Posted on November 4, 2024 by One Community Hs
At One Community, we are designing global-sustainability systems to regenerate our planet and create a world that works for everyone. Our all-volunteer team is focused on sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, economics, and social architecture. By open sourcing and free sharing the complete process, we aim to build a self-replicating model that inspires a global collaboration of teacher/demonstration hubs, all for “The Highest Good of All.” Together, we are evolving sustainability and fostering global stewardship practices that promote fulfilled living and lasting positive change.
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One Community’s physical location will forward this movement as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the November 4th, 2024 edition (#607) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:
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One Community is designing global-sustainability systems through Highest Good housing that is artistic and beautiful, more affordable, more space efficient, lasts longer, DIY buildable, and constructed with healthy and sustainable materials:
This week, Adil Zulfiquar (Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet designs. He focused on finalizing the transportation solutions report, incorporating images and detailed explanations of the calculations used. All Excel sheets were converted to collaborative Google Sheets and linked within the report. The table of contents was revised to ensure uniformity and correct sequencing, streamlining the document. Context references were added to the report, along with additional pictures to enhance illustration. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for designing global-sustainability systems. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.
Akshit Sethi (Architectural Designer) continued working on finalizing the interior of the Earthbag Village 4-dome home design. Akshit completed the base drawing set for the EarthBag Village, updating all layers to improve readability and prepare the drawings for publication. He also began 3D modeling the redesigned ramp curvature, with an emphasis on optimizing access for the service ramp. These updates support both the functionality and clarity of the project documentation. The Earthbag village is the first of 7 villages to be built as part of One Community’s open source model for designing global-sustainability systems. See his work in the collage below.
Anil Karathra (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet designs. His research on worm density and population dynamics was completed and documented, with additional research conducted on the compost chamber and initial findings recorded. CAD models were created to address a structural gap in the vermiculture toilet design, and solutions were proposed for the main structure. Documents were updated based on recent feedback, worm density in the eco toilet was reconfirmed, and document formatting was adjusted in line with the latest feedback. The approach for designing global-sustainability systems enables the development of innovative solutions that are both environmentally friendly and effective. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.
Avery Hamilton (Mechanical Designer) continued working on finalizing the interior of the Earthbag Village 4-dome home design. Avery converted plumbing fixture schedules from text box families to Revit schedules to streamline future editing. He conducted preliminary equipment calculations for water heater and exhaust rates, selected fixtures, and scheduled them accordingly. Additionally, Avery researched exhaust system requirements and worked on Revit scheduling and modeling for range hood and mini-split families. The Earthbag village is the first of 7 villages to be built as part of One Community’s open source model for designing global-sustainability systems. See his work in the collage below.
Joseph Osayande (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet engineering and design details. He focused on revising the Waste Removal Stand (WRS) to resolve dimensional mismatches with the chamber, including modifications to fit a redesigned 46×46 drawer with a thinner structure than originally planned. A U-shaped blocker was introduced to prevent waste leakage from the drawer, and the main unistrut support was adjusted to center on the innermost vertical unistrut. Further adjustments are in progress to ensure the slider aligns with the new drawer dimensions. Additionally, the force analysis approach was updated to test the system’s maximum load capacity in multiple directions. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for designing global-sustainability systems. See some of his work in the collage below.
Karthik Pillai (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet engineering and design details and helping with the Earthbag Village 4-dome home roof plan. Karthik focused on the four-dome cluster project, conducting finite element analysis (FEA) for the roof joist and working on the design of columns, the main supporting joist, and supporting rafters. He completed some FEA on this design and shared the results with his team during the weekly meeting, with plans to refine the design and perform further analysis. For the vermiculture project, he addressed gaps within the main structure and adjusted the design based on team feedback, with ongoing iterations until a suitable design is achieved. Additionally, he modified the waste dumping mechanism, though this remains a lower priority than the main structure. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for designing global-sustainability systems. See some of his work in the collage below.
Michaela Silva (Architect) continued working on finalizing the interior of the Earthbag Village 4-dome home design. Michaela temporarily took on the role of project manager for both the MEP and Structural/Roof 4-dome teams. She coordinated with team members to ensure meetings proceeded as scheduled during her time as acting project manager. Additionally, Michaela advanced work on the code data sheet for the Construction Documents. The Earthbag village is the first of 7 villages to be built as part of One Community’s open source model for designing global-sustainability systems. See her work in the collage below.
Prarthana Jathar (Architectural Designer) focused her work on the Earthbag Village project. Prarthana focused on tasks for the Earthbag Village project, including scaling village layouts in AutoCAD with attention to straw bale elements. She attended a team meeting to discuss column placement and continued scaling and formatting village drawings. She also created standardized PDFs, refined building footprints in AutoCAD, calculated area footprints for the city center, and formatted them for PDF export. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for designing global-sustainability systems. Take a look at some of this work in the images below.
Yagyansh Maheshwari (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet engineering and design details. Yagyansh worked on optimizing wheel placement to facilitate indoor movement where applicable. He conducted finite element analysis (FEA) on the drawer to assess its capacity to handle the weight load and the pulling force exerted by the winch, making adjustments to refine the results. Additionally, he prepared FEA reports and revisited analyses on specific parts as needed. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for designing global-sustainability systems. See some of his work in the collage below.
One Community is designing global-sustainability systems through a Duplicable and Sustainable City Center that is LEED Platinum certified/Sustainable, can feed 200 people at a time, provide laundry for over 300 people, is beautiful, spacious, and saves resources, money, and space:
Arnob Mutsuddi (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on Duplicable City Center structural engineering model and details. His work focused on adjusting the middle ring of Row 2 with the side struts, aligning two struts with the middle ring, and progressing with the alignment of the remaining four struts. Tolerance adjustments were made to ensure a proper fit between the side struts and the middle ring in Row 2. Design work on the Row 2 connector reached 95% completion. A team meeting was held to discuss current progress, and a new design methodology was presented to teammates for potential application in other hub connectors. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open-source model, which excels in designing global-sustainability systems. This approach is integral to their mission of designing global-sustainability systems through innovative and scalable solutions. See some of this work in the pictures below.
Chris Blair (GIS Technician/Horticulturist) continued working with GIS data as part of One Community’s Permaculture Design that includes the location of the Duplicable City Center. He continued learning how to use QGIS, an open-source GIS software, with the goal of recreating his previous work from proprietary software to improve future data access. He imported updated blueprints into QGIS and continued scaling and digitizing the villages and community center based on revised area measurements of their footprints. Within One Community’s open-source framework, the Duplicable City Center plays a central role in designing global-sustainability systems. The images below showcase some of this work.
Faeq Abu Alia (Architectural Engineer) continued his work on the Duplicable City Center kitchen shelving and adding dry-storage food items. He focused on finalizing the City Center kitchen model in SketchUp by addressing model defects and adding elements such as food and human figures to enhance realism. In Lumion, Faeq further refined the model by adjusting materials, adding human figures, and rendering video shots essential for the walkthrough presentation. The Duplicable City Center represents a fundamental element of One Community’s open-source approach, dedicated to designing global-sustainability systems. View examples of this work in the pictures provided below.
Nika Gavran (Industrial Designer) continued her work on the Duplicable City Center dormer window installation plans. She focused on expanding the final dormer window assembly document, concentrating on the exterior assembly steps. She set up the Keyshot environment to render the final stages, now that the window is fully assembled, and has begun integrating these renders into the final graphic layout. As a foundational component of One Community’s open-source strategy, the Duplicable City Center is designed for designing global-sustainability systems. The images below showcase some of this work.
Sanket Basannavar (Mechanical Engineer) continued his research on the structure and materials used in spa covers currently available in the market. He engaged with several spa cover manufacturing companies to gather insights on practical design and material applications for spa covers. Building on previous concepts, he worked with a three-part configuration consisting of two quarter sections and one half section, aiming to improve usability and durability. Sanket incorporated a sliding mechanism into the design to streamline the opening and closing process, enhancing accessibility and efficiency. This interaction with industry professionals refined design choices and provided valuable perspectives on assembly and material selection. Within One Community’s open-source framework, the Duplicable City Center plays a central role in designing global-sustainability systems. The images below showcase some of this work.
Tasmia Hasan (Design Engineer) continued her work on the structural engineering of the Duplicable City Center. She used the duplicate and free move functions in Autodesk to manually adjust the steel ledges for a more precise fit within the project framework. She collaborated with the team, repeatedly adjusting each ledge to find the correct angle, which involved individually moving each component and fine-tuning its position. As a foundational component of One Community’s open-source strategy, the Duplicable City Center is intended for designing global-sustainability systems. You can see examples of this work in the following images.
Umema Ali (Mechanical Design Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center Engineering. She focused on static structural analysis to evaluate snow loads across multiple load cases, ranging from 1 to 4 N gravity, for both the new and traditional dome structures using Autodesk Inventor. The analysis involved setting up appropriate boundary conditions and defining load parameters specific to each dome configuration. By adjusting these parameters, assessed how each structure responded under varied snow load scenarios, allowing for a comparative evaluation of performance and stability across the two designs. Within One Community’s open-source framework, the Duplicable City Center plays a central role in designing global-sustainability systems. The images below showcase some of this work.
Yancong E (Architectural Designer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center project. He incorporated Jae’s feedback on the tutorial section, adjusting the formatting, including changes to heading font sizes and the addition of subheadings. He also updated the newest floor plans in the AutoCAD file and completed the Outdoor View Range analysis for the first floor, basement, and fourth floor. Additionally, Yancong began the calculations for new Outdoor View accordingly. The Duplicable City Center represents a fundamental element of One Community’s open-source approach, dedicated to designing global-sustainability systems. This innovative initiative aims to showcase how designing global-sustainability systems can transform urban spaces into more sustainable and community-oriented environments. You can see examples of this work in the following images.
Nimika Devi (Architect) enhanced the quality of previous walkthroughs by re-rendering them in high definition, improving visual clarity compared to the initial lower-quality versions. She incorporated additional 3D plants and elements, enriching the overall realism and detail of the renders to create a more immersive experience. Nimika also produced high-quality rendered images showcasing both the exterior and interior of the duplicable city center. These visuals highlight the architectural details, spatial layout, and material finishes, providing a comprehensive view of the design. The renders serve as an effective tool for visualizing the project’s aesthetic and functional elements. As a foundational component of One Community’s open-source strategy, the Duplicable City Center is designed for designing global-sustainability systems. You can see examples of this work in the following images.
One Community is designing global-sustainability systems through Highest Good food that is more diverse, more nutritious, locally grown and sustainable, and part of our open source botanical garden model to support and share bio-diversity:
This week, the core team initiated and completed the Highest Good Botanical Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies List. They developed an introductory section and outlined eleven key considerations for a successful botanical garden master plan. The list includes all necessary tools, equipment, materials, and supplies, identified with a BG notation. Many of these items were already on the master tools list, while others were newly added. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, dedicated to designing global-sustainability systems. See their work in the collage below.
Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued working on Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting lighting and HVAC design. He explored the potential integration of clay and sand thermal batteries with a climate battery system in the greenhouse design. Research revealed that well-insulated clay and sand batteries can significantly reduce winter heating costs by retaining heat more effectively than traditional methods and addressing insulation and heat distribution issues. To enhance the efficiency of this setup, various climate battery components were considered, including heat exchange tubing, intake fans, and climate control systems. Each component’s role was analyzed for its specific function within the system: heat exchange tubing for thermal transfer, intake fans to regulate airflow, and climate controls to automate temperature and humidity adjustments. Key challenges, such as preventing overheating and optimizing soil heating, were identified. This combined approach aims to create a balanced thermal environment tailored to the unique needs of the greenhouse’s plant zones. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, dedicated to designing global-sustainability systems, and exemplifies the organization’s commitment to designing global-sustainability systems through innovative design and implementation. Below are some of the images showcasing this work.
Purva Borkar (Landscape Architect) continued her work on creating an outdoor merge of a food-producing ecosystem and people spaces for the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting structures. She gathered a focused collection of precedents on stormwater management strategies such as rain gardens, bioswales, and canal parks, which address runoff and water retention in urban areas. Alongside this, she researched people-centric spaces like community parks, pedestrian pathways, and interactive zones to enhance social engagement. Additionally, her studies included food infrastructure elements, such as urban farms and movable markets, to integrate sustainable food production within city landscapes. Purva has begun conceptual sketching to incorporate these features into her CAD plan, blending stormwater management with community spaces and food production for a multifunctional urban design approach. As part of One Community’s open source efforts, the Highest Good Food initiative embodies a commitment to designing global-sustainability systems. The images below offer a glimpse into these ongoing efforts.
Syahrina Maulida Majid (Volunteer Nutritionist) continued working on creating menu implementation tutorials as a part of One Community’s Transition Food Self-Sufficiency Plan. She worked on the master recipe template, analyzing its structure to better understand its functionality and usability. A separate copy of the template was made to test various input values, observing how adjustments impacted calculations without affecting the original version. During this process, Syahrina identified areas that could benefit from clarification or adjustments to improve the template’s adaptability for different dietary needs and group sizes. She documented questions and specific areas for potential improvement, which can support future updates. Additionally, Syahrina began drafting a basic tutorial, outlining key steps for users to effectively navigate the template, aiming to streamline its usability for end-users. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a crucial role in One Community’s open source plans, with the aim of designing global-sustainability systems. Her work is showcased in the collage below.
Vatsal Tapiawala (Mechanical Engineer) started working on the design of the greenhouse for the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting structures. He completed his research on passive greenhouse design, referencing ideas from Paul Wheaton’s video and other sources. He started watching tutorials to expand his knowledge of REVIT and to learn finite element analysis (FEA) techniques for the Aquapini and Walipini structure designs. Vatsal also organized his research findings and prepared specific action items for the next project phase. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, dedicated to designing global-sustainability systems. See his work in the collage below.
Ziyi Chen (Landscape Designer) continued working on the design of the outdoor spaces for the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting structures. She continued modeling in SketchUp, selecting appropriate 3D models of the chosen tree species from 3D Warehouse and making adjustments to support construction across multiple levels within the model. She incorporated shrubs, herbs, and ground cover along the roadway through the four-season area, adding sage, lemon balm, dogwood, and wintergreen to enhance the food forest’s ornamental appeal in autumn and winter. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, dedicated to designing global-sustainability systems. See her work in the collage below.
One Community is designing global-sustainability systems through Highest Good energy that is more sustainable, resilient, supports self-sufficiency and includes solar, wind, hydro and more:
This week, Panambur Rachan Rao (Project Manager) revised the Highest Good Energy Spreadsheet based on feedback. He determined that there isn’t much to add to the Solar, Wind, or Hydro sections, apart from a layout for the grid structure needed to power the villages. Rachan also collaborated with the DCC team and noted their progress on their action items. Within One Community’s open-source framework, the Duplicable City Center plays a central role in designing global-sustainability systems. Take a look at some of this work in the images below.
Viktoriia Zakharova (Administrative Assistant) completed research on sustainable light bulb companies and products for the Duplicable City Center and submitted it for review. She revised the webpage to improve grammar, logical flow, and structure, updating and rearranging the lightbulb specifications for readability and replacing missing products, specifications, and companies where needed. She created a research plan and compiled a table of currently selected fixture options. Additionally, Viktoriia conducted a hiring interview and provided feedback on a volunteer candidate. The Duplicable City Center represents a fundamental element of One Community’s open-source approach, dedicated to designing global-sustainability systems. View examples of this work in the pictures provided below.
