X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/wiki.git/blobdiff_plain/0f104e22f047b453a158c4bdd0a08ddc97ad6658..7531580195a302fecdd4bcb21dbad1cac1aa9c13:/join.mdwn diff --git a/join.mdwn b/join.mdwn index e5c5898..936e42a 100644 --- a/join.mdwn +++ b/join.mdwn @@ -1,43 +1,37 @@ # 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. - ## 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. +* A key to the SIPB office in W20, and a storage drawer in the SIPB office. +* 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 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. ## The office +![The office fills with people working together in a hackathon.](../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") +* 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