# Joining SIPB
-We are MIT's volunteer student computing group, improving computing at
-MIT since 1969. Today, SIPB projects provide innovative services and
-special expertise to the MIT community. We have an office just
-outside the Athena cluster in the student center W20, and you are
-welcome to come by to ask us for help or to hang around and use our
-computers.
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## Membership
If you are interested in contributing to SIPB's computing services and
## The office
+![The office fills with people working together in a hackathon.](../photos/office-hackathon.320.jpg)
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Prospective members are encouraged to hang out in the SIPB office
anytime it is open, which it is on a typical weekday afternoon and
evening. We strive to make it a fun and comfortable place to work on