Yi-Ju Lien (Environmental Engineer) finalized the additional content and revisions for the Hydropower Energy manual, which will be used by the web management team for updates. She worked in stormwater management for the Earthbag Village by reviewing the existing design and calculations, as well as checking state regulations to determine whether the current performance in stormwater management aligns with those regulations and meets LEED criteria. The Duplicable City Center represents a fundamental element of One Community’s open-source approach, which is dedicated to designing global-sustainability systems. Below is a collage of this work.
One Community is designing global-sustainability systems through Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students. This component of One Community is about 95% complete with only the Open Source School Licensing and Ultimate Classroom construction and assembly details remaining to be finished. We’ll report on the final two elements to be finished as we develop them. With over 8 years of work invested in the process, the sections below are all complete until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students – a development process that is built directly into the structure of the education program and everything else we’re creating too:
This week, Brian Mwoyowatidi (Graduate Structural Engineer) continued helping with the engineering details for the Ultimate Classroom part of the Highest Good education component. He achieved approximately 80% completion of the final draft for the Ultimate Classroom Footer, Foundation, and Flooring Tutorial and Engineering Report. He integrated the load assumptions applied in the design and linked a calculation and design report completed in STAAD Pro. In the Wind Load Analysis section, he added key details on the basic wind speed used, the wind exposure category, and the process for determining the internal pressure coefficient. Brian also contributed video links to be used as the project moves on-site, providing helpful resources for those interested in replicating the project. The One Community model of combining forward-thinking education with sustainably built classrooms like this is an excellent example of designing global-sustainability systems. This approach exemplifies designing global-sustainability systems by creating environments fostering collaboration and innovation. See the collage below for his work.
One Community is designing global-sustainability systems through a Highest Good society approach to living that is founded on fulfilled living, the study of meeting human needs, Community, and making a difference in the world:
This week, the core team completed over 68 hours managing One Community’s volunteer-work review not included above, emails, social media accounts, web development, new bug identification and bug-fix integration for the Highest Good Network software, and interviewing and getting set up new volunteer team members. They also shot and incorporated the video above that talks about designing global-sustainability systems and how designing global-sustainability systems is a foundation of the bigger picture of everything One Community is doing. The image below shows some of this work.
Anoushka Hazari (Data Analyst) reviewed Nb Chart videos to explore their use for enhancing dashboard visualizations. After identifying a chart plugin for visualizing specific data columns from the PR review sheet, she integrated charts to display key PR activity metrics alongside the table-based dashboard. She began creating columns and mapping rows from the data sheet to categorize information like status, name, and PR reviews, setting up a Figma target to enable automatic mapping. This process prompted further research into time-saving methods for mapping and reducing repetitive tasks. While researching, Anoushka missed logging time in the HGN app. She completed PR reviews for her team, provided feedback on summary formatting, and created a collage of team images. As WordPress access remains unavailable, Anoushka continues enhancing the dashboard in the meantime. This work helps One Community’s mission of designing global-sustainability systems and reinforces our commitment to designing global-sustainability systems. The following images show his work for the week.
Aravind Yuvraj (Networks and Security Engineer) focused on addressing and stabilizing a site that experienced multiple crashes. Initially, efforts were directed toward collaborating with Bluehost and working within WordPress to restore site functionality. Despite these efforts, the database continued to encounter issues, preventing it from loading properly. Further work included attempting restoration with Bluehost’s support to re-establish normal operations along with Newell. In parallel, the site was monitored for stability, with ongoing checks for any signs of instability. Additionally, tasks on Azure included backing up files via a link provided by team member Namra and coordinating with colleague Jaya to complete a pre-defined task list. This work helps One Community’s mission of designing global-sustainability systems and reinforces our commitment to designing global-sustainability systems. The following images show his work for the week.
Deepthi Arcot Subramanyam (Data Analyst) focused on prioritizing key performance indicators (KPIs) and explaining web analytics concepts to the team. In Riddhisha’s absence, she led the team meeting, covering key topics including team responsibilities, access challenges, strategies for dashboard development, and identifying URLs to be tracked. Deepthi coordinated with Riddhisha to align the meeting agenda and ensure clear planning. Additionally, she contributed to creating a summary, collages, folder organization, and a blog for the Skye team. This work helps One Community’s mission of designing global-sustainability systems and reinforces our commitment to designing global-sustainability systems. The following images show her work for the week.
Feras Rehman (Data Analyst) continued working on developing One Community’s Mastodon account and strategy. He also managed his part of the One Community Updates Blog and reviewed the work of Rahul providing feedback on identified errors. Five additional posts for Mastodon were scheduled on Buffer for the following week, leading to a threefold increase in post reach through optimized hashtag selection and refined post structuring. The weekly summary was completed, and images were added to supplement the content. This work helps One Community’s mission of designing global-sustainability systems and reinforces our commitment to designing global-sustainability systems. The following images show his work for the week.
Gavin Burke (Project Manager) continued to lead the tech team in addressing website issues. He held a team meeting to discuss the potential need to move the website to a different host. After adding Newell, who has extensive experience in database optimization, to the team, the website’s stability improved, and switching hosts no longer appeared necessary. Gavin also spent several hours researching companies specializing in sustainable contracting to learn more about their processes. This work helps One Community’s mission of designing global-sustainability systems and reinforces our commitment to designing global-sustainability systems. The following images show his work for the week.
Hritvik Mahajan (Data Analyst) Hritvik contributed to the Highest Good Food Team blog, creating collages in Fotojet and providing feedback on teammates’ documents. After discovering that work completed on Sunday had not been saved, he repeated the webpage updates. He tested multiple pull requests on the development site, addressing merge issues and coordinating with team members on Slack to ensure necessary adjustments. He also created Loom videos to document testing feedback. Hritvik prepared and shared the weekly blog and managed Twitter community posts, leveraging the website’s current functionality. Additionally, he refined the social media scheduler in Figma, implementing adjustments and posting updates across Twitter communities. This work helps One Community’s mission of designing global-sustainability systems and reinforces our commitment to designing global-sustainability systems. The following images show his work for the week.
Rahul Bavanandan (Data Analyst) continued his work on several ongoing projects. He spent time expanding his Reddit presence by engaging in conversations across various subreddits to build community standing and pave the way for sharing original content related to One Community. Rahul made progress on the HGN Phase 2 Evolution project, focusing on translating Figma designs for Phases 1 and 3 into actionable data requirements for the Phase 2 dashboard. He also curated content for the weekly progress update, which involved adding weekly summaries and photo collages to the webpage, ensuring all information was accurately presented. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to designing global-sustainability systems. The images below showcase his work for the week.
Shireen Kayal (Humanitarian Program Developer & Data Manager) focused on refining the plans in Illustrator, ensuring they align with the overall vision. She readjusted a misaligned slide and improved the transitions of the four slides featuring the city center plans, adding the One Community logo for clarity. She also enhanced the soundtrack, replacing low-quality images with high-quality visuals and restoring the 4Dome house video. Additionally, Shireen fine-tuned animations to match the music more effectively, arranged the plans to create a seamless visual experience, and updated the images of the atrium to offer a clearer perspective. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to designing global-sustainability systems. The images below showcase her work for the week.
Shrinivas Patil (Software Engineer) completed work on his blog 606 and provided feedback for each member of Team MoonFall. He reviewed the work of two other admins, giving feedback on their summaries, images, and video submissions. Additionally, he tested several PRs in the development environment and shared feedback with the developer team. He updated the Highest Good Network PR review tracking sheet to capture all urgent and high-priority tasks and incorporated suggestions from Jae on previous work. He also followed up with team members on Slack who are actively working on relevant PRs. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to designing global-sustainability systems. The images below showcase his work for the week.
Vatsal Mendpara (Security Analyst) worked on restoring a corrupted database for a website that was down, which required continuous calls with the Bluehost team to troubleshoot the issue. He also researched alternative hosting platforms, reaching out to customer service and sales teams of a potential provider to gather information for a pros and cons report. Vatsal collaborated with Aravind and Newell to address the website downtime and finalized a report on Hostinger configuration, which involved contacting their staff to obtain details about website specifications and available configurations. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to designing global-sustainability systems. The images below showcase his work for the week.
Venkata Jaya Pavan Naru (Volunteer Network And Cybersecurity Engineer) implemented Bluehost’s suggestions by pausing SQL and optimizing the wp_posts database from 3GB to 300MB for the first time in 14 years. He filtered and cleared logs, verified Cloudflare’s WAF settings, and edited the .htaccess file to block bot traffic. He also collaborated with the SQL admin to resolve WordPress issues, which improved site performance. Additionally, Venkata discussed transitioning to a new hosting provider, restored the site, and researched alternatives like Hostverge, SiteGround, and Hostinger, with the latter two deemed more reliable. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to designing global-sustainability systems. The images below showcase his work for the week.
Yash Shah (Data Analyst and Team Administrator) created a blog for Dev Dynasty, organized the folder structure for the week, and provided feedback on various sections. He implemented changes to the document structure and met with Shreya to discuss the User Stories. Following Jae’s instructions, he completed the final draft. Yash also worked on refining the Event Trend and Active Participants sections, structured the event page body frame, and organized the Feedback section. Additionally, he arranged the completed sections with Shreya to enhance the clarity of the Figma design. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to designing global-sustainability systems. The images below showcase his work for the week
The Administration Team’s summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community’s ongoing process for designing global-sustainability systems was managed by Muhammad Huzaifah (Administrative Assistant) and includes Akilan Kumaran (Data Analyst), Durgeshwari Naikwade (Data Analyst), Jessica Fairbanks (Administrative Assistant), Michael Juma (Administrative Assistant), Kishan Sivakumar (Administrative Assistant and Software Team Manager), Jibin Joby (Data Analyst), Vishnu Murali (Data Analyst), Namra Patel (Volunteer Data Analyst), and Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support). This week, Akilan followed up on the weekly summary, tested bugs in the development environment to ensure proper functionality, and coordinated with his team for Slack access to facilitate collaboration on Google Analytics and Google AdWords for the One Community site. Namra focused on website maintenance and administrative tasks to support site performance and prepare for migration, including updating blog pages, recovering lost work on Blog 606 due to an outage, and documenting tasks. She researched hosting providers, such as Hostinger and Host Verge, evaluated their services, and met with Gavin to discuss migration progress. Namra also created a weekly summary report detailing team contributions and organized image submissions and folders to support designing global-sustainability systems. Durgeshwari created LinkedIn social media posts, coordinated interview scheduling as part of the hiring team, conducted analytics-related research for strategic development, and contributed to the Binary Brigade for the Weekly Progress Update #606. Jessica collaborated with Syahrina on menu implementation tutorials, reviewed their progress, and planned next steps. She continued integrating Highest Good Food into small-scale organizations, particularly in schools, formatted informational articles for a resource list, and completed administrative tasks, including creating a collage and updating her page. Jibin reviewed his team’s work, provided feedback, developed his knowledge in Google Analytics through training videos, and explored strategies to improve project performance by identifying key metrics. Kishan handled senior admin duties, reviewed volunteer documents for progress and comments, addressed requests, and completed SEO page checks and edits. He also revisited optimized pages based on peer feedback, took over the weekly blog for another admin, and began new admin tasks. Michael reviewed meeting notes and strategies from the Google AdWords team, revisited the concept document on Google AdWords and Analytics, and conducted extensive online research on Google AdWords, including account creation, keyword planning, and maximizing pay-per-click. Additionally, the team is committed to designing global-sustainability systems that enhance their impact in local communities. Ola addressed PR review work, responded to comments, and outlined next steps for the PR review team, ensuring manager oversight compliance. She scheduled Pinterest appointments and resized images for upload. Vishnu prepared available metrics for reporting within the Google Analytics team, explored using GA4 for SEO optimization through instructional videos, participated in a meeting to clarify task divisions, and discussed metrics for effective reporting and tracking enhancements. He also reviewed weekly summaries for accurate blog updates. One Community’s model for designing global-sustainability systems includes developing and maintaining a supportive administration team like this. You can see the work for the team in the image below, showcasing our commitment to designing global-sustainability systems.
The Administration Team’s summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community’s ongoing process for designing global-sustainability systems was managed by Sneka Vetriappan (Data Analyst) and includes Rachna Malav (Data Analyst), Ratna Meena Shivakumar (Data Analyst and Admin), Saumit Chinchkhandi (Administrative Assistant and Software Engineer), T R Samarth Urs (Data Analyst), and Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst). This week, Rachna interviewed two candidates and documented meeting notes in the hiring spreadsheet, handled emails, and worked on SEO pages and assignments. Ratna prepared the weekly summary, created blog collages, and worked on SEO, including formatting and optimizing One Community’s Avatar Page. She also scheduled social media posts and reviewed around 130 blogs up to Blog #375 for the AI Music tasks. Saumit performed frontend testing on numerous pull requests, coordinated with developers to resolve conflicts, managed PR reviews for volunteers, and updated his WordPress page with a summary and collage. Sneka reviewed and verified time logs, responded to team comments, completed SEO page adjustments, and posted weekly summaries and collages. Samarth led a PR review team, evaluated their work quality, and provided feedback, submitting a blog post with a collage. Zuqi organized the Graphic Design Team’s weekly summary, fixed Rachna’s optimized blogs, reviewed documents for Google AdWords and Analytics, and researched metrics to enhance blog performance and SEO. One Community’s model for developing designing global-sustainability systems includes developing and maintaining a supportive administration team like this. You can see the work for the team in the image below, showcasing our commitment to designing global-sustainability systems.
The Graphic Design Team’s summary was managed by Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst) and included Anusha Tariq (Graphic Designer), Aurora Juang (Graphic Designer), Junyuan Liu (Graphic Designer, UI/UX Designer), Jaime Yao (Creative Technologist) and Pranali Desai (Communication Designer), covering their work on graphic designs for designing global-sustainability systems. This week, Anusha identified and corrected errors in previous work, including redoing a deleted section intended for upload and ensuring accurate SEO integration across the website. She created two additional announcement images, gathered data, and developed bio images according to specified guidelines, editing one to feature a nature background to meet visual requirements. Aurora compiled resources from the Brand Build lines book and prototyped the format in Figma. She captured snapshots of actual brand applications, reviewed each, and incorporated them into the book, which now includes four sections. Two sections—brand application and brand governance—along with the contacts page, remain to be updated. Jaime created announcement images and web pages for Anil, Arnob, and Tasmia, and redesigned social media images from previous weeks, correcting issues to meet desired standards. This involved refining design elements, addressing errors, and enhancing visuals for improved engagement on digital platforms, all while designing global-sustainability systems to ensure a cohesive brand message. Junyuan modified elements of Deliverable 1 in HGN Phase 1, including updates to the feedback section on the event page and revising documentation examples. He continued work on the social media image project, finalizing two images and researching ideas for the next. Pranali completed the “Best Small and Large-scale Community Recycle Options” and “Most Sustainable Options” graphic sets, formatted resources with links, and compiled them into PDF pages. She optimized graphic elements and layouts to align with background images and text length, making adjustments to opacity, layout, character spacing, and line spacing. See the Highest Good Society pages for more on how this contributes to designing global-sustainability systems. See the collage below to view some of their work.
One Community is designing global-sustainability systems through open source Highest Good Network® software that is a web-based application for collaboration, time tracking, and objective data collection. The purpose of the Highest Good Network is to provide software for internal operations and external cooperation. It is being designed for global use in support of the different countries and communities replicating the One Community sustainable village models and related components.
