<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks a lot, Yudi! If they announce any new rules about future responsibilities this Friday, please let us know.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Vivian</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 5, 2026 at 4:38 PM Yudi Mu <<a href="mailto:yudi.mu@email.ucr.edu">yudi.mu@email.ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Dr. Li,</div><div><br></div><div>I will be in MRB this Friday. I can join other labs to do the cleaning.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Yudi</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 5, 2026 at 3:53 PM Wei Vivian Li via LiLab <<a href="mailto:lilab@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">lilab@lists.ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hi All,</span><br clear="all"></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></span></div><div>MRB is asking for labs’ joint efforts to help maintain the cleanliness of the refrigerator in the shared kitchen area. This will be an ongoing, shared responsibility, with graduate students and postdocs taking turns. I don't yet know what the final rules will be, but it should not require more than one trainee from our lab per quarter.<br><br>For this Friday at noon, we are looking for one volunteer from our lab to join volunteers from other labs to clean <span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span>u<span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">p</span> the refrigerator. Please let me know if you are able to help.</div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><font color="#0000ff"><div><b>1. We let the grad students/postdocs organize everything:</b></div><div><br></div><div>the first cleanup of the refrig on Friday</div><div><br></div><div>establishing rules and schedules for long term cleaning schedule of refrig and freezer </div><div><br></div><div>establish rules for keeping things in the refrig/freezer (such as labeling of items) and what happens when the rules are not followed</div><div><br></div><div>establish a schedule for the labs to contribute cleaning supplies such as sponges, dish soap, comet and green scrub pads (the only thing that MRB provides is the spray for the counters and the paper towels)</div><div><br></div><div>devise an enforcement protocol</div><div><br></div><div>decide how the rules and schedules will be disseminated — posted in the kitchen? QR code?</div><div><br></div><div>etc.</div><div><br></div><div><b>2. For this Friday we request a broad participation with at least one person from each lab. </b></div><div><br></div><div>Folks should be motived to attend so that they can make sure their lab does not get charged with extra duties. :)</div><div><br></div><div>Going forward, once the schedules are made not every lab needs to have a person present for the clean up.</div><div><br></div><div>The grad students/postdocs can decide on the optimal number of people needed for the various tasks.</div><div><br></div><div><b>3. Faculty  will  be responsible for making sure at least one person from their lab attends but </b><b>do not need to be present on Friday. </b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Without PIs present, the grad students/postdocs will be more inclined to take charge. (This will be a good experience in collaboration and management of others as well as democratic decision making)</div><div><br></div><div>I will, though, bring cleaning supplies and place them in the kitchen area before hand and stop by at 2 pm to see how they are getting along.</div></font></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks,</span></div><div><span class="gmai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