Membership

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Responsibilities of Members

Duties

The members of the Board are expected to uphold the policies of the SIPB, and are responsible for the proper management of its yearly budget. This general statement encompasses many actual duties. SIPB members are expected to contribute some of their time and abilities towards furthering the goals of the Board. This usually entails attending the weekly meetings (Monday nights at 19:30, one of the few true universal constants), occasionally devoting irregular stretches of time (as necessary) to complete vital tasks. Some members are responsible for particular aspects of the SIPB's day-to-day existence.

The most basic, day-to-day task of a SIPB member is the assistance of users of the computer facilities at MIT. This includes answering questions, giving programming assistance, performing administrative tasks, directing users to other sources of information, and geneally trying to cut through some of the red tape associated with computing at MIT. This does not mean that every SIPB member is expected to be a highly experienced computer hacker, but rather that every member is expected to know the basic steps of helping a user, including what to do when the user needs more help than the member can give.


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