained from Bexley.

Annual Report: ???  People are ENCOURAGED to DO something!  There is no SIPBTEXT
report, Telecommuntications Report, R/O Report, etc., at ALL yet.  PLEASE help.

Other Other: RDM (with help from ALAN) brought in two boxes of notebooks.
They are small three ring binders, but they are free.  They were awaiting
decimation by the janitors when they were "rescued" and brought to the SIPB
office. The MIT admistration is threating TCA with nasty threats because
Harvey Grogo again appears in the Freshman Picture Book. Motion passed to
obtain an "unaltered" Picture Book for the office, if the administration
are such a bunch of foolish idiots as to require the picture blotted out.

CWH walked in at this point.

Motion was made to purchase a large three hole punch to replace the one
54 accidently took home. Passed.

GLS and BKERNS were married this weekend.

Meeting adjourned at 20:40.

Minutes taken and submitted by rdm.