Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of 2026-3-12

Timestamp:

Mar 13, 2026, 12:59:57 PM (5 hours ago)

Author:

Tom Goddard

Comment:

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2026-3-12

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 = Discussion Notes =
 
+* Hiring an Elaine replacement
+ - Eric summarized Elaine's main duties in the lab: documentation, quality control, licensing.
+ - Made compelling case that these are essential and we may need to hire a replacement if funding permits.
+ - We do not have a good alternative without Elaine for quality control.
+ - Tom Ferrin notes any hiring decision would have to be after seeing if R35 and R24 grants are awarded.
+ - Scooter proposed that when endowed chair position filled, the lab may submit an R24 grant proposal.
+
+* Endowed chair
+ - Tom Ferrin reports that posting advertisements for filling RBVI endowed chair position is on hold because of UC-wide migration to Oracle HR management system.
+ - Not clear when next steps on filling endowed chair will be possible.
+
+* PDB web accessibility remediation
+ - RBVI web site siteimprove score is 97%
+ - 30 PDFs and 300 videos still flagged by UCSF accessibility project.
+ - Greg tried AI PDF fixing tool on Wrappy paper.  Added meta data, mangled title.
+ - Tom Ferrin notes that UCOP accessibility FAQ allows an exception marked archival PDFs and videos.
+
+* Toolshed database performance
+ - Toolshed MariaDB instance was using 50% CPU.
+ - Greg saw 500K https GET queries on ToolShed in 10 days, and 300K involved database query.
+ - Most database queries no return cached result.
+
+* Wynton admin scripts migration to plato
+ - Greg is migrating account administration scripts from Wynton back to plato.
+ - Wynton BeeGFS contract expires March 2027.
+ - Expected that Wynton may be shutdown in 1 year.
+
 
 = Action Items =