[All_jlab_accounts] Jefferson Lab Weekly Briefs - June 10, 2015

[deborah magaldi]

To access the full version of the Jefferson Lab Weekly Briefs, visit: 
https://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/latest

Announcement highlights for this week include:

*JLab Announces New Chief Information Officer*

Amber Boehnlein, the current division head of Scientific Computing 
Applications at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, has been named 
Jefferson Lab’s new Chief Information Officer and head of the lab’s 
Information Technology Division. She comes to Jefferson Lab with a 
wealth of knowledge, skills and experience from her years at SLAC, a 
Department of Energy appointment, and at Fermi National Accelerator 
Laboratory.She is scheduled to arrive at JLab on June 22.

*Hall B SAF111 Safety Awareness Walk Through Training*

There will be SAF111 Hall B Safety Awareness Walk through Training on 
Thursday, June 11, starting at 2 p.m. in the Hall B Counting House 
control room. To take the training, go to the web-based training site or 
the Hall B webpage and click the SAF111 link 
<https://www.jlab.org/div_dept/train/SAF111/Hall%20B%20worker%20Safety%20Training%20%28SAF111%29%20%2008%2001-12-1.pdf>. 
Read and acknowledge the reading material by clicking the "Click to 
Update" button at the end of the document. The training will be 
conducted by Doug Tilles. Please print out the pdf document and bring it 
with you for the walk through.

*Python Training Planned for June 17*

Jefferson Lab is going to hold Python Training in the CEBAF Center 
auditorium starting on June 17.  It will be held from 12:30 - 2 p.m. 
every Wednesday from June 17 through July 22 (six classes).  Python is a 
programing language; this course is meant to be an introduction into the 
Python programming language.  Individuals interested in taking this 
training should register at: https://misportal.jlab.org/training/home.seam.

*LabVIEW User Group:  Using Ladder Logic in LabVIEW*
Do you ever wish CompactRIO could be programmed or maintained with 
Ladder Logic? Learn about a new NILabs offering on the NI Linux RT based 
CompactRIO allowing the LabVIEW system designer the option to deploy 
ladder logic (or other IEC 61131 languages) applications on the NI 
platform. This is an experimental option to allow technicians the 
ability to interact with CompactRIO using tools they already understand, 
and a great way for LabVIEW developers to extend the usefulness of the 
CompactRIO and eliminate redundant PLC hardware from their system. This 
session will be held on Wednesday, June 24, from 12-noon – 1 p.m. in 
CEBAF Center conference room F224/225.

*Weight Loss Support Group Weekly Meeting Update
*The Weight Loss Support Group is currently at week 9 of its 12 week 
program.  The group’s total weight loss – as a group of 14 – is 
currently 119 pounds.  The group will start another 12 week session 
starting July 2.  If you are interested in joining, for support and 
advice on losing weight and getting in shape, call Barbara Rice at x 
7238 for more information.

*Discount Entertainment Tickets Available*
Jefferson Lab offers a link to Tickets at Work 
<https://www.ticketsatwork.com/tickets/SeaWorldPark/?&company=JEFFLABS>, 
a website that offers employee discounts and corporate prices for 
entertainment. Locally, discounts include savings of more than 20 
percent off at Busch Gardens and Water Country USA, as well as discounts 
on movie tickets. The site also offers discounts on tickets to other 
major theme parks, tickets to Broadway shows, hotels and rental cars.

*CNI Maintenance Day Tuesday, June 16, from 5-10 p.m.***

There will be numerous service outages during the CNI maintenance period 
planned for June 16, from 5-10 p.m.During this time, patches and 
configuration changes will be applied to Jefferson Lab's primary DNS 
server, ns1, as well as to the Zimbra file servers. These systems will 
be rebooted between 5:15 and 6 p.m. to finalize these updates. During 
this time, there will be a short outage to the Zimbra email system as 
well as a slowdown in internet connectivity while the DNS server is 
down. All connectivity to the DNS servers as well as to the Zimbra email 
system will be restored no later than 6 p.m.In addition, there will be 
an outage of the MIS applications starting around 5:30. They should be 
back up by 6 p.m.There may be intermittent outages of various central 
services throughout the maintenance period as updates to the central 
services network switches will be applied. Finally, Linux and Windows 
patches will be released to the site as well as updates to the core CUE 
software. Plan on rebooting your desktop system no later than Friday, 
June 19, to finalize the patch installations.


*All Members of JLab Community Asked to Take Employee Concerns Program 
Survey*

Jefferson Lab is requesting all members of the lab community: employees, 
users and subcontractors to complete a quick survey about the Employee 
Concerns Program (ECP).  The lab's ECP is available to all employees, 
users, subcontractors, and others who interact with Jefferson Lab.  The 
survey is anonymous and participants are asked to respond no later than 
Friday, June 12. Human Resources staff thanks you in advance for your 
time and participation.

Click on the following link to access the survey: 
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/L5VL5ZM and click on the DONE button when 
completed with the survey.


To access the full version of the JLab Weekly Briefs, visit: 
https://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/latest

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