One Community is applying cooperative human relationships to foster sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, economics, and social architecture, and more. Our all-volunteer team is dedicated to creating a model that becomes self-replicating, forming a global collaboration of teacher/demonstration hubs. We’re doing this for “The Highest Good of All” by creating everything so it is open source and free-shared. Join us in evolving sustainability, regenerating our planet, and creating a world that works for everyone.

• Here’s our project overview
• Here’s our world-change methodology
  
• Here’s how this becomes self-replicating
• Here’s how we are open source and free-sharing all the do-it-yourself designs

OUR MAIN OPEN SOURCE HUBS

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One Community’s physical location will forward this movement for applying cooperative human relationships as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the June 3rd, 2024 edition (#585) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is applying cooperative human relationships 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:

• Learn about: Our Upcoming Crowdfunding Campaign
• Learn about the different village models designed for applying cooperative human relationships: 7 Sustainable Village Models
• Visit the open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

This week, Charles Gooley (Web Designer) focused on two pages: The Earthbag Village Tools and Equipmentent and Open Source DIY Earth Dam Design & Construction for Water Retention, Pond & Lake Creation. On the Earthbag Village Tools and Equipment page, he alphabetized the list of tools and equipment and added anchor links to each item on the list, both for the first and second lists. Additionally, he integrated these anchor links into the tool and equipment descriptions. On the Open Source DIY Earth Dam Design & Construction for Water Retention, Pond & Lake Creation page, he incorporated content from the provided Google Doc, including a section on Dam Break Risk Assessment. Earth constructions like both of these are an important part of applying cooperative human relationships with One Community’s open source plans. See his work in the collage below.

Joseph Osayande (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping develop the Vermiculture Toilet designs. This week, the coefficient of rolling resistance on concrete based on the weight of the drawer was determined. Research was done on various methods for moving the drawer onto a platform capable of withstanding its weight and transporting it over a distance, as well as ways to empty the drawer and the potential use of latches for a foldable side. A stand for the winch and holder was also considered. New design ideas for the structure were sketched to address flaws in the old design, and a quick CAD model was created to visualize the proposed improvements. The vermiculture toilets and other sustainable human waste processing technologies form the basis of One Community’s open source model for applying cooperative human relationships. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Rizwan Syed (Mechanical Engineer) also continued helping develop the Vermiculture Toilet designs. This week, Rizwan concentrated on the design of reinforcement structures for the vermiculture chamber, with particular attention to the assembly and disassembly of sub-components within the eco-toilets. He developed preliminary CAD models in SolidWorks, focusing on C-channel unistrut reinforcements that allow for lateral movement of removable drawers along the chamber assembly. Adjustments were made to the size of the removable containers to ensure they fit seamlessly with the unistrut reinforcements and could be easily inserted from the front. Rizwan also reviewed AutoCAD plans of the Earthbag Village to check for potential interference or collisions between the removable drawers, reinforcements, and the overall structure of the village. In addition, he began compiling a list of necessary hardware components, including rubber plugs, bolts, and nuts, essential for the assembly of the drawers and barrier sheets in the vermiculture system. The vermiculture toilets and other sustainable human waste processing technologies form the basis of One Community’s open source model for applying cooperative human relationships. Here are a few photos showing examples of his work.

AIRCRETE TEAM

The Aircrete Testing Team’s summary, covering their work on Aircrete Compression Testing was managed by John Sullivan (CBU Chemical Engineering Student) and includes Jonathan Crago (Civil Engineering Student), Preston Thompson (Civil Engineering Student), and Tom Sheppard. This week, Jonathan worked with his team to perform compression testing on the remaining concrete test cylinders and assisted in organizing the concrete testing room. He and his group recalculated the correct mixing ratios and compiled a list of equipment to be purchased. Efforts to gain additional lab access were unsuccessful due to the need for the engineering dean’s approval. Jonathan also began researching Aircrete’s properties and various testing methods, using links provided by his colleague, Tom, as well as previous team documents. Preston met with the team to perform calculations, conduct compression tests, create plans, and compile a list of materials needed for the project. Issues with lab access were communicated to the professor and Dean. Preston focused on volume calculations, creating data sheets, and researching Aircrete. Tom researched Aircrete results promoted by Aircrete Harry, finding a video where Aircrete Harry discusses concrete air entrainment and thickening additives. Although Tom located the thickener, he could not find a formula or MSDS to determine its environmental safety. He plans to discuss the potential use of these secondary additives in an upcoming meeting. Additionally, Tom is working on a document listing independent testing and relevant YouTube video links, and reviewing notes taken by other team members. This team’s efforts are an excellent example of One Community’s open source model for applying cooperative human relationships. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is applying cooperative human relationships 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:

