From: sorokin@Athena.MIT.EDU
Message-Id: <9306162016.AA02102@hodge>
To: sipb-prospectives@Athena.MIT.EDU, sipb@Athena.MIT.EDU
Subject: the bookshelf by the couch
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 93 16:16:18 EDT

It has too much junk on it. Among other things, we've got BYTE magazines
from 1985 to 1992, four shelves of random non-technical stuff, 13 boxes
of 5 1/4 discs, and a shelf and a half of *possibly* useful stuff (i
include the VAX II hardware manual). A week from now, a trip will be
made to the dumpster, with everything not spoken for. "I want to leave
that in the office" does not count: take it away or explain why it'll be
useful to the SIPB in general. Everyone who has dirty laundry in the
office should take it away. No one who has K&R in the office should feel
obliged to remove it. Be sensible.

Note: general objections are not likely to help keep anything in the
office (unless you really want to bring it up in a meeting and vote on
it, in which case I might change my mind). There is a tremendous amount
of stuff here with no value to the SIPB. If it has personal value to
you, it should not be here. If it's not going to be useful in general,
it should not be here. There is no good reason for bad science fiction
to get shelf space when commonly used documentation is sitting on the
floor. 

jessie, speaking for at least the other people on the dumpster crew