This week, the core team continued their work on the Highest Good Network PRs testing, confirming the fixed PRs and resolving several issues. The fixed issues included email notifications to managers, admins, and owners when a team member is deactivated (PR 1126), the TeamLoc search function (PR 2746), and the issue of assigning badges without user selection (PR 2657). They also verified fixes for the timer layout adjustment in the navigator upon accessing “Reports” (PR 2820), corrected inaccuracy in displayed hours that showed an exclamation mark in status (PR 2535) and resolved an issue where some accounts had a one-day start date inaccuracy (PR 2798). Additionally, the team confirmed improvements in Total Team Report loading time (PR 2780), the functionality for opening Teams in new tabs from the Reports section (PR 2589), Project Report member formatting (FE #2782), and the display of total Project, People, and Team reports (PR 2724). The core team also reviewed UI adjustments for the WBS table’s task name column (PR 2679). Other tasks included logging four hours for CoreTeam TesterAgain to test hour accumulation beyond five blue squares and creating records for issues with displaying the correct deactivation date on the Profile page and for the User Management page not reflecting updated account statuses accurately. We continue to focus on designing global-sustainability systems through iterative improvements and user-centric solutions. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to designing global-sustainability systems. The collage below shows some of their work.
The Alpha Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software software was managed by Lin Khant Htel (Frontend Software Developer) and includes Anand Seshadri (Software Engineer), Carlos Gomez (Full-Stack Software Developer), and Nanguan Lin (Software Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we will manage and measure our processes for designing global-sustainability systems across our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Lin reviewed and approved PR #2822, becoming more familiar with the codebase and running tests on his local machine, with all test cases passing. He also reviewed the weekly summaries, photos, and videos submitted by his Alpha team members. Carlos continued work on Jae’s request to enhance the team hours display report page, completing a feature that enables admin users to toggle between viewing values for all members or selected members along with their cumulative values. He also improved the UI by centering the toggle button and values around the pie chart. Concurrently, Carlos addressed feedback and resolved conflicts in FPR #2772 and BPR #1128. As part of his ongoing efforts in designing global-sustainability systems, he ensured that the new features promote better resource management and transparency. Nanguan Lin worked on resolving linting issues and completed the badge component, submitting a pull request on GitHub. He progressed on the reports section, reaching 80% completion, while identifying complex areas needing code refactoring. He also prepared his weekly summary, screenshots, and a screen recording. Anand worked on writing additional test cases for functions in the UserProfile.js component. First, he created a test to verify that the Time Zone, Location, and Badges fields display the correct initial values based on the Redux state. This involved rendering the component with mock initial values for timeZone, location, and badges, asserting that these fields show accurate values, and simulating a click on the Select Featured button to ensure the badge selection modal opens. This confirmed both correct rendering of user profile details and functionality of the badge selection modal. All the team members are committed to enhancing their code quality while designing global-sustainability systems through thoughtful software architecture and testing practices.Next, Anand developed a Privacy Toggle test for the Email and Phone Number fields to confirm that toggling these privacy settings updates the Redux store as expected. This test involved initializing privacy settings in the store, simulating clicks on the privacy toggles, and asserting that the correct actions are dispatched with the updated privacy values. In addition to these test cases, Anand reviewed several PRs, including PR 2817, where he tested a new button to display paused tasks at the top of the table. He verified that tasks added and edited in both owner and volunteer accounts appeared in the filtered list as expected, including in dark mode. Lastly, he reviewed PR Ambika, which addressed the issue of the teams calendar cropping in reports, confirming that the calendar displays correctly, including in dark mode. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to designing global-sustainability systems. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.
The Binary Brigade Team’s summary overseeing advancements in the Highest Good Network software was managed by Vijay Anand Pandian (Full Stack Software Engineer) and includes Aaryaneil Nimbalkar (Software Developer), Aditya Sure (Software Engineer), Anirudh Sampath Kumar (Software Developer), Ashay Kalpesh Mehta (Software Engineer), Ashmita Pandey (Software Engineer), Deepthi Kannan (Software Engineer), Huijie Liu (Software Engineer), Sai Venkatesh Voruganti (Volunteer Software Engineer), Sandhya Adavikolanu (Software Developer), Sriram Seelamneni (Software Engineer), Xiaolu Li (Software Engineer) and Ziyu Chu (Volunteer Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for designing global-sustainability systems through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.
Aaryaneil reviewed and tested multiple pull requests, focusing on updates across project components. His reviews included UI adjustments to the Teams Modal (PR #2831), disabling badge assignment (PR #2830), correcting tab preview names (PR #2829), modifying material approval (PR #2827), and fixing a white screen issue on badge save (PR #2825). Testing covered unit tests for features like the PeopleTasksPieChart (PR #2824), CreateNewBadgePopup (PR #2822), and the QuickSetupModal (PR #2832). Additional efforts addressed dashboard issues, such as multi-select options (PR #2821), a white screen on task deletion (PR #2818), and start date and reset bugs (PRs #2812, #2807), along with user ID corrections and team report adjustments for small screens (PR #2801, PRs #2790, #2796). His work is pivotal in designing global-sustainability systems that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of these components. Aditya focused on adding the missing “Status” column header in the Team Member Tasks tab within the HGN Software Development project. The task involved identifying the issue, making the necessary changes, and preparing the feature for review. The work was completed, and a pull request was prepared for integration. Anirudh focused on reviewing and testing 10 pull requests. He examined PR #2806, which involved managing team additions or deletions without saving, ensuring it functioned correctly. PR #2802 was reviewed for its adjustments to table widths for improved responsiveness across devices. In PR #2789, he analyzed the changes made for specific functionality enhancements. He tested PR #2825, which addressed a white screen issue that arose during the process of saving a featured badge. Additionally, this work contributes to the overarching goal of designing global-sustainability systems, emphasizing the importance of developing software solutions that promote environmental responsibility and efficiency. For PR #2822, he went through unit testing on the CreateNewBadgePopup component, assessing its usability and performance. PR #2824 involved unit testing for the PeopleTasksPieChart component to verify its accuracy and functionality. Anirudh also investigated PR #2823, which was focused on resolving page freeze issues linked to clicking the active button. He reviewed updates in PR #2831 regarding the Teams Modal UI to ensure a seamless user experience. Additionally, he tested PR #2821, which introduced a multi-select option on the project dashboard for enhanced user interaction, and PR #2829, which involved correcting tab preview names for better navigation clarity. In his work, Anirudh is passionate about designing global-sustainability systems that enhance user engagement while addressing pressing environmental challenges. Ashay worked on resolving the issue related to the “Delete Featured Badge” not functioning properly on user profiles when the screen width is below 1000px. He focused on identifying the root cause of the display and interaction issues and explored solutions involving CSS adjustments and React component modifications. He reviewed the impact of these changes on the overall user interface to maintain consistency. A video demonstrating the current progress and results of these modifications was uploaded to Dropbox for review.
Ashish worked on a bug in the report section that involved displaying active teams and filling the team code with the most frequently used code. Much of the initial development had been handled by another developer, but there were a few outstanding issues and a missing functionality. Ashish addressed these issues, completed the missing functionality, tested the changes, pushed the code to GitHub, and raised PR 1140 in the backend repository. Ashmita concentrated on enhancing the code quality within the src/reducers/ directory of the HighestGoodNetworkApp. Utilizing ESLint and other automated code formatting tools, she fixed numerous linting errors and improved the maintainability and consistency of the reducer files across the codebase, ultimately contributing to designing global-sustainability systems. Deepthi created a new PR updating `teamsoverview.css` to improve responsive table layouts with revised media queries, adjust overflow handling to prevent horizontal scrolling, and standardize card and button styling for a consistent interface across various page sizes. She also worked on existing PRs by addressing review comments and continued efforts to resolve issues on the weekly summary page. In her design approach, Deepthi emphasized the importance of designing global-sustainability systems, ensuring that the interface is both user-friendly and environmentally conscious. Huijie continued working on the bell notification for the meeting scheduling feature. She improved the previously implemented logic by opting to store only meeting information in the meeting schema and converting the meeting data into notification forms, which are then loaded into the notification state in the Redux store on the frontend, thereby preventing the duplication of data. Additionally, she addressed minor issues related to time formatting for this feature. Sai tested the Profile Team Code feature for compatibility on screens below 778px, confirming it functions correctly without further changes; the issue has been marked resolved in the bug tracker. He also prepared to begin optimizing the app for five major browsers beyond Chrome, with plans to address each sequentially. Additionally, Sai reviewed weekly summaries for four volunteers, all while designing global-sustainability systems to enhance the app’s overall impact.
Sandhya advanced the HGN Software Development project by enhancing data visualization and backend integration for volunteer statistics. She developed a Task Completed Bar Chart component using React and Recharts, providing a responsive tool for tracking task trends, complete with error-handling for varied API responses. Sandhya also built the TotalOrgSummary dashboard to display metrics like volunteer hours and task completions, supporting data retrieval through Redux actions and adding features for PDF export and sharing. On the backend, she updated APIs and implemented an aggregation pipeline to improve data accuracy for various time frames. Additionally, she applied dark mode styling and added a permissions utility for secure data access, preparing these components for a final testing phase focused on accuracy and responsiveness. Her work contributes to designing global-sustainability systems by effectively utilizing volunteer data for impactful decision-making. Sriram focused primarily on addressing the bug related to “fixing view of others’ dashboards”. He worked on modifying the header and dashboard components to ensure they correctly update when switching between viewing mode and logged-in mode, spending considerable time on error resolution and implementing the required logic. Additionally, he completed a pull request review. Throughout multiple sessions, he continued refining the logic and fixing errors associated with the dashboard view implementation. His contributions reflect a strong commitment to designing global-sustainability systems, ensuring the software supports environmentally conscious practices. Vijay reviewed multiple pull requests for the HGN Software Development project, focusing on enhancements, UI fixes, and testing. He reviewed updates to the QuickSetupModal for dynamic permissions (PR #2832), and fixes for Teams Modal overflow issues with long usernames and delete button inconsistencies in dark mode (PR #2831). Vijay also assessed unit tests for pie chart rendering (PR #2824) and resolved merge conflicts on screen-size adaptability for the reports page (PR #2473) and dashboard components for screens under 767px (PR #2684). Additionally, he reviewed fixes for a freeze issue on the reports page (PR #2823), multi-select options on the project dashboard (PR #2821), and unit tests for the CreateNewBadgePopup component (PR #2822). In addition to his technical contributions, he is passionate about designing global-sustainability systems, integrating eco-friendly practices into software development. Xiaolu continued writing unit tests for the BlueSquaresTable/BlueSquareTable.jsx component, completing tests for about half of its functionality. Xiaolu focused on verifying conditions related to the editable toggle and ensuring correct display of private messages. Additionally, Xiaolu uploaded screenshots of the code and a weekly summary video to the designated Dropbox folders, labeled Week 7 and Week 7 Summary Video, for review. Ziyu began working on unit testing tasks. She selected the task of writing unit tests for a component, QuickSetupModal/QuickSetupModal.jsx, and created four test cases with mock data to evaluate the component’s functionality. All four tests passed on her local machine. Following this, Ziyu submitted a pull request and is now ready for code review and to take on another task for next week. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to designing global-sustainability systems. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.
The Blue Steel Team’s summary, presenting their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Jingyi Jia (Software Engineer, Team Manager), and includes Ramakrishna Aruva (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for designing global-sustainability systems through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Ramakrishna identified a new bug/feature to address after the previous issue was resolved in a separate pull request. He began working on the report icon feature for the user profile, he initiated methods to efficiently retrieve specific user IDs to streamline navigation and implemented a method to facilitate direct navigation from the user profile to the reports section. Jingyi reviewed eight pull requests and started work on a new feature. She also began developing a new feature aimed at integrating a reminder/confirmation modal related to time logging. See the Highest Good Society and the Highest Good Network pages to learn more on how their work contributes to designing global-sustainability systems. See below to view images of their work.
The Code Crafters Team summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Akilan Kumaran (Software Engineer) and includes Dhrumil Dhimantkumar Shah (Software Engineer), Pavan Swaroop Lebakula (Software Engineer), Summit Kaushal (Backend Software Developer), Swaroop Udgaonkar (Software Engineer), Muzammil Moahmmed (Software Engineer) and Denish Kalariya (Software Engineer). This week, Swaroop focused on improving layouts for smaller screens, exploring alternative configurations and resolving merge conflicts by updating from the development branch, addressing code issues, and installing dependencies to support an ongoing pull request. He also reviewed his team’s weekly summaries, images, and videos and followed up on the team channel. In addition, he contributed to designing global-sustainability systems by ensuring that the user interface remains accessible and responsive on various devices. Dhrumil addressed an issue in the badge assignment functionality, ensuring badge assignment remains enabled during search and completed a pull request for issue 124, which disables the “Export Featured” button when no badges are marked as featured, after consulting management to clarify documentation. Pavan reported a bug where the bell icon and timelog directed to the same page with different routing paths, seeking guidance from Jae on the bell icon’s purpose, and began testing a task edit format issue observed by Hrithik. Muzammil worked on issue 104, addressing a category inconsistency in the “create project” feature under the Profile > Projects tab, reviewed past pull requests to trace the root cause, and is close to submitting a fix. Summit completed and shared a report on action items with Jae, addressed issues related to Dhrumil’s tasks, verified one item as on track, identified and clarified a discrepancy in a PR description, and updated the earnedDate field format from ‘MM-DD-YYYY’ to ‘MMM-DD-YY’ for correct updates. Summit also continued debugging the “add intangiblehrs” function, explored linking tangiblehrs to savedtangiblehrs, and worked on resolving streak drop-off issues. In the context of their tasks, the team is committed to designing global-sustainability systems that enhance project efficiency and accountability. Denish updated backend code for the Volunteer Workload and Task Completion Analysis Chart, tested and published new code, and started on a task to link users’ profile images within the Anniversary Celebrated feature, enhancing user experience. This work helps One Community’s mission of designing global-sustainability systems. The collage below shows the work for this week.
The Dev Dynasty Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Harsh Bodgal (Software Engineer) and includes Ajay Kumar Reddy (Software Engineer), Crystal Low (Software Engineer), Lucy Xi (Software Engineer), Jatin Agrawal (Software Engineer), Manikrishna Sanganabatla (Software Engineer), Mrinalini Raghavendran (Software Engineer), Nandini Yelmela (Software Engineer), Sailavanya Narthu (Software Engineer), Shreya Vithala (Software Engineer), Nikita Kolla (Full Stack Developer), and Nishita Gudiniye (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for designing global-sustainability systems through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Harsh completed the redesign of the “Hours Completed” chart and updated the “Volunteers Hours Distribution” chart based on backend changes, focusing on testing API changes and team communication. Ajay optimized tab preview names in the project by centralizing document title settings within App.jsx, which simplified the process of adding new endpoints and titles, reducing code changes to a single file. Nishita analyzed user team statistics within the “Volunteer Roles and Team Dynamics” module, setting up data pipelines, verifying data retrieval, and aligning backend and frontend data. Nikita worked on the ALL-TIME button selection task, implementing front-end changes and updating components to align with Figma mockups, enhancing user experience. Mrinalini debugged the Timelog component on the HGN App, addressed data persistence issues after switching users, and documented feature requirements for analytics, tracking links, CC functionality, and search functionality, all while designing global-sustainability systems to ensure that the project’s impact is both effective and environmentally conscious. Mrinalini also worked on team report loading improvements, created pull requests, implemented backend support for custom forms and surveys, and started addressing invisibility toggle permission issues. Nandini focused on UI improvements, resolving dark mode CSS conflicts in `Announcements.css`, enhancing layout adaptability across screen sizes, refining filtering logic in the `TasksDetail` component, and conducting cross-browser testing to ensure visual stability. Additionally, documentation was added to support CSS updates and filtering logic, and the `NandiniYelmela__fix_project_report_UI_issues` branch was prepared for a conflict-free merge. Shreya focused on User Management, fixing the appearance of new users after refresh, adjusting header images for smaller screens, submitting a pull request, and coordinating onboarding efforts with Jae. This collaborative effort is essential in designing global-sustainability systems that integrate user experience and backend functionality. Sailavanya worked on resolving merge conflicts in Git and explored methods to unify frontend and backend server configurations on the same port without modifying the code structure. Fangle finalized her tasks, participated in a discussion group on task APIs for Instagram posting, and reviewed relevant code segments. She engaged with group members to clarify questions and gain insights into API functionality but still needs to identify a clear entry point. Her next steps involve building the backend and planning to push the code to GitHub within two weeks. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to designing global-sustainability systems. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.
