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 [[!meta title="Joining SIPB"]]
 
-## Membership
+## Becoming a Member
 
 If you are interested in contributing to SIPB's computing services and in
 helping users with unusual computing questions, consider becoming a member.
 Full [[membership|members]] in SIPB is granted after becoming **socially
 integrated** and "**Furthering the Goals of SIPB**" for a sustained period.
 
-### Socially Integrated
+### Becoming Socially Integrated
 
 A big part of the value of SIPB is in the social interaction. Many members
 spend much of their spare time hanging out in the SIPB office: hacking on
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ topics technical and otherwise.
 
 Prospective members are encouraged to **hang out around the SIPB office** during
 meetings (they're Mondays at 7:30PM) and at other times (check the door icon on
-[sipb.mit.edu](http://sipb.mit.edu/) to see if the office is open).
+[sipb.mit.edu](http://sipb.mit.edu/) to see if the office is open). (Coming to at least four meetings is required to be membered, though usually this happens before prospectives are otherwise ready to be membered.)
 
 You can also participate in SIPB activities like hackathons,
 [cluedumps](http://cluedumps.mit.edu/), and [IAP
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ progress to the SIPB.  The most successful SIPB projects have often been things
 that the people involved really wanted to do, and found resources or
 collaborators to do them through SIPB.
 
-### One route
+### A possible route
 
 There are many possible ways to get involved in SIPB, but one route is:
 
@@ -75,18 +75,18 @@ and somebody will probably be happy to help you through them.
 
 <img class="right" alt="The office fills with people working together in a hackathon." src="../photos/office-hackathon.320.jpg"/>
 
-Prospective members are encouraged to hang out in the SIPB office
+Prospective members are encouraged to hang out in the [[SIPB office|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
 projects, homework, or anything else by providing an array of amenities:
 
 * Nice chairs, big monitors, many computers, table space for laptops
-* Music: ours (CDs or [LAMP](https://lamp.mit.edu/)) or yours (via a certain ["printer"](http://sipb.mit.edu/sipbmp3/))
+* Music: ours (CDs or [LAMP](https://lamp.mit.edu/)) or yours (via a certain ["printer"](http://sipb.mit.edu/doc/using-sipbmp3/))
 * Tons of equipment and supplies from video adapters to an oscilloscope to Band-Aids
 * A diverse technical library, including popular textbooks
 * Soda and snacks for late-night sessions, cheaper and closer than Verde's
 
-## You
+## Questions?
 
 If you have any questions about SIPB or the SIPB membership process,
 or ideas for projects, feel free to either drop by our office