• Learn about this building and its function for applying cooperative human relationships: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week, Chris Blair (GIS Technician/Horticulturist) continued working with GIS data as part of One Community’s Permaculture Design. Chris completed creating metadata for geospatial analysis images from Ben Missimer, shared shapefiles from One Community’s Dropbox, and images related to the master plan from One Community’s permaculture webpage. He also finished georeferencing raster data updated with a new projected coordinate system and started digitizing the plans from images of the master plan by creating new feature classes in ArcGIS Pro. Roads were traced with lines, while structures were made using polygons. Digitizing the features from these images directly onto ArcGIS’s basemap will begin the process of using geospatial analysis on One Community’s master plan. Proper property modeling and understanding is an important part of One Community’s open source model for applying cooperative human relationships. Here are a few photos showing examples of his work.

Nika Gavran (Industrial Designer) continued her work on the Duplicable City Center dormer window installation plans. This week, Nika continued incorporating insulation into the CAD model. She is preparing instructions on measuring and cutting each piece of wood and insulation while refining aspects of the design and assembly. Her next steps include addressing screws and screw holes, after which she will render each piece fully for the instructions. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source model for applying cooperative human relationships. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is applying cooperative human relationships 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:

• Learn about the structures: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
• See what we’ll be growing: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week, the core team continued updating and expanding the Highest Good Food tools, equipment, materials, and supplies document by adding new items. These included tools commonly found in a toolbox such as bar clamps, C-clamps, a chalk line reel with chalk, pliers, wire cutters, channel locks, chisels, multiple types of brushes (soft-bristled, hard-bristled, and wire wheel brushes for drills), and more. Additionally, they communicated with Hayley over the phone to discuss her School Integration project. Highest Good Food is an important part of applying cooperative human relationships with One Community’s open source plans. See their work in the collage below.

Hayley Rosario (Sustainability Research Assistant) continued helping finalize the Highest Good Food rollout plan and reviewed the Integration and Highest Good Food tools and equipment document. She reviewed and added more sources and examples to the implementation program document. She also reviewed the Highest Good Food tools and equipment document for any items that needed to be added or changed in their order. For the implementation document, she read articles and watched videos on people feeding the homeless and less fortunate, which provided the examples she needed for the program. Highest Good Food is an important part of applying cooperative human relationships with One Community’s open source plans. See her work in the collage below.

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is applying cooperative human relationships 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:

• Program Overview: Education Open Source Hub
• How the components work together and demonstrate applying cooperative human relationships: How to use the Education for Life Program
  
• Lesson Plans for Life – Lesson Plans How-to as part of applying cooperative human relationships
• Foundations of Outstanding Leaders, Teachers, and Communicators when applying cooperative human relationships in education
• Curriculum for Life as a model for applying cooperative human relationships
• Teaching Strategies for Life that demonstrate applying cooperative human relationships
• Learning Tools and Toys for Life
• Evaluation and Evolution

This week, Apoorv Pandey (Mechanical Engineer) and his manager Brian Muigai Mwaniki (Structural Engineer) continued helping with the engineering details for the The Ultimate Classroom part of the Highest Good Education component. Apoorv explored Coursera courses to gain a deeper understanding of structural engineering, particularly focusing on detailing and drafting from a civil engineering perspective. He continued updating the AutoCAD title block to meet state requirements, making additional modifications to ensure compliance, with the goal of completing them. Additionally, he prepared documentation to assist a new team member with their onboarding process. The One Community model of combining forward-thinking education with sustainably built classrooms like this are an excellent example of applying cooperative human relationships. See the collage below for their work.

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is applying cooperative human relationships 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:

• Read the Highest Good society overview: Highest Good Society
• Learn about the model for fulfilled living and sharing applying cooperative human relationships: A Day in the Life
• Learn about the 4 economic models for applying cooperative human relationships: RBE | For-profit | Non-profit | Entrepreneurship
• Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software that will measure the results of applying cooperative human relationships: The Highest Good Network

This week, the core team completed over 54 hours managing One Community 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 applying cooperative human relationships and how applying cooperative human relationships is a foundation of the bigger picture of everything One Community is doing. The pictures below shows some of this work. 

Aaron Wang (Fundraising Assistant) continued his deep research into connections with Robert Downey Jr. and Michael R. Bloomberg, identifying emails and background information of individuals potentially linked to them. His objective is to enhance his ability to connect with funders by establishing relationships with relevant people involved in these networks. His strategic efforts are directed towards expanding his networking capabilities and increasing potential funding opportunities within the philanthropic sector, which adds an edge to One Community‘s goal for applying cooperative human relationships. The following images showcase his work for the week.