The Expressers Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Christy Guo (Software Engineer) and includes Howie Miao (Software Engineer), Rahul Trivedi (Software Developer), Reina Takahara (Software Developer), Shreya Leheri (Software Developer), and Strallia Chao (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for designing global-sustainability systems through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Christy completed tasks related to unit testing and data visualization. She tested and verified several PRs, including CreateNewBadgePopup (#2822), UserProfileEditTest (#2836), QuickSetupModal (#2832), and PeopleTasksPieChart (#2824), ensuring all test cases passed. Howie focused on a range of tasks, addressing requests for hotfixes on previous issues, including adjustments to the team’s scrollbar fix by reducing the view height to make the scrollbar accessible with minimal scrolling. Rahul resolved UI issues in the Teams Modal for handling long usernames across different display modes. He addressed a bug causing overflow problems with long usernames, leading to misaligned delete buttons and inconsistent background display, particularly in dark mode. Reina worked on two tasks involving both front-end and back-end development. The first task focused on resolving merge conflicts and making revisions to an earlier pull request (PR#2696) related to sorting QST buttons. Additionally, the team is committed to designing global-sustainability systems that will enhance overall user experience and interface functionality. Shreya began her first week in the Development team, focusing on the Phase III document, which was a top priority. She collaborated with team members to finalize the document, working to streamline its content by removing unnecessary elements from Figma. Strallia met with team members to discuss the Total Org Summary page and reviewed progress on the backend requirements. She analyzed the database structure and schemas to correct values for total task and project hours. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to designing global-sustainability systems. See the collage below to view the team’s work this week.
The Lucky Star Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Anne Zhang (Software Engineer) includes contributions from Chetan Sunku (Software Engineer), Nikhitha Kalinga (Software Engineer), Shefali Mittal (Volunteer Software Engineer) ,Vaibhavi Madhav Deshpande (Software Engineer), Yashwanth Pokala (Software Engineer) and Ziyan Wang (Software Engineer). This week, Chetan focused on addressing a persistent issue with time updates on the dashboard, where logged time fails to refresh automatically without a page reload. After implementing a hotfix, he continued investigating options to enable real-time time updates. Gaurav made significant progress on the Quick Setup Tool, refining API interactions to ensure data is saved automatically without requiring a “Save Changes” button. He enhanced the APIs to improve data validation and persistence, optimizing both performance and user experience. Gaurav performed extensive testing across multiple workflows to verify data consistency and documented results, uploading screenshots and progress details to Dropbox. he contributed to designing global-sustainability systems, ensuring that the tool supports environmentally friendly practices. Nikhitha worked on a bug related to PR 2184, which focused on user permissions for toggling active and inactive statuses on the Profile and User Management pages. She implemented updates in Permissions Management, incorporated confirmation prompts and state updates, and created an owner account for testing while awaiting final access. Shefali developed unit tests for the UserProfileEdit.jsx component, analyzing dependencies in files such as mock.js for troubleshooting, and raised PR 2836 for the test file. She continued to build test cases for the Volunteering Time Tab, preparing a pull request upon completion. Vaibhavi addressed issues from the “HGN Phase I Bugs and Needed Functionalities” document, working on unit testing, updating the spreadsheet with test results, and starting a high-priority task to develop an auto-poster for Mastodon, which remains in progress. Yashwanth focused on general software development, identifying bugs and latency issues, all while designing global-sustainability systems to enhance overall project efficiency. He also worked on a feature to “Show individual name on permission logs,” with plans to submit a pull request and proceed to a bug fix for changing the column name in projects. Ziyan completed the “Optimize the app for Safari” task, addressing Console, Elements, and Compatibility checks to ensure app functionality in Safari. In addition, the team is committed to designing global-sustainability systems to enhance their software development processes. Ziyan tested various areas such as Dashboard, Profile, Task, and Location in both light and dark modes, and uploaded images to the Week 5 Dropbox folder. Anne concentrated on fixing UI issues, merging overlapping functions, and examining potential fixes for member column filter issues. She managed team activities within Lucky Star, reviewed team photos and videos, and submitted the summaries. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to designing global-sustainability systems. See the collage below to view the team’s work this week.
The Moonfall Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Satya Shanthi Tadiparthi (Team Manager), and includes Bhavya Prakash (Software Engineer), Calvin Liu (PR Team), Navya Sri Ankireddy (PR Team), Newell Newell (PR Team I-N), Nikhil Giri (Software Engineer), Rachana Zha (Software Engineer), Saurabh Shetty (Software Engineer), Swathi Dharma Sankaran (Software Engineer), Vedant Gandhi (Software Engineer), and Yili Sun (Software Engineer). This week, Bhavya has engaged in exploratory testing and reviewed bug documentation. She has began addressing an assigned bug by examining the codebase. Calvin has resolved Bug 14, which involved an issue with the “Quantity” field in the Material List, though file reorganization prevented final verification. Navya has worked on refining the frontend design for the dashboard page to improve its responsiveness across different screen sizes. She has collaborated with the UX team to implement updates based on recent feedback and focused on enhancing navigation flow and accessibility. Newell has focused on refactoring backend code and created OpenAPI specifications using Nest.js to enhance system functionality, all while designing global-sustainability systems that align with the project’s overall goals. He has addressed database corruption issues on the One Community Global website. Nikhil has reviewed 11 pull requests. He has tested functionality, user interface aspects, and provided feedback. Also, he has confirmed that all test cases met expected outcomes. Rachana has reviewed the bug list and started addressing a medium-priority issue related to gzip compression in Express.js. She has completed managerial training on team management protocols. Saurabh has debugged an issue with delayed updates in the task progress section and aimed for real-time hour count accuracy across sections. Satya has reviewed and tested PRs 2830 and 2743, which focused on the Badge Assignment tab fix and sorting functionality in the equipment table, respectively. Also, she has tested PR 2802 for Teams table resizing functionality and reviewed PR 2832 for the QuickSetupModal’s permission-based rendering, and PR 826 for Team Controller unit tests. She has validated unit tests for the Inventory Controller and Permission Change Logs controller in PRs 945 and 921. Additionally, the team is exploring innovative approaches for designing global-sustainability systems to enhance their project outcomes. Swathi has conducted unit testing across components and verified display and toggle behaviors. She has implemented dynamic breadcrumb navigation on the Members and WBS pages to improve clarity, all while designing global-sustainability systems to enhance the overall impact of their work. Vedant has continued his tenth week by resolving a dark mode bug in the project delete modal and addressed a merge conflict. Yili has provided solutions for the Fix Assign/Edit/Delete Blue Squares Permission task and worked on a new task concerning bugs related to permissions for non-Owner/Admin accounts. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to designing global-sustainability systems. Below is a collage for the team’s work:
The Reactonauts Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Vijeth Venkatesha (Software Engineer). It included Aishwarya Ramesh (Software Engineer), Dhairya Mehta (Software Engineer), Gmon Kuzhiyanikkal (Software Engineer), Haoyue Wen (Software Engineer), Jinxiong You (Software Developer), Khushi Jain (Software Engineer), Mohan Gadde (Software Engineer), Pallavi Thorat (Software Engineer), Peterson Rodrigues dos Santos (Full-Stack MERN Stack Developer), Rishitha Mamidala (Software Engineer), and Saniya Farheen (Software Engineer), Sharadha Shivakumar(Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is designing global-sustainability systems across social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Aishwarya implemented the trophy icon for anniversaries, completing both frontend and backend logic to enable trophy display on weekly reports. Dhairya resolved the “Fix Projects find user function,” optimizing user assignment with an improved sort and search capability. Gmon started his new task on active/inactive team numbers, created a dedicated branch, and sought assistance after a local codebase crash. Haoyue supported team management by handling merge conflicts and improving the FAQ feature. Jinxiong focused on HGN App bug fixes and reviewed developer pull requests. Khushi enhanced the “New Position Setup Page” with adaptable sections and customizable features for a user-friendly experience, while also designing global-sustainability systems to ensure the platform meets evolving environmental standards. Mohan tackled a mobile-view issue affecting team codes’ visibility across devices. Pallavi addressed a dark mode inconsistency on the User Management page and improved the search function for exact name matches. Peterson revamped the 404 error page for responsive design across devices. Rishitha implemented frontend approvals for material purchases and resolved merge conflicts. Saniya worked on a dashboard bug, nearly completing it with additional tweaks needed before review. Sharadha fixed a dropdown cropping issue on the Team Member Tasks section. Lastly, Vijeth focused on bug identification for Phases 1 and 2, managing team updates and coordinating resources for ongoing tasks. See the Highest Good Society and the Highest Good Network pages to learn more on how their work contributes to designing global-sustainability systems. See below to view images of their work.
The Skye Team’s summary covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Deepthi Arcot Subramanyam (Data Analyst) and Luis Arevalo (Software Engineer) and the team includes Angela Cheng (Full Stack Developer), Abi Liu (Software Developer), Laura Cohen (Software Engineer), Sai Preetham Dongari (Full Stack Developer), Yao Wang (Software Engineer), and Zhimin Liang (Full Stack Developer). The Highest Good Network software supports designing global-sustainability systems, social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Abi collaborated with teammates to discuss progress updates and improve tracking of ongoing work. They participated in a peer programming session with Denish to help him understand the backend code more effectively. Additionally, Abi continued work on refining a query, facing some challenges in aggregating data accurately to meet specified requirements. Laura worked on the permission change modal by incorporating Reactstrap for styling consistency and adding React hooks to manage state and improve performance. She reviewed code across the HighestGoodNetworkApp to identify elements relevant to the modal, aligning all styling choices with the existing design for a cohesive user interface. Angela contributed to the HGN Software Development project, concentrating on pull request feedback related to email handling improvements. Their efforts are part of a broader initiative focused on designing global-sustainability systems, ensuring that all components are not only functional but also environmentally responsible. She also analyzed feedback to determine effective code modification and debugging strategies, and began implementing changes to combine messages with a BCC approach to address email sending limitations, planning to continue debugging. Yao progressed on the LinkedIn poster by adjusting the page layout and integrating LinkedIn’s API to automate posts, though he encountered 404 and 401 error codes. Testing the API in Postman confirmed its functionality, leading Yao to troubleshoot the backend code to resolve these errors. Sai Preetham focused on multiple tasks within the HGN Software Development project. He worked on integrating a “Reminder to Save Changes” modal on the permissions management page, ensuring it was centered and responsive on smaller screens, and adjusted the green popup notification to display only once after updating permissions. He then managed merge conflicts related to this feature, all while designing global-sustainability systems to enhance the overall impact of the project. He also began addressing a new task involving a name overflow issue on the dashboard, where longer names exceed the designated character limit and are trimmed. Finally, he contributed to the weekly summary and Dropbox updates for Week 12. Zhimin joined the Development Team, reviewed documentation to understand task requirements, and claimed the YouTube auto-poster project, studying relevant documents and task specifics. She researched YouTube auto-poster functionality, setting up the necessary account and authorization through documents and setup videos. See below for the team’s work. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to designing global-sustainability systems. See below for some of the team’s work.
The PR Review Team’s summaries for team members’ names starting with A-K and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Anoushka Hazari (Data Analyst). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results for designing global-sustainability systems. This week’s active members of this team were: Abdelmounaim Lallouache (Software Developer), Anjineyulu Annavarapu (Software Developer), Ashrita Cherlapally (Software Engineer), Carl Bebli (Software Engineer), Haoqing Zhu (Software Engineer), Humera Naaz (Mern Developer), Koushica Bosadi Ulaganathan (Software Engineer) and Kurtis Ivey (Full Stack Developer). They reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network will measure and assist in designing global-sustainability systems in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.
The PR Review Team’s summary for team members’ names starting with L-Sg and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Saumit Chinchkhandi (Administrative Assistant and Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of designing global-sustainability systems. This week’s active members of this team were: Nahiyan Ahmed (Full Stack Software Developer), Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer), Riu Liu (Software Engineer), Rupa Rajesh Bhatia (Software Engineer), and Samarth Bhadane (Software Engineer). They reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network measures and assists in designing global-sustainability systems in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.
The PR Review Team’s summary for team members’ names starting with Sh-Z and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support) and Samarth Urs (Administrative Assistant and Data Analyst). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of designing global-sustainability systems. This week’s active members of this team were: Sheetal Mangate (Software Engineer), Shengwei “Peter” Peng (Software Engineer), Supriya Sudini (MERN Stack Developer), Varun Elangovan (Software Engineer), Neeharika Koniki (Software Engineer, Developer), and Yiyun Tan (Software Engineer). They reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network will measure and assist in designing global-sustainability systems in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.
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One Community welcomes Aishwarya Ramesh to the Software Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!
Aishwarya is an accomplished software engineer with over 3 years of hands-on experience in Web Development and Data Analysis. She holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia. Aishwarya has proficiency in a wide array of technologies, including React, Node.js, JavaScript, C#, .NET MVC, Python, and SQL. As a member of the One Community team, she contributes to the open-source Highest Good Network Software with a focus on front-end and back-end development using JavaScript and React.js. She has successfully added new functionalities, enhancing user experience and site performance.
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One Community welcomes Gmon Kuzhiyanikkal to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!
Gmon has over five years of experience specializing in application development, distributed systems, and cloud technologies. He holds a Master’s in Computer Science from Northeastern University and is proficient in C++, Python, Java, AWS, and Docker. His work in AI has been recognized at the IEEE CSIS All India Meet. Gmon is committed to producing high-quality code and contributing to agile planning processes, thriving in real-time collaborative environments, and always eager to tackle new challenges. Gmon has led the development of scalable microservices at Bosch and ISRO, where he developed advanced algorithms for rocket propulsion, significantly improving computational efficiency. As a member of the One Community team, Gmon has helped develop multiple features for the Highest Good Networ application, ensuring adherence to coding standards and conducting thorough pull request reviews.
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One Community welcomes Rachan Rao to the Management Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!
Rachan has 5 years of experience in the aerospace industry in both the design and Manufacturing sectors, with extensive experience leading high-budget engineering projects in the mechanical and aerospace sectors, ensuring strict adherence to industry standards for top-tier organizations. He is an expert in applying project management methodologies, including Lean and continuous improvement principles, to drive operational efficiency, optimize processes, and consistently deliver high-quality engineering solutions on time and within budget. Additionally, he has worked on Aircraft development projects like the Genjet Rajas, a business jet aircraft, and the design modification of Airbus A350. At One Community, Rachan is helping develop the project charter for the Highest Good Energy project and is managing engineers to ensure the completion of the Duplicable City Center structural analysis.
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One Community thanks Faisal Rasheed for his contributions as a Volunteer/Consultant on the Graphic Design Team!
