protected function _getUserUuid($collabPersonId)
 {
     $userDirectory = new EngineBlock_UserDirectory(EngineBlock_ApplicationSingleton::getInstance()->getConfiguration()->ldap);
     $users = $userDirectory->findUsersByIdentifier($collabPersonId);
     if (count($users) > 1) {
         throw new EngineBlock_Exception('Multiple users found for collabPersonId: ' . $collabPersonId);
     }
     if (count($users) < 1) {
         throw new EngineBlock_Exception('No users found for collabPersonId: ' . $collabPersonId);
     }
     return $users[0]['collabpersonuuid'];
 }