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+# 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
+contribution to the organization, and confers several benefits:
+<ul>
+<li> A permanent Athena account. </li>
+<li> A key to the SIPB office in W20, and a storage drawer in the SIPB office.</li>
+<li> A vote at SIPB meetings and (for current students) elections.</li>
+</ul>
+Prospective members interested in becoming full members should attend
+our weekly meetings regularly, participate in SIPB activities like
+hackathons, cluedumps, and IAP classes, and either create a new SIPB
+project or help with some existing SIPB projects.  This process
+generally takes about a term of active participation.
+
+## The office
+
+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:
+<ul>
+<li> Nice chairs, big monitors, many computers, table space for laptops</li>
+<li> Music: ours (CDs or LAMP) or yours (via AirTunes or a certain "printer")</li>
+<li> Tons of equipment and supplies from video adapters to an oscilloscope to Band-Aids</li>
+<li> A diverse technical library, including popular textbooks</li>
+<li> Soda and snacks for late-night sessions, cheaper and closer than Verde's</li>
+</ul>
+
+## You
+
+If you have any questions about SIPB or the SIPB membership process,
+or ideas for projects, feel free to either drop by our office
+(W20-557) or contact the Chair at <tt>sipb-chair@mit.edu</tt>.