Faisal is a passionate, self-taught graphic designer with two years of professional experience. Continually improving his skills in Adobe Creative Suite, Faisal brings creativity and dedication to every project. While pursuing a BS in Biotechnology from Virtual University of Pakistan, he aims to contribute to the scientific field, sustainability goals, and the growth of his country. As a graphic designer, he uses his work to reflect his imagination and life journey—capturing moments of joy, hardship, and growth. Through his art, Faisal hopes to motivate and inspire others to find beauty and meaning in every experience and show how challenges can be transformed into opportunities. He believes that with consistency, creativity, and resilience, anyone can achieve their dreams, no matter the obstacles they face. Faisal is on a path of constant learning and growth. His greatest motivation is to make his parents proud by using his skills and creativity to contribute something meaningful to both his community and beyond. While a member of the One Community team, Faisal helped create beautiful and professional images covering areas including Large-scale Gardening, to Consensus Self-governance, Permaculture, Most Sustainable Lightbulbs, and more.
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Posted on October 28, 2024 by One Community Hs
At One Community, we are solutioneering a world that works for everyone to regenerate our planet and create positive change. Our all-volunteer team is focused on sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, economics, and social architecture. By open sourcing and freely sharing sharing the complete process, we aim to build a self-replicating model that inspires a global collaboration of teacher/demonstration hubs, all for “The Highest Good of All.” Together, we are evolving sustainability and fostering global stewardship practices that promote fulfilled living and lasting impact.
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One Community’s physical location will forward this movement as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the October 28th, 2024 edition (#606) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:
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One Community is solutioneering a world that works for everyone through Highest Good housing that is artistic and beautiful, more affordable, more space efficient, lasts longer, DIY buildable, and constructed with healthy and sustainable materials:
This week, Adefola (Fola) Madehin (Electrical Design Specialist) continued his work with Earthbag Village electrical designs. Fola completed the socket and panel layout for the first floor of the Earthbag Village electrical project. Receptacles were placed in the bedrooms, living room, and kitchen, with the distribution panel installed in the living room. Each room was equipped with its own panel and breakers to enable individual control of the circuits. Additionally, he finalized the lettering of the socket ring circuit, which will be integrated into the electrical panel schematic diagram to ensure clear and accurate labeling for future reference. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See some of his work in the collage below.
Adil Zulfiquar (Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet designs. He focused on implementing changes to the report based on feedback, including the addition of visual illustrations where applicable. The content was refined by incorporating new sections and improving overall readability. References and links to external Excel files and videos were added for relevant topics, and backups were created for the additional PDF references. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.
Akshit Sethi (Architectural Designer) continued working on finalizing the interior of the Earthbag Village 4-dome home design. Akshit worked on the EarthBag Village project, concentrating on finalizing all plans and updating drawings in AutoCAD. He made adjustments based on feedback, including modifying dimensions, updating layer types, and ensuring consistency in the area chart drawings to align with the other documentation produced by One Community. These updates were essential in refining the project and ensuring that all plans met the required standards, contributing to the overall accuracy and cohesion of the design documentation. The Earthbag village is the first of 7 villages to be built as part of One Community’s open source model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See his work in the collage below.
Anil Karathra (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet designs. He focused on team management work which involved assigning tasks, generating a meeting summary, and formatting content on the collaboration document. Sections covering the environmental impact of materials were finalized and prepared for upload, incorporating recent updates to calculations and document formatting based on feedback. Additionally, efforts focused on re-confirming worm density and evaluating its impact on composting efficiency and system design. This included assessing necessary adjustments to ensure accurate system specifications, with a particular emphasis on optimizing the composting process. The approach for solutioneering a world that works for everyone enables the development of innovative solutions that are both environmentally friendly and effective. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.
Charles Gooley (Web Designer) continued working on the Aircrete Engineering and Research: Compression Testing, Mix Ratios, R-value, and More page. He focused on updating the Aircrete Engineering and Research: Compression Testing, Mix Ratios, R-value, and More page to provide detailed engineering steps, research, and tools for verifying the safety of aircrete designs and structures. His tasks included resizing and posting images, adding links to relevant videos, uploading several videos to YouTube, and embedding the video code on the webpage. To improve the page’s accessibility and usefulness, he also added additional resources, a summary section, and a Frequently Asked Questions segment. These updates aim to make the information more comprehensive and user-friendly. Aircrete is an alternative we’re exploring for the Earthbag Village, a foundational part of One Community’s open-source model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Take a look at some of this work in the images below.
Joseph Osayande (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet engineering and design details. He focused on implementing updates to the drawer and main frame structure for the vermiculture chamber. Modifications to the Waste Removal Stand (WRS) were made to align with the revised overall design, and the dimensions of the unistruts were adjusted to accommodate these changes. A finite element analysis (FEA) was conducted to evaluate the impact of these structural adjustments on system integrity. Additionally, brainstorming sessions addressed the need for effective sealing of the main frame structure to prevent waste leakage from the drawer, ensuring a more robust and efficient design. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See some of his work in the collage below.
Karthik Pillai (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet engineering and design details and helping with the Earthbag Village 4-dome home roof plan. Karthik focused on refining the waste dumping mechanism in the vermiculture project, improving its load-bearing capacity and enhancing the structural integrity of the system. He completed an iteration of the main structure using Unistruts, providing modular support that will be updated based on feedback from the weekly team meeting. In the four-dome cluster project, Karthik developed an initial layout that included strategic column placements and joist connections, optimizing load distribution to ensure stability across the roof. He conducted a preliminary finite element analysis (FEA) on the roof joist design to identify stress points and evaluate load transfer efficiency, with further modifications planned for discussion at the next team meeting. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See some of his work in the collage below.
Loza Ayehutsega (Civil Engineer/Assistant Civil Engineer) completed another week working on the Earth Dam risk assessment and dam break hazard assessment. Loza focused on reviewing and editing report documents, addressing comments and making necessary revisions. In parallel, Loza reviewed FEMA documents on Emergency Operations Planning, particularly the Dam Incident Planning Guide. As part of this effort, Loza explored the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Dam Safety Program (NDSP) and its Dam Safety Technical Assistance (TA) program. This program encourages emergency managers to collaborate with neighboring communities, agencies, and the private sector to better understand and mitigate the risks posed by local and regional dams. The approach for solutioneering a world that works for everyone enables the development of innovative solutions that are both environmentally friendly and effective. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.
Michaela Silva (Architect) continued working on finalizing the interior of the Earthbag Village 4-dome home design. Michaela focused on progressing the Construction Documents, specifically typing out and placing the California Residential code on a sheet in Revit for reference in constructing a single-family, four-dome home. She also coordinated with the team and worked on gathering updates to ensure the project stayed aligned with current requirements and feedback. The Earthbag village is the first of 7 villages to be built as part of One Community’s open source model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See her work in the collage below.
Vimarsh Acharya (Engineering Manager and Technical Reviewer) continued working on the Most Sustainable Paints, Stains, Varnish, Sealers component. Vimarsh worked on a spreadsheet for the sustainable paint documentation, organizing and outlining relevant data. Following this, he began a new task involving the identification and compilation of 20 notable statistics from approximately 10-15 documents related to sustainability and environmental practices. Each document is being reviewed to extract key statistics that highlight its primary data points and insights. The One Community model of combining forward-thinking education with sustainably built classrooms like this is an excellent example of solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See the collage below for his work.
Yagyansh Maheshwari (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet engineering and design details. Yagyansh worked on optimizing the placement of the wheels to facilitate moving the unit indoors where applicable. He conducted finite element analysis (FEA) on the drawer to evaluate its capacity to withstand the weight load and the pulling force exerted by the winch, making modifications as necessary to achieve suitable FEA results. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See some of his work in the collage below.
Yuze Tang (Architect) continued working on Vermiculture Toilet designs. He completed a cost-reduction analysis for alternative materials for a drawer project and researched the strength requirements for various materials to contain heavy waste loads in the drawer and adjusted the material thickness accordingly. Yuze compared six materials, primarily evaluating their price, strength, and required thickness to determine the most cost-efficient and durable option. He compiled his findings into a team collaboration document for reference and future use. The approach of solutioneering a world that works for everyone enables the development of innovative solutions that are both environmentally friendly and effective. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.
One Community is solutioneering a world that works for everyone through a Duplicable and Sustainable City Center that is LEED Platinum certified/Sustainable, can feed 200 people at a time, provide laundry for over 300 people, is beautiful, spacious, and saves resources, money, and space:
This week, Arnob Mutsuddi (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on Duplicable City Center structural engineering model and details. He initiated new modifications and continued on the side struts within the U hub connector, with specific work focusing on Row 1. Work also began on modifying the central ring of the U hub connector in Row 2, with subsequent progress updates shared in a team meeting. The meeting covered the ongoing developments in the hub connector design, providing an overview of modifications completed and outlining the next steps. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open-source model, which excels in solutioneering a world that works for everyone. This approach is integral to their mission of solutioneering a world that works for everyone through innovative and scalable solutions. See some of this work in the pictures below.
Faeq Abu Alia (Architectural Engineer) continued his work on the Duplicable City Center kitchen shelving and adding dry-storage food items. He worked on preparing the City Center kitchen model in SketchUp for the walkthrough video by correctingmodel defects and adding elements such as food and human figures. Additionally, in Lumion, he refined the kitchen model by adjusting materials, incorporating human figures, and selecting the video shots needed for the walkthrough. The Duplicable City Center represents a fundamental element of One Community’s open-source approach, dedicated to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. View examples of this work in the pictures provided below.
Nika Gavran (Industrial Designer) continued her work on the Duplicable City Center dormer window installation plans. She focused on expanding the final document for the dormer window instructions and progressed with the next assembly steps, mainly involving the window’s exterior. She prepared the Keyshot environment to render these final steps and is working towards compiling all slides. As a foundational component of One Community’s open-source strategy, the Duplicable City Center is designed for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase some of this work.
Sanket Basannavar (Mechanical Engineer) continued his research on the structure and materials used in spa covers currently available in the market. He focused on further design and assembly work using SolidWorks. He worked on building and assembling various cover parts, including a 3-part spa cover design consisting of one half-section and two quarter-sections made of aluminum and EPS. Mass analysis was performed on these designs to evaluate their properties. Additionally, he studied the design and assembly of foldable spa covers and holders to understand their construction and functionality. Within One Community’s open-source framework, the Duplicable City Center plays a central role in solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase some of this work.
Tasmia Hasan (Design Engineer) continued her work on the structural engineering of the Duplicable City Center. She focused on exploring methods to obtain additional data points for the seismic analysis of the frame, employing various techniques within Autodesk Robot. Additionally, she worked on refining the hub connector drawings, making adjustments to enhance their alignment and ensure a more precise fit with the overall frame structure. As a foundational component of One Community’s open-source strategy, the Duplicable City Center is designed for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. You can see examples of this work in the following images.
Umema Ali (Mechanical Design Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center Engineering. She focused on static structural analysis for the new dome structure and the traditional dome structure, specifically addressing snow loads. She used Inventor software to simulate and analyze the impact of three different snow loads on both designs. This work is part of the ongoing effort to ensure the structural integrity and performance of the domes under varying environmental conditions. Within One Community’s open-source framework, the Duplicable City Center plays a central role in solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase some of this work.
Yancong E (Architectural Designer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center project. This week, Yancong continued to explore the USGBC’s requirements for Quality Views, refining the previous tutorial by adding a table of Regularly Occupied Spaces to complete the second half of the step-by-step guidance, including sections on identifying regularly occupied spaces, identifying sight lines to exterior views, and assessing view quality. He also reprinted the AutoCAD floor plans and added a legend section. The Duplicable City Center represents a fundamental element of One Community’s open-source approach, dedicated to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. This innovative initiative aims to showcase how solutioneering a world that works for everyone can transform urban spaces into more sustainable and community-oriented environments. You can see examples of this work in the following images.
One Community is solutioneering a world that works for everyone through Highest Good food that is more diverse, more nutritious, locally grown and sustainable, and part of our open source botanical garden model to support and share bio-diversity:
This week, the core team continued their research for the Highest Good Soil Amendment Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies list. They enhanced the descriptions of each soil amendment and included accompanying photographs. These additions complemented the previously documented soil amendments of comfrey, chicken manure, food scraps, compost, and leaves. Both documents have been finalized after completing this page and the Orchard document. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, dedicated to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See their work in the collage below.
Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued working on Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting lighting and HVAC design. He focused on researching and analyzing the Ground to Air Heat Transfer (GAHT) system for greenhouse climate control. The GAHT system or a climate battery, utilizes the earth’s thermal mass to regulate greenhouse temperatures by transferring heat underground. This system captures excess warm, humid air during the day, storing it in the soil to provide warmth during cooler nighttime temperatures, and reverses the process as needed to cool the greenhouse. Key components examined include the underground pipes, which facilitate heat transfer and require robust insulation and strategic placement to optimize thermal efficiency. Different insulation methods and backfill options, such as gravel or native soil, were considered for maximizing heat retention and effective moisture management, ultimately contributing to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The GAHT system’s ability to balance heating and cooling needs was assessed for residential and commercial applications, with attention to the costs, benefits, and specific installation challenges related to soil type, water table, and excavation depth. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, dedicated to solutioneering a world that works for everyone, and exemplifies the organization’s commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone through innovative design and implementation. Below are some of the images showcasing this work.
Purva Borkar (Landscape Architect) continued her work on creating an outdoor merge of a food-producing ecosystem and people spaces for the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting structures. She conducted a detailed study on sustainable gardening and water management systems, emphasizing food forests and public space design. The research focused on the layering of plants in food forests to enhance biodiversity and productivity. Additionally, strategies for rainwater catchment, swales, and pond systems were explored to ensure efficient water management. Public space design elements, including community gathering areas, walking trails, bioswales, and green roofs, were reviewed. The study also included case studies on enhancing urban spaces with sustainable, interactive features. As part of One Community’s open source efforts, the Highest Good Food initiative embodies a commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below offer a glimpse into these ongoing efforts.
Syahrina Maulida Majid (Volunteer Nutritionist) continued working on creating menu implementation tutorials as a part of One Community’s Transition Food Self-Sufficiency Plan. She focused on reviewing the master recipe template and examining its structure and functionality to ensure it aligns with project needs. She duplicated the template to explore various inputs and outputs, testing the template’s ability to adapt to different dietary preferences and group sizes without impacting the original. Throughout the process, Syahrina recorded notes on any edits needed and questions that arose, identifying areas where clarifications or adjustments could improve the user experience. In addition to testing and documenting edits, she began drafting a raw tutorial to guide users in navigating the template effectively, all while solutioneering a world that works for everyone. This draft includes step-by-step instructions on how to use the template, helping users understand its calculations and features. Syahrina also focused on making the tutorial accessible and easy to follow, based on observations from testing, to streamline implementation for diverse user needs. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a crucial role in One Community’s open source plans, with the aim of solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Her work is showcased in the collage below.
Vatsal Tapiawala (Mechanical Engineer) started working on the design of the greenhouse for the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting structures. He watched a 2-hour film by Paul Wheaton that detailed methods and construction techniques for building a passive greenhouse, noting key descriptions along with the pros and cons of the methods for further analysis. In addition, Vatsal researched other potential approaches and materials that might enhance the efficiency and eco-friendliness of the design, aiming to identify elements that could be effectively integrated. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, dedicated to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See his work in the collage below.
