IAP Projects

Here is a list of possible IAP projects. If you have any other ideas, please add them to the list. We will be having a meeting at the beginning of IAP.

Gratuitous Technology

• Cable Trays -- finish installing in central bemis, mid walcott and goodale, and the goodale lounge. Install conduit in the bathrooms. By the end of IAP, the left over cable trays will be posted to reuse.

• Bemix -- install version 2 in bemis, shallow goodale and walcott. The hardware is finished and worked as of hall rush.

• 4E Network -- The bemix hardware was pretty much hacked together and isn't expandable. The 4E network will change that, using PIC microcontrollers and RS485 serial. Exactly how it will do this still needs to be worked out.

• Projects for the 4E network -- I'm fairly confident that I can get a prototype of the 4E network working by the end of IAP. All that stuff we talked about at the beginning of the year (control panel, cruft alarm, cocoa pot) can happen as long as we keep it very subtle.
• Lecture Hall -- motorized barco screen, windowshade, etc.

Kitchen and Lounge Improvements

• Walcott Lounge Bookshelf -- for the 4E Library

• Kitchen -- try to make the kitchen more usable. Possible improvements include getting a pot rack and refinishing the center table.

Small projects

• Cocoa table -- repair the table and upgrade the computer.

• Barco inputs -- make lecture hall style VGA and audio inputs to the barco so people don't have to mess with the wires behind the computer.

• Slugwiki -- it needs a major reorganization since its impossible to get to most of the content from the main page. It should also be backed up.

Murals

In the aims of beautifying our hall, several murals have been suggested which are both tasteful, and appropriate for hall culture. When applied to various sections of hall whitespace with consummate attention to detail they will be both beautiful and last for years to come. Mural ideas will be presented and voted on by a quorum of hall members before they are installed.

• Slug Mural -- emily and company