Minutes of the SIPB Meeting of 24 March 1980

	Meeting called to order at 1932 by William M. York.

	In attendance were DGH, WMY, DCP, RDM, CAH, ALAN, GMP, CRD,
		JSL, and ACW. 

		WOS came in late.

	The minutes of the previous meeting were read and
		accepted.

	Treasurer's report:
		The chairman, after some difficulty in locating
		the necessary data, reported that total spending
		to date this month is $5731, with Student a clear
		winner at $4002, SIPB_admin second at $920,
		followed by ECS at $607, and COOP at $130.  SIPB
		brought up the rear with only $71.  Trifectas
		paid $113, and the Daily Double went out at $72.
		We are still not spending enough money.

	Chairman's Report:
		The chairman did not succeed in arranging another
		meeting  with Chris Wheeler.  Penny reported that
		Wheeler  had told her that he had slept through the
		last appointment and was sorry.  Penny thought
		that Chris was not interested in helping fund the
		new  terminal.
	
	Office Report:
		There is still an office.  The carpet for the loft
		still has not been installed.  Penny is not here
		to say "KTOC". 
	
	Computer Services:
		The Student directory is 66 records long.  There
		are hairy procedures for installing new users on
		Student, which have been mailed to SIPB at MC and
		sound difficult and kludgy to this uneducated
		observer.  It ought to be fixed by Wednesday, but
		this is very tentative.  If not, CAH will make
		things easier by hacking the required hair into
		new_user.  The old system broke down when we
		reached 666 users.  GMP reports that the hardware
		will be *shipped* May 9th, and should be received
		sometime after that.  If we receive it earlier
		than the shipping date, something is wrong with
		the universe.  Amber people are still keeping a
		lot of cruft in the attic in nbdd, and space is
		tight.  There is a note from Ithiel Poole asking
		if we can sell him 300 records of nbdd.  We will
		not sell it to him for the same old reasons.  The
		datacomputer is gone.

	Telecommunications Report:
		The Random House terminal was finally called in, and the
		people at the house promised very nicely that the
		room would be clean before the repairman got
		there.  We have still not been able to get a demo
		of the Magnavox.  We want to find out more about
		the Retrographics device that Frankston told us
		about.  We still do not know what kind of
		keyboard Kulp is willing to give us.

	Publications Report:
		We got more Emacs handouts.  We seem to have a
		policy statement fault.  JSL donated a lot of
		Emacs wall charts.  Some other interesting Emacs
		cruft coult fit on the back.  A random came in to
		get a soda at this point.

	Publicity Report:
		No real progress on the drop poster.  We still
		have quite a few flyers to distribute.  The
		HoToGAMIT blurb was mailed in.  Perhaps maybe
		possibly we will be listed with the service
		organizations this year.  ACW promises to dredge
		out his freshman letter from last year for the
		freshman mailing.
	Other:
		Hackers who sit for very long periods of time in
		front of video terminals should have their eyes
		checked frequently because these terminals often
		give off rays which sometimes cause cataract.

	Floating Agenda:
		A long time ago there was a lot of concern about
		center employeess making long local calls on
		center business from the SIPB phone.  Probably it
		would be fair for the center to pay these phone
		bills, but since the center pays our
		telecommunications budget it might not be worth
		worrying about.  People have been spotty about
		their office hours.  When you pick up
		publications make sure that you mention that you
		are from MIT, so that you don't have to pay the
		tax that individuals have to pay.  Regarding the
		SIPB's listing in the UROP guide we can safely
		leave the status quo the way it is.  Naha is gone
		for the week so the terminals better not break.

	Applications:

		70 for Guy Gladden to continue doing textpro.  Given.

		20 for Shigeyaki Hakusui to do calculations for
		track. Given.

		George Hart wants 40 more bucks to hack the cube. Given.

	$1300 autoed, $130 to meeting, $1430 total.	

	Other Other:
		A bug was discovered in auto fill while typing in
		the auto money amounts.  The chairman's terminal
		works.  The Palter's terminal is.  Colleen's is
		open.  St.  Naha's day was observed last Tuesday.
		HLSUA is next week.  Bernie is in Poughkeepsie or
		Cleveland or something.  HLSUA will be in
		Cincinnati.  WOS entered sometime in all this.
		You can't bury people in New Orleans.  Smee quit,
		leaving Charles Davis holding a bag full of
		Fortran.  The entire language group was
		reorganized.  Their heads are still spinning.

	The meeting was adjourned at 2032.  The weary members
		sought the dropshafts and driftcabs.  Gary Palter
		hailed a passing flitter with his electronic
		summoner.  It dropped to pick him up.  On the
		horizon the departing Mars shuttle lit the
		evening sky bright orange.  Outside, somewhere,
		an alien was barking, sort of.

	Minutes taken by Allan C. Wechsler, acting Soley.

	Minutes made partially readable and submitted by Soley,
		acting Wechsler.