Ziyi Chen (Landscape Designer) continued working on the design of the outdoor spaces for the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting structures. She completed the selection of tree species and CAD annotations and began modeling the outdoor area in SketchUp. She organized the outdoor sections of an existing model, correcting line misalignments, adjusting planes, connecting new planes, and unifying materials between new and existing areas. Following CAD drawings, Ziyi added canopy and understory trees into the model, refining tree levels and species combinations. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, dedicated to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See her work in the collage below.
One Community is solutioneering a world that works for everyone through Highest Good energy that is more sustainable, resilient, supports self-sufficiency and includes solar, wind, hydro and more:
This week, Panambur Rachan Rao (Project Manager) successfully completed the cost analysis template for the Highest Good Energy infrastructure, ensuring it meets all necessary requirements. In addition, he conducted a thorough review of the Energy website, incorporating the feedback received. Rachan also took the initiative to coordinate with the DCC analysis team, gathering important updates on the hub connector design for Rows one, two, and three, which will be crucial for the project’s progress. Within One Community’s open-source framework, the Duplicable City Center plays a central role in developing solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Take a look at some of this work in the images below.
Viktoriia Zakharova (Administrative Assistant) worked on sustainable light bulb options for the Duplicable City Center and the webpage guide, adding information about lighting considerations for sustainability. She verified that each selected light bulb matched the necessary color temperature requirements and included a disclaimer clarifying that Amazon was used as a research platform rather than the primary vendor. She also began researching sustainable lighting fixtures, examining existing types, and watching instructional videos to expand her knowledge in this area. The Duplicable City Center represents a fundamental element of One Community’s open-source approach, dedicated to developing solutioneering a world that works for everyone. View examples of this work in the pictures provided below.
Yi-Ju Lien (Environmental Engineer) completed the hydropower case within the potable water system scenario, examining not only the Duplicable City Center case but also introducing research on the potential for power generation by replacing pressure-breaking elements in the drinking water system with a microturbine, along with findings on recommended equipment selection. Additionally, Yi-Ju worked on the cost analysis of earth dams, providing an overview of cost analysis at various project maturity levels. She discussed concepts such as contingency ratios, unit prices, and cost curves based on unit pricing, integrating suggestions from other research, all while solutioneering a world that works for everyone. For dam safety, Yi-Ju offered more detailed guidance on estimating breach parameters and utilizing physically based computer modeling with HEC-RAS, which aims to improve the understanding of these parameters in risk assessment. The Duplicable City Center represents a fundamental element of One Community’s open-source approach, dedicated to developing solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Below is a collage of this work.
One Community is solutioneering a world that works for everyone through Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students. This component of One Community is about 95% complete with only the Open Source School Licensing and Ultimate Classroom construction and assembly details remaining to be finished. With over 8 years of work invested in the process, the sections below are all complete until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students – a development process that is built directly into the structure of the education program and everything else we’re creating too:
This week, Apoorv Pandey (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping with the engineering details for the Ultimate Classroom part of the Highest Good education component. He continued working on the final draft of the Structural Engineering Report for the Ultimate Classroom Project, focusing on the calculations and analysis section. He researched ways to simplify the explanation of technical tables, such as the static check table and the beam force detail summary, to make the content more accessible to a layperson. Given the complexity of the results, he sought assistance from Jae to help complete the report. Additionally, Apoorv researched to improve the clarity of specific sections and referenced other published materials on One Community’s website to guide his work. The One Community model of combining forward-thinking education with sustainably built classrooms like this is an excellent example of solutioneering a world that works for everyone. This approach exemplifies solutioneering a world that works for everyone by creating environments fostering collaboration and innovation. See the collage below for his work.
One Community is solutioneering a world that works for everyone through a Highest Good society approach to living that is founded on fulfilled living, the study of meeting human needs, Community, and making a difference in the world:
This week, the core team completed over 63 hours managing One Community’s volunteer-work review not included above, emails, social media accounts, web development, new bug identification and bug-fix integration for the Highest Good Network software, and interviewing and getting set up new volunteer team members. They also shot and incorporated the video above that talks about solutioneering a world that works for everyone and how solutioneering a world that works for everyone is a foundation of the bigger picture of everything One Community is doing. The image below shows some of this work.
Anoushka Hazari (Data Analyst) completed the PR review, finalized team WordPress tasks, and proofread the summary. Collages were created for the blog to improve its presentation and ensure alignment with project goals for publication. Work began on the Figma dashboard using Kernel to connect and transfer data from the provided sheet. To streamline the process, YouTube tutorials were reviewed to gain a better understanding of the tool. She also researched plugins capable of automatically converting Google Sheets data into table format, but issues arose due to the sheet’s large size and lack of organization, causing slow processing and frequent crashes. Additionally, initial design work for the PR Admin data sheet dashboard was started in Figma, focusing on usability and data visualization. While setting up a dashboard layer, the names were mapped, though organizing the PR Reviewing spreadsheet may be necessary to improve mapping efficiency. This work helps One Community’s mission of solutioneering a world that works for everyone and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The following images show his work for the week.
Aravind Yuvraj (Networks and Security Engineer) focused on migrating the HGN platform from Azure to Bluehost, addressing backend file transfers and database migration processes. Using provided migration resources, there was an emphasis on understanding the steps involved in transferring SQL server database files from Azure’s environment to Bluehost’s infrastructure. Additionally, there was ongoing management of Azure backend files for the HGN site, along with consistent monitoring of site stability to address any issues with support as necessary. Attention was also given to troubleshooting site crashes, with efforts towards maintaining operational continuity throughout the migration process. This work helps One Community’s mission of solutioneering a world that works for everyone and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The following images show his work for the week.
Deepthi Arcot Subramanyam (Data Analyst) worked on a detailed strategy for the Google Analytics team, focusing on KPI development, mission-specific KPIs, and reviewing team submissions related to the strategy. She collaborated with Riddhisha to consolidate input and submit the initial strategy to Jae, aligning priorities for implementation. Additionally, she led the weekly team meeting to discuss Jae’s feedback and outlined steps for moving forward with the strategy. She also addressed priorities for implementation and identified specific URLs for tracking to support the project’s objectives. This work helps One Community’s mission of solutioneering a world that works for everyone and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The following images show her work for the week.
Feras Rehman (Data Analyst) continued working on developing One Community’s Mastodon account and strategy. He also managed his part of the One Community Updates Blog and reviewed the work of Viktoriia, Saumit, Praneeth, Rahul, Ratna, and Jessica, providing feedback on identified errors. Five additional posts for Mastodon were scheduled on Buffer for the following week. Targeted strategies for Mastodon were developed and implemented, resulting in a threefold increase in post reach through optimized hashtag usage and improved post structuring. The weekly summary was completed, and images were added to supplement the content. This work helps One Community’s mission of solutioneering a world that works for everyone and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The following images show his work for the week.
Gavin Burke (Project Manager) assisted the tech team in creating a dummy version of the HGN app to test Bluehost. He organized a team call on Tuesday to clarify tasks, check progress, and ensure team members had the required resources. Gavin assigned Jaya to address issues with the One Community website on Bluehost, Namra to contact customer support for alternative hosting options and to research backing up the HGN app, and Vatsal to manage the creation and testing of the dummy app on Bluehost. On Wednesday, he followed up with Vatsal to confirm the use of a free domain for the dummy app. This work helps One Community’s mission of solutioneering a world that works for everyone and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The following images show his work for the week.
Hritvik Mahajan (Data Analyst) reviewed blog posts by Huzaifa, Shrinivas, and Mrudula, offering feedback for improvement, and tested multiple pull requests on the development site, coordinating follow-up actions with team members through Slack. He posted content across various joined communities, selected posts for the social media sheet for the upcoming week based on recent engagement insights, and suggested increasing post frequency in communities that showed higher reach and interaction. He continued working on the social media scheduler mockup, tested frontend pull requests, managed GitHub tags, and contributed to social media activity by posting content across all Twitter communities. This work helps One Community’s mission of solutioneering a world that works for everyone and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The following images show his work for the week.
Jiaqi Wu (UX Designer) had a meeting with the product manager and engineering team to discuss the design implementation of Deliver1. During the meeting, they received feedback suggesting improvements to two features, which Jiaqi has begun addressing. She also attended a design team discussion and afterward contributed to aligning the design system, enhancing visual elements, and removing redundant documents to streamline the team’s resources. This work helps One Community’s mission of solutioneering a world that works for everyone and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The following images show her work for the week.
Nidhi Mange (Data Analyst) completed administrative tasks, including creating a collage, summary, and working on WordPress SEO for images for nine individuals, while reviewing the work for two others. Following recommendations from Sara, She made specific changes in the blog and thoroughly reviewed the HGN document. She attended a meeting with Riddhisha and the team to discuss SEO strategies and development. Additionally, she held multiple meetings with Shrinivas to go over the processes in the HGN Phase 1 document and the HGN PR Reviews Tracking file. She also worked on the HGN Phase 1 document, adding all urgent priority and High Priority tasks assigned to team members. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase her work for the week.
Praneeth Kruthiventi (Volunteer Data Analyst) focused on addressing issues in ongoing Google Ads campaigns, which were impacted by website-related disruptions. He progressed in his study of Google Analytics, utilizing instructional material provided in a shared document, and prepared for the Google Analytics certification. Additionally, he reviewed training exercises completed by new volunteers and participated in the hiring process for upcoming roles. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase his work for the week.
Rahul Bavanandan (Data Analyst) focused on advancing the HGN Phase 2 Evolution project by translating the Figma designs from Phases 1 and 3 into clear, actionable data requirements for the Phase 2 dashboard. Additionally, he supported the OC Administration project by conducting code reviews and providing feedback to five colleagues to maintain project standards and support One Community Global’s mission. He also contributed to content management for the weekly progress update by organizing summaries and photo collages, aligning them with review criteria, and reviewing submitted content to ensure clarity and accuracy. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase his work for the week.
Shireen Kayal (Humanitarian Program Developer & Data Manager) focused on enhancing presentation materials. She added new slides and fine-tuned the soundtrack to align with the animations and timing. She also improved the software section by adding new slides and aligning images for better visual appeal. In addition, she revamped three slides to increase viewer engagement, adjusted the introduction soundtrack to match the “Highest Good Housing” slide, replaced low-quality images with high-quality ones for clarity, and created custom graphics for the software slides. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase her work for the week.
Shrinivas Patil (Software Engineer) completed work on his blog 605 and provided feedback to each member of Team MoonFall. He assisted Sara in tracking the admin activity sheet and issued reminders to all admins. Additionally, he prepared team collages for Team MoonFall and reviewed the work of two other admins, giving feedback on their summaries, images, and video submissions. He also worked on the HGN PR reviews tracking sheet, compiling all urgent and high-priority tasks, which he color-coded in red, green, and white for easier reference. In collaboration with Nidhi, he created a detailed plan and documentation to streamline this process further. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase his work for the week.
Shuddhendu Mishra (Software Engineer) worked on the database schematics development on the phase 2. He went through the mongoDB collections starting with “building%” as those are the ones involved in phase 2. He went ahead and worked on fnding the relationships between the different collections. He developed the schematic diagram with the help of draw.io tool. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase his work for the week.
Vatsal Mendpara (Security Analyst) worked on resolving website downtime issues, collaborating with the Bluehost team and Aravind to optimize the database. He also focused on migrating the application to Azure, communicating with the Azure team to create backups and coordinating with the Bluehost team on the migration process. Additionally, he set up and tested an HGN app on Bluehost, confirming its functionality. He engaged in multiple calls with the Bluehost team to address the website downtime and explore obtaining a free domain name for deploying the HGN application demo. He also participated in calls with both Azure and Bluehost teams to discuss transferring the highestgood.com domain to Azure. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase his work for the week.
Venkata Jaya Pavan Naru (Volunteer Network And Cybersecurity Engineer) performed website maintenance tasks included discussions with Bluehost about database optimization to prevent issues. Additional conversations with Bluehost addressed recent database crashes, leading to the creation of a support ticket for advanced technical assistance. Temporary server crashes were resolved by adjusting settings in WHM, with Bluehost confirming they would follow up on the ticket request. Support also provided database files requiring modification, and plans were made to collaborate with an SQL administrator to implement these changes. Further maintenance tasks included PHP adjustments to ensure the website’s functionality remained stable. A separate conversation with Gavin focused on a specific task, which was worked on in a Google Doc. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase his work for the week.
Yash Shah (Data Analyst and Team Administrator) created a blog for Dev Dynasty and organized the folder for the week’s tasks. He provided feedback to the UI/UX team on queries related to the comments and feedback section for event participants, noting the remaining tasks to be completed. He led the weekly meeting, logged team updates in a document, and assigned work missing from Figma. Yash also added images from Figma to the document and requested the team complete any outstanding feedback items. He made updates to blog entry #605 and moved work to the Social Architecture page, adding missing points and relevant images. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase his work for the week.
The Administration Team’s summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community’s ongoing process for solutioneering a world that works for everyone, was managed by Muhammad Huzaifah (Administrative Assistant) and includes Akilan Kumaran (Data Analyst), Durgeshwari Naikwade (Data Analyst), Jessica Fairbanks (Administrative Assistant), Kishan Sivakumar (Administrative Assistant and Software Team Manager), Jibin Joby (Data Analyst), Vishnu Murali (Data Analyst), Namra Patel (Volunteer Data Analyst), and Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support). This week, Akilan followed up on the weekly summary and joined a Zoom meeting with team members to discuss new tasks focused on improving Google Adwords, with each member presenting ideas for potential website impacts to support solutioneering a world that works for everyone. He also tested bugs in the development environment for functionality checks. Namra researched ChatGPT on GitHub but encountered repeated redirections to documentation and found that available tutorials didn’t fully meet their needs. She eventually located a sales contact link but was unable to connect with a representative and plans to try again. Additionally, Namra researched hosting providers, including Hostinger and Bluehost, for migrating the HGN app from Azure and is seeking further information from a representative. Huzaifah followed up with volunteers for bio registrations and completed weekly administrative tasks, including reviewing other fellows’ work and updating his blog segment. As a deadline administrator, he also addressed task discrepancies among members and forwarded relevant issues to Jae. Durgeshwari updated the LinkedIn analytics report to strategize engagement improvement, collaborated with the Google Analytics team to refine their approach, and developed a plan for “Step 2 – Keyword Research and Rank Math Optimization.” She also created LinkedIn posts and contributed to Binary Brigade for the Highest Good Network Software as part of the One Community Weekly Progress Update #605, solutioneering a world that works for everyone through data-driven insights. Jessica continued her work on integrating Highest Good Food with small-scale organizations, held a meeting with Syahrina to discuss menu implementation tutorials, and developed next-step plans. She completed administrative tasks, including creating a collage and uploading the team summary. Jibin reviewed team assignments, provided feedback, advanced his knowledge of Google Analytics through training videos, and researched MySQL database optimization to improve website performance. In the weekly Google Analytics meeting, he was assigned specific roles and responsibilities and worked on identifying optimal project metrics. Kishan focused on senior admin duties, reviewed volunteer documents, tracked progress, addressed requests, and completed SEO page reviews, finalizing edits based on feedback. He also undertook new admin tasks, revisited optimized pages, and completed the weekly blog for another admin. Ola updated the HGN spreadsheet for accuracy, reviewed PR team compliance, supported team members as needed, monitored PR managers’ work, and organized dedicated folders for each admin team member. Vishnu developed strategies for the Google Analytics team, discussing key metrics like bounce rates and click-through rates. He also engaged in task allocation discussions and watched SEO analytics videos to enhance his knowledge for effective Google Analytics reporting. One Community’s model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone includes developing and maintaining a supportive administration team like this. You can see the work for the team in the image below, showcasing our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone.
