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-# Joining SIPB
+[[!meta title="Joining SIPB"]]
 
 ## Membership
 
 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 in SIPB is granted after sustained
+member.  Full [[membership|members]] in SIPB is granted after sustained
 contribution to the organization, and confers several benefits:
 
 * A permanent Athena account.
@@ -12,27 +12,38 @@ contribution to the organization, and confers several benefits:
 * A vote at SIPB meetings and (for current students) elections.
 
 Prospective members interested in becoming full members should attend
-our weekly meetings regularly, participate in SIPB activities like
+our weekly meetings regularly (they're Mondays at 7:30 PM), participate in SIPB activities like
 hackathons, [cluedumps](http://cluedumps.mit.edu/), and [IAP classes](http://sipb.mit.edu/iap),
-and either create a new SIPB
-project or help with some existing SIPB projects.  This process
+and either create a new [[SIPB
+project|projects]] or help with some existing [[SIPB projects|projects]].  This process
 generally takes about a term of active participation.
 
+To get involved in SIPB projects, you can hack on an existing
+project—begin by talking to the people currently working on
+it—or start a new one.  The best way to start
+a SIPB project is to pick some computing-related problem that is
+important to you, find some like-minded individuals, and try to solve
+it, discussing your ideas and plans around the SIPB office, and
+reporting on your 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.
+
+
 ## The office
 
+<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
 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 AirTunes or a certain "printer")
+* Music: ours (CDs or [LAMP](https://lamp.mit.edu/)) or yours (via a certain ["printer"](http://sipb.mit.edu/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
 
-![The office fills with people working together in a hackathon.](../photos/office-hackathon.320.jpg)
-
 ## You
 
 If you have any questions about SIPB or the SIPB membership process,