The Administration Team’s summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community’s ongoing process for solutioneering a world that works for everyone was managed by Sneka Vetriappan (Data Analyst) and includes Rachna Malav (Data Analyst), Ratna Meena Shivakumar (Data Analyst and Admin), Riddhisha Chitwadgi (Administrative Assistant), T R Samarth Urs (Data Analyst), and Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst). This week, Rachna handled five interviews and recorded meeting notes in the hiring team spreadsheet. She also responded to emails, addressed requests from comments, and worked on SEO pages and assignments. Ratna prepared the weekly summary, created collages for blog posts featuring members from the Education, Core Team, and Highest Good Society groups, and updated around 130 blogs, focusing on formatting and SEO improvements for One Community’s Avatar Page. She scheduled posts for One Community’s social media and reached Blog #300 for AI Music tasks. Riddhisha transferred content for project #605, focusing on SEO optimization, led the analytics team’s meetings, researched user metrics, and prepared a document for Jae’s review, incorporating his feedback. Sneka reviewed time log entries and provided feedback on new members’ reviews, reviewed weekly blog entries for accuracy, addressed errors, and made SEO page edits. She also added summaries and collages to the webpage, ensuring review criteria were met. Samarth led his PR review team, assessed their work on PRs, and provided feedback. He summarized their efforts in a blog post featuring a collage from the PR review team. Zuqi organized the Graphic Design Team’s weekly summary, assisted Samarth with his SEO blogs, and explored Google Analytics and AdWords to research metrics for blog page performance improvement. One Community’s model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone includes developing and maintaining a supportive administration team like this. You can see the work for the team in the image below, showcasing our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone.
The Graphic Design Team’s summary was managed by Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst) and included Anusha Tariq (Graphic Designer), Aurora Juang (Graphic Designer), Junyuan Liu (Graphic Designer, UI/UX Designer), Jaime Yao (Creative Technologist), Pranali Desai (Communication Designer) and Ritu Damani (Graphic Designer), covering their work on graphic designs for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. This week, Anusha selected two distinct post design lines for a social media post based on a provided list. She sourced and downloaded suitable images, using tailored fonts for each post—simple for the first and playful for the second—with minor effects added. Aurora reviewed and analyzed One Community’s branding to unify design decisions across all platforms, focusing on consistent use of the color palette and fonts. She examined HTML and CSS sheets, the online book, and the Highest Good Network app, integrating unified elements into a clear graph using Figma and designing a template for brand guidelines. Jaime created visual designs for themes like “Hands of the Future,” “Hourglass of Time,” and “Wind of Change,” each depicting sustainability and generational responsibility through symbolic visuals like planting trees, transforming green technology, and powering wind turbines to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Junyuan continued work on HGN Phase 3’s Deliverable 1, completing sections on Event Trend, Active Participants, and the Feedback section, while organizing completed sections in Figma. Pranali finished her orientation and setup tasks, installed Adobe Illustrator, and began replacing missing image links, adjusting text box opacity, and generating background images with Adobe Firefly. She focused on graphics for “Best Small and Large-scale Community Recycle Options” and began research for “Most Sustainable Options,” compiling resources into PDFs. Ritu uploaded two volunteer bios to the website, corrected an image error from the previous week, and worked on the ultimate classroom project, modifying the layout by adjusting fonts and overall arrangement. See the Highest Good Society pages for more on how this contributes to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See the collage below to view some of their work.
One Community is solutioneering a world that works for everyone through open source Highest Good Network® software that is a web-based application for collaboration, time tracking, and objective data collection. The purpose of the Highest Good Network is to provide software for internal operations and external cooperation. It is being designed for global use in support of the different countries and communities replicating the One Community sustainable village models and related components.
This week, the core team continued their work on the Highest Good Network PRs testing, confirming the fixed PRs and resolving several issues. The fixed issues included updating password permissions for the Owner account (PR 2757), resolving the reset password function (PR#1108), stopping the timer upon entering the WBS management page (PR#2649), correcting the email validation failure and success message display (PR2559), addressing tooltip display issues in the Time and Tasks log component (PR2660), and enabling the “Send Emails” function in “Other Links” for users with added permissions (PR2572). Additional fixes addressed link issues within the Quick Setup Tool (PR 2688), adjusted functions within Badges Select Featured and Edit Personal Max (PR2525), and ensured the “Assign Badge” button remains disabled until an entry is made in the input boxes (PR 2539). Outstanding issues include a lack of notifications for managers, admins, and owners when a team member is deactivated (PR1033, PR 1126) and permissions issues with the Assign/Edit/Delete Blue Squares function (PR#1016). Other activities included logging 14 tangible hours for “CoreTeam TesterAgain” for PR958 and creating a new record for the “Fix validation for the Media Folder in the Add New GST form”. We continue to focus on solutioneering a world that works for everyone through iterative improvements and user-centric solutions. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The collage below shows some of their work.
The Alpha Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software software was managed by Lin Khant Htel (Frontend Software Developer) and includes Anand Seshadri (Software Engineer), Carlos Gomez (Full-Stack Software Developer), and Nanguan Lin (Software Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we will manage and measure our processes for solutioneering a world that works for everyone across our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes, ultimately solutioneering a world that works for everyone. This week, Lin reviewed and suggested improvements for PR #2812, noting that while the UI design was well-executed, there were areas needing refinement. Lin also reviewed the weekly summaries, photos, and videos submitted by his Alpha team members. Anand worked on writing test cases for functions in the UserProfile.jsx component, focusing initially on simpler functions. He began with the handleClose function, creating a test to verify that it is called when the close button is clicked and ensuring that the modal is no longer visible afterward. Next, Anand worked on the handleInputChange function, establishing test cases to confirm that it updates the state with the correct values for each form field, including simulating changes to the first name input and asserting that the state reflects the new value, ultimately solutioneering a world that works for everyone through careful testing and validation of user interactions. He then addressed the validateEmail function, designing tests to verify it returns true for valid email addresses, such as “[email protected],” and false for invalid formats like “invalid-email.” Lastly, Anand developed test cases for the handleFormSubmit function, ensuring it prevents submission when required fields are missing or invalid and displays the appropriate error message. He also verified that the API function is called when all required fields contain valid data. Carlos continued development on a request from Jae to enhance the team hours visualization report page. Key progress included completing the feature allowing manager users to toggle between viewing all members’ values or a single member’s values. Additionally, the UI was improved by centering the toggle button and values around the pie chart. Nanguan joined the development team and began reviewing the documented bugs, contributing to solutioneering a world that works for everyone by ensuring the software functions seamlessly for all users. He identified several issues he wished to address and communicated with Jae to take over those tasks. Nanguan’s primary focus was on resolving linting problems in the badge component on the front end, as well as addressing similar issues in the report component. He concluded the week by uploading pictures and videos along with a summary of his work. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.
The Binary Brigade Team’s summary overseeing advancements in the Highest Good Network software was managed by Anirudh Sampath Kumar (Software Developer) and includes Aaryaneil Nimbalkar (Software Developer), Anirudh Sampath Kumar (Software Developer), Ashay Kalpesh Mehta (Software Engineer), Ashish Nagaraju (Software Engineer), Ashmita Pandey (Software Engineer), Deepthi Kannan (Software Engineer), Huijie Liu (Software Engineer), Sai Venkatesh Voruganti (Volunteer Software Engineer), Sriram Seelamneni (Software Engineer), Xiaolu Li (Software Engineer) and Ziyu Chu (Volunteer Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for solutioneering a world that works for everyone through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.
This week, Aaryaneil resolved an expired token issue in the CircleCI build pipeline. He performed testing for PR #1150, including verification of all pages affected by the updates. Dependabot alert changes in PR #1105 were assessed across application pages, and PR #1106 was implemented in a local environment to confirm no impact on key components. Further tests evaluated PR #1106’s impact on backend processes for each page, with all test suites reviewed both with and without the dependency changes to detect any potential failures. In alignment with our goal of solutioneering a world that works for everyone, Aditya worked on the Highest Good Network project, focusing on software development tasks that included updates and modifications to an existing pull request, making adjustments based on new requests, and addressing a new bug along with other previously identified issues. He ensured that a missing “Status” column header was added to the Team Member Tasks tab. Anirudh worked on an HGN Phase 1 bug related to the Start Date issue in the Add Task modal on the WBS page in projects. After testing, he identified that while the start date issue did not occur in the add modal, the edit modal displayed a flawed error message and had a formatting issue with the start date. Both issues were addressed, and a pull request (PR 2812) has been submitted. Additionally, Anirudh reviewed several pull requests to ensure code quality and adherence to standards, including PRs 2810, 2815, 2799, 2786, 2783, and 2788. Ashay focused on two main tasks: fixing the issue with the “Delete Featured Badge” on profiles when the screen width is below 1000px, and enhancing the “Sort Inventory” button to allow sorting based on the last modified dateTogether, they are committed to solutioneering a world that works for everyone, addressing challenges with effective and inclusive solutions. He implemented a feature for sorting by changes in project names, but is currently facing a challenge with the delayed visibility of modified project names. Additionally, he is experimenting with CSS to resolve the delete feature issue, ultimately contributing to solutioneering a world that works for everyone.
Ashish reviewed two pull requests (PR 2796 for frontend and PR 2778+1131 for both frontend and backend). After completing these reviews, he began working on a bug fix from the project documentation. Though another developer initially handled most of the bug’s development, Ashish focused on resolving remaining issues with this task. Ashmita improved code quality within the src/reducers/ directory for the Highest Good Network App by addressing linting errors and enhancing code maintainability. Using ESLint and formatting tools, she worked across various files, including multiple reducers like actionItemsReducer, badgeReducer, themeReducer, and weeklySummariesReducer, among others, to establish consistent code structure and improve overall readability, all while solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Deepthi resolved a side-scrolling issue on the Teams page by targeting elements exceeding viewport width. She applied flexible table-layout settings and enabled horizontal scrolling at breakpoints 767px, 479px, 575px, and 400px, making adjustments to padding and font sizes for better content visibility on small screens, thereby improving user experience across various devices. This commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone is evident in her approach to enhancing accessibility. Huijie focused on enhancing the meeting scheduling feature and bell notification functionality. She redesigned the meeting forms to better handle fields such as start time, duration, participants, and location. In addition, she implemented these form improvements by updating the corresponding parts in the reducer functions and adjusting the database schema accordingly.
Sai focused on enhancing the Profile Team Code feature to improve usability on screens smaller than 778px, specifically for Admin and Owner logins under the Teams tab in user profiles. This update addressed visibility issues previously identified, where codes displayed well on larger screens but became obscured at reduced sizes. Sai reviewed past fixes to confirm their effectiveness while making changes to the dropdown suggestions and input field interactions. The input field now applies any entered code directly to the user profile, and these codes are visible both in the profile section and on the Weekly Summaries Reports page, solutioneering a world that works for everyone by ensuring accessibility across various devices. This feature now includes suggestions for commonly or recently used codes, along with a dropdown listing all active codes. Sriram worked on addressing feedback for a branch previously merged into development and initiated a new task focused on the dashboard view for other users. He also resolved merge conflicts for two previously handled pull requests. In the spirit of solutioneering a world that works for everyone, Xiaolu concentrated on enhancing unit test coverage for the HGN project, specifically targeting the BlueSquaresTable/BlueSquareTable.jsx component. After reviewing test documentation and requirements, Xiaolu developed tests for the component, tracked in the Unit Test HGN sheet. The tests aim to verify component reliability across different scenarios, including rendering, event handling, and data display, using Jest and React Testing Library. Ziyu began unit testing tasks by writing test cases for QuickSetupModal/QuickSetupModal.jsx to verify the component’s features and hooks. While she developed five specific test cases, some issues prevented all tests from passing, and Ziyu plans code modifications to achieve complete pass success. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.
The Blue Steel Team’s summary, presenting their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Jingyi Jia (Software Engineer, Team Manager), and includes Cillian Ren (Software Engineer), Ramakrishna Aruva (Software Engineer), and Vishavdeep Kaur (Full Stack Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for solutioneering a world that works for everyone through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Ramakrishna re-evaluated the PR feedback on his merge request, implementing the necessary adjustments and resubmitted it for further review. He reviewed the bug and functional documentation, examined each issue in detail, identified a specific bug to work on, and requested an assignment with an estimated timeline for resolution. He also began working on a modal popup issue that wasn’t functioning correctly on hover and a hyperlink that was not opening as expected, focusing on pinpointing the root cause of these issues. Vishavdeep reviewed a total of 10 pull requests, providing comments and approvals in the GitHub repository for PRs including PR-2788, PR-2799, PR-2803, PR-2808, and PR-2802, among others, attaching screenshots for reference with each review. Cillian focused on fixing a white screen issue that appeared when deleting a task in the Highest Good Network project, ensuring the user interface remained stable and responsive after task deletion by adding conditional checks to prevent application crashes due to undefined data access, solutioneering a world that works for everyone. He tested multiple task deletion scenarios to confirm that the interface functioned as expected under various conditions. Jingyi addressed a significant bug in the project management system involving a constantly loading icon during project addition with non-unique names. By refining the Redux actions to manage error states effectively, Jingyi ensured that the loading icon now only displays during active API calls and resolves appropriately upon completion.See the Highest Good Society and the Highest Good Network pages to learn more on how their work contributes to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See below to view images of their work.
This week, the Code Crafters Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Akilan Kumaran (Software Engineer) and includes Dhrumil Dhimantkumar Shah (Software Engineer), Pavan Swaroop Lebakula (Software Engineer), Summit Kaushal (Backend Software Developer), Swaroop Udgaonkar (Software Engineer), Muzammil Moahmmed (Software Engineer) and Denish Kalariya (Software Engineer). This week, Swaroop discussed merge conflicts in pull request #2784 with Jae and Hritvik, awaiting Jae’s approval on the proposed changes, and continued working on project layout alignment for smaller screens with new ideas and file modifications. He also reviewed his team’s weekly summaries, images, and videos. Dhrumil addressed a bug with the “Export Featured” button that caused the page to go blank upon saving, consulted with his manager and Jae for clarification due to an inaccurate issue description, resolved the bug, and plans to submit a pull request next week. Pavan tested Jae’s suggestions, made adjustments to the vertical spacing and button alignment in the task edit format, and submitted a pull request for review. He also identified a duplicate function of the bell icon and timelog button and sought guidance from Jae. Together, the team is committed to solutioneering a world that works for everyone through their collaborative efforts and innovative solutions. Muzammil worked on issue 104, addressing a color inconsistency in a pie chart that displayed sections in a single color when navigating from the Dashboard to the Reports page, reviewed past pull requests, and is close to resolving the issue, with a pull request expected soon. Summit drafted a report documenting identified bugs, progressed on the Badge Categories action plan, analyzed necessary modifications for a specific badge, and continued refining action items to address streak badge functionality issues. Denish refined the volunteer hour reporting system by categorizing hours into specified ranges (10-19, 20-29, 30-34, 35-39, and 40+), adjusted the code to ensure accurate data output representation, created an endpoint for team access, and tested it in Postman to confirm accuracy and improve the reporting system’s usability. This work helps One Community’s mission of solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The collage below shows the work for this week.
The Dev Dynasty Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Harsh Bodgal (Software Engineer) and includes Ajay Kumar Reddy (Software Engineer), Crystal Low (Software Engineer), Lucy Xi (Software Engineer), Howie Miao (Software Engineer), Jatin Agrawal (Software Engineer), Manikrishna Sanganabatla (Software Engineer), Mrinalini Raghavendran (Software Engineer), Nandini Yelmela (Software Engineer), Sailavanya Narthu (Software Engineer), Shreya Vithala (Software Engineer), Nikita Kolla (Full Stack Developer) and Nishita Gudiniye (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for solutioneering a world that works for everyone through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Harsh worked on testing the TotalOrgSummary API, enhancing the chart design using Strallia, and refactoring the existing chart structure. The project is currently 90% complete, with only final adjustments and fixes remaining to ensure optimal functionality and presentation of the data visualizations. Ajay added tab preview names for the application, using useLocation and document.title to dynamically update tab titles based on the route, modifying various components, and updating test files with MemoryRouter to support useLocation changes. Nishita concentrated on completing the “Help finish Lint fixing” task, troubleshooting an Airbnb configuration issue with ESLint, collaborating with team members to reinstall configurations, and began working on “TotalOrgSummary” backend tasks to compare Team Stats. Nikita addressed Git errors to complete creating React components for different input methods, then focused on solving an issue with incomplete members list display when the ALL-TIME button is selected. Together, they embody ‘Solutioneering a World that Works for Everyone’ through their collective efforts and innovative contributions. Mrinalini updated the Application Page document with new mockups, addressed a timer reset issue, debugged a Timelog issue, and incorporated feedback on frontend PR #2807, adding analytics options and finalizing wireframes and action items for frontend and backend teams. Crystal worked on displaying weekly reports for deactivated users, debugging report generation and backend code structure for filtering deactivated users. Fangle (Lucy) joined the team, reviewed project requirements, joined discussions, focused on unit testing in Redux, and explored content areas needing unit tests. Howie applied hotfixes, made adjustments to prior solutions, reduced view height for a scrollbar fix, added a double confirmation step for task submission links, and reviewed the system date bug. Jatin worked on improving Total Team Report loading time, handled PR reviews, and backend development for custom forms and permissions, and addressed an issue with profile images. Nandini resolved merge conflicts in CSS and JSX components, reviewing layout and styling in light and dark modes, while Sreehari handled a merge conflict in EffortBar.jsx, troubleshooting “Limit See-All” functionality, and enhancing “Pie Charts” title color adaptation across modes. Together, we are Solutioneering a World that Works for Everyone. Shreya addressed volunteer commitment tracking by correcting additional hours handling in the Highest Good Network application, updating userHelper.js to ensure penalty hours are carried over after five missed entries. And Manikrishna resolved merge conflicts in a PR, encountered Git errors, and created a new PR to continue addressing these issues. Together, they are solutioneering a world that works for everyone, combining their expertise to build impactful solutions. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.
The Expressers Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Christy Guo (Software Engineer) and includes Faye Lyu (Software Engineer), Mohammad Abbas (Software Engineer), Rahul Trivedi (Software Developer), and Strallia Chao (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for solutioneering a world that works for everyone through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Christy completed various tasks centered on unit testing and data visualization, including work on a project task chart visualization using D3.js with sorting and filtering capabilities. Faye focused on gathering and validating volunteer metrics, aligning frontend and database keyword mapping, and preparing for her upcoming leave. Rahul reviewed ten pull requests, resolving issues like infinite loading and calendar cropping. Strallia worked on the backend of the Total Org Summary page, identifying missing fields, resolving server errors, and designing a new chart component in Figma. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See the collage below to view the team’s work this week.
The Lucky Star Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Anne Zhang (Software Engineer) includes contributions from Chetan Sunku (Software Engineer), Shefali Mittal (Volunteer Software Engineer), Yashwanth Pokala (Software Engineer) and Ziyan Wang (Software Engineer). This week, Chetan continued working on the task related to time updates on the dashboard. He also resumed investigating the issue where logged time is not reflected without a page reload and is still working on identifying a solution. In his approach, he is committed to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Shefali developed unit tests for the ‘UserProfileEdit/UserProfileEdit.jsx’ component, starting with a review of the existing code. She encountered several errors during testing, researched potential causes, explored solutions, and debugged the issues, with most tests now running properly. Additionally, Shefali worked on PR 2817 and PR 2820. Yashwanth focused on completing a feature and addressing several bugs. As part of his tasks, he explored methods to optimize loading speeds, though the ideal solution is still in progress. Ziyan continued working on the “146 Optimize the app for Safari” task by reviewing console logs, elements, and compatibility issues. Ziyan completed checks for Dashboard, Profile, Task, and Password update sections in Safari. Anne continued fixing UI issues and merging planned functions that overlapped with another teammate’s work. She also investigated ways to improve member column filters and managed responsibilities within the Lucky Star team, including reviewing photos, videos, and summaries submitted by teammates. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See the collage below to view the team’s work this week.
The Moonfall Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Satya Shanthi Tadiparthi (Team Manager), and includes Calvin Liu (PR Team), Newell Yin (Software Engineer), Nikhil Giri (Software Engineer), Saurabh Shetty (Software Engineer), Swathi Dharma Sankaran (Software Engineer), Vedant Gandhi (Software Engineer), and Yili Sun (Software Engineer). This week, Calvin has worked on Bug 14 and troubleshooted an issue with the “Quantity” field in the Material List modal showing “undefined.” He reviewed several files, including `MaterialListView.jsx`, and ran multiple tests on both frontend and backend data transmission to identify the root cause, though the bug remains unresolved. Newell has reimplemented dashboard list features with a virtual list and updated tasks. Also he modified backend Mongoose data aggregation, as well as frontend search and filter displays. Nikhil has tested multiple pull requests (PRs) for functionality, UI compatibility, and responsiveness across both dark and light modes. He has covered areas like date input validation, auto-save, and responsive design adjustments, all while solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Saurabh has worked on resolving hour count update discrepancies across sections, with debugging focused on the task progress section for real-time alignment. Satya has reviewed PRs related to calendar cropping, WeeklySummariesReport, VolunteeringTimeTab, and TimelogNavbar and validated dark mode functionality. Additionally, he managed end-of-week team summaries. Swathi has implemented a new filter button on the WBS page for paused tasks and added a dynamic project name display for Members and WBS pages using a useEffect hook. Vedant has completed a multi-select option and table design bug fix. He started working on a project delete modal bug in dark mode. Yili has implemented permissions for user password resets excluding Owner or Admin roles. She confirmed related bugs on the development branch and finalized a solution. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Below is a collage for the team’s work:
The Reactonauts Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Vijeth Venkatesha (Software Engineer). It included Aishwarya Ramesh (Software Engineer), Dhairya Mehta (Software Engineer), Gmon Kuzhiyanikkal (Software Engineer), Haoyue Wen (Software Engineer), Jinxiong You (Software Developer), Khushi Jain (Software Engineer), Mohan Gadde (Software Engineer), Nikhil Pittala (Software Engineer), Pallavi Thorat (Software Engineer), Peterson Rodrigues dos Santos (Full-Stack MERN Stack Developer), Rishitha Mamidala (Software Engineer) and Saniya Farheen (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is solutioneering a world that works for everyone across social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.
This week, Aishwarya focused on completing the “show trophy icon for anniversaries” functionality for the project. This involved implementing both frontend and backend logic to ensure smooth integration with the existing system. She primarily worked on resolving issues with the trophy icon display on the weekly report summaries page and the dashboard, solutioneering a world that works for everyone by enhancing user engagement and recognition within the platform. Dhairya focused on the “Fix Projects Find User Function” task, demonstrating strong problem-solving skills. Through careful analysis, he identified the root cause of the issue affecting user discovery within the projects section. Building on this understanding, he proactively developed a comprehensive sort and search function aimed at optimizing user assignment processes, improving operational efficiency, and enhancing the overall user experience.
Gmon worked on adding active/inactive team member counts to the team page and created a new pull request branch titled “Gmon-Active-NonActive-team.” He also completed his bio for the main page. While running the code locally, encountered issues causing the code base to crash, so he reached out to the group for assistance. Relevant screenshots and a video highlighting the specific issues were organized and uploaded to Dropbox for easy reference. Additionally, he spent time understanding the project’s architecture and existing features to prepare for upcoming tasks and contributions, solutioneering a world that works for everyone.
Haoyue focused on resolving complex merge conflicts, streamlining the development workflow. She refined several pull requests based on detailed reviewer feedback and participated in meetings to clarify necessary adjustments. Additionally, Haoyue began work on the FAQ feature, conducting research and planning its structure to enhance user support within the application. Jinxiong focused on identifying and fixing bugs in the HGN Apps, aiming to improve both functionality and performance. He completed last week’s bug fixes, published the relevant branch, and submitted a Pull Request. Khushi continued developing the mockup design for the “New Position Setup Page,” focusing on refining key sections and interactive elements. She added sections for the Header, Fixed Fields, General Questionnaire, Customizable Fields, Ads Link, and Review & Save. Additionally, Khushi introduced buttons for preview, save, and cancel options, updated the add and edit buttons for customizable fields, and rearranged the Ads Link buttons for clarity. Together, the team is solutioneering a world that works for everyone.
Mohan’s worked on a display issue in the team code functionality, specifically targeting how the code appears across various screen sizes to ensure consistent visibility and proper alignment regardless of device or window dimensions. Additionally, attention was given to a UI problem affecting the team name display in dark mode, where the text was not visible due to color contrast issues. Both tasks involved adjustments to the code and interface design aimed at enhancing usability and maintaining visual clarity across different viewing modes and environments, ultimately solutioneering a world that works for everyone.
Nikhil completed 12 PR reviews across front-end and back-end tasks, ensuring alignment with project requirements. His work involved evaluating code changes, identifying potential issues, and verifying functionality through unit testing. The reviews focused on maintaining code quality, consistency, and adherence to best practices across various project components. Through these efforts, he contributed to seamless update integration and helped resolve issues encountered during development. The tasks spanned multiple areas, requiring attention to both functionality and design elements. By addressing each review, he was dedicated to solutioneering a world that works for everyone, ensuring that the software met the highest standards for all users.
Pallavi began working on development tasks, selecting a bug from the Highest Good Network (HGN) bug document to address. She focused on PR #2197, aiming to improve the search functionality on the User Management page by allowing spaces to act as exact match indicators. Previously, when a user entered a search term like “test ” with a trailing space, the search would return results containing “test” in any part of the name, rather than limiting it to an exact match. To resolve this, Pallavi revised the code, replacing the previous filtering logic with a refined approach that trims and standardizes the search input. This solution now compares search terms directly with user first and last names to ensure exact matches when a space is included. Filters on user role, email, weekly committed hours, and conditions for active and paused status remain unchanged. In her work, Pallavi embodies the principle of solutioneering a world that works for everyone by creating user-friendly features. She also reviewed backend concepts, focusing on Node.js, to support her development work.
Peterson fixed a bug on the “Dashboard” page that occurred when an admin or owner viewed the account of a volunteer without tasks. The fix adjusted the “Team Member Tasks” table so that, in such cases, it now starts on the “Current Week Timelog” tab instead of opening directly on the “Tasks” tab, improving navigation and user experience. Rishitha focused on lint fixing within the user management folder, addressing code style issues to improve consistency and maintainability. She refactored test files to enhance the structure and readability of the codebase, removing unused imports, updating outdated syntax, and clarifying functions without altering functionality. Additionally, she worked on the backend for the material purchase approval process, completing routing and controllers and testing the functionality using Postman, all while solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Saniya addressed the assigned bug and ensured that the functionality was stable before submitting it for review. During testing, she encountered an intermittent issue where the dashboard did not consistently provide access to team member details. And Vijeth focused on team management and bug hunting across Phases 1 and 2, identifying a new bug and providing a video for reference. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.
The Skye Team’s summary covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Deepthi Arcot Subramanyam (Data Analyst) and Luis Arevalo (Software Engineer) and the team includes Abi Liu (Software Developer), Sai Preetham Dongari (Full Stack Developer), Snehal Dilip Patare (Software Engineer) and Yao Wang (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software supports the solutioneering a world that works for everyone, social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Luis focused on creating new warnings, and addressing issues in connecting the frontend to the backend. Initially, he stored the data locally and sent it via a post request, but after brainstorming and consulting ChatGPT, he determined it was more effective to retrieve users’ warnings through a get request, all while solutioneering a world that works for everyone. He then implemented this approach, adding backend logic to filter the warnings and flag specific ones as needed, ultimately solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Abi worked on updating a query, developing a rough draft of the new version, and planning to begin testing and refining it next week. They continued to refactor the query and set up the parameters required for the route, ensuring alignment with project needs. Additionally, they researched MongoDB aggregation techniques to refine the query process and enhance data retrieval accuracy.Yao worked on replacing the auto post page with a primary focus on backend code. During development, an issue emerged where post requests were not functioning as expected, leading to extensive debugging. Jae provided an updated layout for the page, requiring Yao to adapt by creating a sample page using HTML to translate the design from Figma to code. This work involved aligning the new layout with backend processes and ensuring consistency with overall system functionality, all while solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The debugging process revealed discrepancies in data handling, which were systematically addressed to progress toward stable integration. Snehal concentrated on fixing a bug related to deleting project members from the member list. She made adjustments to the Member.jsx and Members.jsx files, with Members.jsx defining the layout of the member table. Previously, the table lacked a designated name for its content, which she resolved by adding a table content label in the Members.jsx file. Additionally, she implemented a delete member button in Member.jsx next to each member in the table. Sai focused on restoring missing search functionality on the Team Member Page within the Reports section by implementing the necessary logic to ensure proper search bar operation. He also addressed test case errors and raised a pull request to improve the search functionality in the application. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See below for some of the team’s work.
The PR Review Team’s summaries for team members’ names starting with A-K and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Anoushka Hazari (Data Analyst). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. This week’s active members of this team were: Abdelmounaim Lallouache (Software Developer), Anoushka (Software Engineer), Bhavya Prakash (Software Engineer), Carl Bebli (Software Engineer), Geeta Matkar (Software Engineer), Koushica Bosadi Ulaganathan (Software Engineer) and Kurtis Ivey (Full Stack Developer). They reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network will measure and assist in solutioneering a world that works for everyone in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.
The PR Review Team’s summary for team members’ names starting with L-Sg and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Saumit Chinchkhandi (Administrative Assistant and Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of solutioneering a world that works for everyone. This week’s active members of this team were: Muhideen Mustapha (Software Engineer), Nahiyan Ahmed (Full Stack Software Developer), Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer), Nikhitha Kalinga (Software Engineer), Rachana Rizhkant Zha (Software Engineer), Riu Liu (Software Engineer), Rupa Bhatia (Software Engineer), and Samarth Bhadane (Software Engineer). They reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network measures and assists in solutioneering a world that works for everyone in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.
The PR Review Team’s summary for team members’ names starting with Sh-Z and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support) and Samarth Urs (Administrative Assistant and Data Analyst). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of solutioneering a world that works for everyone. This week’s active members of this team were: Sharadha Shivakumar (Software Engineer), Shashank Halanur Veeresh Kumar (Software Engineer), Sheetal Mangate (Software Engineer), Shengwei “Peter” Peng (Software Engineer), Shivansh Nathani (Software Engineer), Shreya Laheri (Software Developer), Vaibhavi Madhav Deshpande (Software Engineer), Neeharika Koniki (Software Engineer, Developer), Yiyun Tan (Software Engineer), and Zhimin Liang (Full Stack Developer). They reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network will measure and assist in solutioneering a world that works for everyone in the Highest Good Network open source hub. c
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