Arun Chandar Ganesan (Volunteer Data Analyst and SEO and Social Media Assistant) continued working on webpages, focusing on the SEO work completed by other volunteers. He checked and verified additional pages, revisited and cleared previously abandoned pages, scheduled posts on Pinterest and LinkedIn for the next month, and created a tutorial for adding people to the LinkedIn page and posting. His work on social media helps One Community to broaden our reach and spread our message for applying cooperative human relationships. The following images show his work for the week.

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

The Administration Team’s summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community’s ongoing process for applying cooperative human relationships was managed by Sneka Vetriappan (Data Analyst) and includes Durgeshwari Naikwade (Data Analyst), Jessica Fairbanks (Administrative Assistant), Jim Zhang (Administrative Assistant), Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support), Rachna Malav (Data Analyst), Ram Shrivatsav (Data Analyst and Admin assistant), Ratna Meena Shivakumar (Data Analyst and Admin), Ruiqi Liu (Administrative Assistant), T R Samarth Urs (Data Analyst), Vibhav Chimatapu (Data Analyst/Admin Assistant), Xiaolai Li (Administrative Assistant) and Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst). This week, Durgeshwari took charge of developing a Figma Wireframe for weekly HR analytics Dashboards, collaborating closely with Harsh and incorporating feedback from Jae to refine the wireframe. She also gave interviews for the software development team. Jessica contributed her efforts to creating work breakdown structures for Highest Good Food volunteer positions and began drafting her bio for the One Community collaborators page.

Jim focused on Aircrete, the Duplicable City Center, and search engine optimization for past blogs. Ola followed up on the PR team’s work, ensuring necessary adjustments and corrections were made and completing administrative tasks. Rachna did her part demonstrating applying cooperative human relationships as she completed the weekly blog for software teams, held interviews, integrated SEO feedback, and managed administrative duties. Ram focused on SEO optimization of articles, ensuring he met required standards and optimizing previous week’s blog posts. Ratna reviewed progress updates, prepared collages, carried out interviews, and reviewed blogs alongside Sneka, Arun, and Rachna.

Ruiqi reviewed team progress, provided feedback, created collages, and incorporated SEO keywords into summaries. Sneka focused on OC Administration tasks, including SEO Optimization, Timelog Management, Feedback, and Tutorial Development. Samarth managed the PR review team, optimized blog posts for SEO, and had his own submission accepted without adjustments. Vibhav reviewed PR Team’s work, created group summaries and collages, and continued webpage SEO optimization. Xiaolai updated webpages, worked on the ESG investments project, and organized documents. Zuqi organized weekly summaries, reviewed team contributions, and ensured previous blog pages met SEO standards. One Community’s model for applying cooperative human relationships includes developing and maintaining huge administration team like this. You can see the work for the team in the image below.

GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM

The Graphic Design Team’s summary was managed by Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst) and included Ashlesha Navale (Graphic Designer), Jasmine Soria (Graphic Designer) and Shayan Afkari (Graphic Designer), covering their work on graphic designs for applying cooperative human relationships. This week, Ashlesha worked on creating nine recipe images for Master Recipe SSWI for the new Graphic Design Task – Recipe Images for Site Task. Additionally, she researched and curated a collection of nature-based background images and different theme-based images for creating social media images. She created bio images and announcement images for two volunteer announcements. She also created web content for the same volunteer announcements. Jasmine did her part demonstrating applying cooperative human relationships as she completed four different announcements and uploaded them to WordPress. She edited an announcement and completed a social media graphic. Shayan created four new bios along with their corresponding announcement images. He also created two new images for social media, double-checked them for accuracy and uploaded them to the website. See the Highest Good Society pages for more on how this contributes to applying cooperative human relationships. See the collage below to view some of their work.

HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

One Community is applying cooperative human relationships 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.

• Learn about this open source community collaboration and management software: The Highest Good Network

This week, the core team continued their work on the Highest Good Network PRs testing. This included confirming the fixed PRs, including a new method for tracking people who are followed up with About deadlines (PR#935+419), addition of middle name searching in the project member Search bar (PR#2022+786), resolution of a white screen issue when returning to the Dashboard from the Reports page (PR#2288), and ensuring that the details for a person viewed by clicking on their dot on the map are now displayed in Dark Mode (PR#2294). They also verified that creating a new role without a required role name and permissions is now handled gracefully in the UI (PR#2031), and fixed an issue where deleting a team member did not prompt a confirmation popup but only showed a deletion confirmation message from the HGN application (PR#2302). The PRs which were not fixed included the addition of a scheduled-on date to the scheduled blue square reason (FE2009/BE779) where no blue square was generated on the time off request, the creation of the ability for users to approve and apply suggested changes on a task (PR#1458), and a map bug where a deleted account is still shown and the number of team countries is incorrect. Additionally, they reported that the newly created role is not showing in the list of users roles. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to applying cooperative human relationships. The collage below shows some of their work.

ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

This week, the Alpha Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Sucheta Mukherjee (Software Developer) and includes Anand Seshadri (Software Engineer), Jordy Corporan (Software Engineer) and Nathalia Carnevalli (Full Stack Software Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we will manage and objectively measure our processes for applying cooperative human relationships across our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Jordy expanded his proficiency in unit testing, focusing on Jest while developing tests for the emailController. He aimed to refine his understanding and more effective unit tests, ensuring that all functions in the emailController were tested. Jordy also reviewed PR#962 and provided feedback. Anand did his part demonstrating applying cooperative human relationships as he worked on the Dark Mode Modals change in the Reports page and began developing a new feature to validate the Date field in the Add Task Modal. He tested PRs 2284 and 2308, identifying an issue with incorrect error handling in the date fields. For the new feature, Anand added state reset logic within a useEffect hook to reset the startedDate and dueDate fields to the current date and clear error messages whenever the Add Task modal is closed and reopened. He ensured date picker values were formatted using dateFnsFormat for display purposes, with the remaining task to perform a final test and raise a PR. Anand addressed all requested features and observed issues in the Dark Mode feature in the Report page modals, including adding a dark mode theme to the date picker, fixing the Info modal close button and heading alignment, and modularizing the code by centralizing fontColor and boxStyling logic. Nathalia did her part demonstrating applying cooperative human relationships as she started developing the edit functionality for the “i” popup on the weekly summaries report page, a feature accessible to owner-level users, and submitted her first pull request for the development branch. She reviewed and approved PRs #2295 and #2296+964 without finding any errors and is working on resolving some issues with another task.

Sucheta focused on implementing changes requested by PR reviewers, creating PR 2312 to develop a search function based on users’ first and last names, as well as an alphabetic search. An on-change event on an input field now provides users with a list of suggested usernames to choose from, generated by filtering the available user profiles in the state. If a user does not have a project assigned, a message will appear indicating the unavailability of the user or project. PR 2308 was recreated to fix the AddTaskModal format. PR 2313 was created as a hotfix to address error messages related to hours in the merged PR and fixed dark mode issues for several label tags in the modal. Additionally, PR 2301 was tested and approved as the feature worked as intended. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to applying cooperative human relationships. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

BADGES BUGS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Badges Bugs Team’s summary overseeing advancements in the Highest Good Network software was managed by Shaofeng Li (Software Engineer) and includes Summit Kaushal (Backend Software Developer) and Xiao Zhang (Software Engineer) The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for applying cooperative human relationships through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Shaofeng completed various tasks as part of his role in the HGN Software Development project. On Tuesday, he held a one-on-one meeting with Xiao to discuss the latest project updates. By Thursday, he followed up on another team member’s progress through a personal discussion with Summit. On Friday, Shaofeng did two significant tasks: testing the functionality of awarding ‘xhoursin1week’ badges in the ‘xhoursxweeks’ components and leading the weekly team meeting to review the progress of all team members. Summit focused on debugging the unit test for PR 665, which was experiencing a forced exit before completion. Initial investigation pointed to a setInterval call in emailSender.js, prompting attempts to resolve the issue by adding checks and modifying the code. Further testing revealed that the problem might not be with the setInterval, but rather with the xhoursinxweeks function. Specifically, the function was returning an incorrect badge collection length, indicating a duplication issue within the badge count. Summit continued efforts towards testing and debugging the xhoursinxweeks logic to identify the root cause of the error. Xiao assumed additional responsibilities from a part-time colleague, concentrating on the thorough testing of all badges in the system to ensure their proper functioning and accuracy. He also committed time to troubleshooting and resolving any issues found, making sure all badges comply with the established standards. Alongside his testing tasks, Xiao delved into several functionalities of Microsoft Azure. His investigation focused on various techniques to improve database management practices. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to applying cooperative human relationships. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

BINARY BRIGADE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Binary Brigade Team’s summary overseeing advancements in the Highest Good Network software was managed by Tapan Pathak (Software Engineer) and includes Aaryaneil Nimbalkar (Software Developer), Huijie Liu (Software Engineer) and Min Sun (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for applying cooperative human relationships through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Aaryaneil focused on adding unit tests to the Project Table component to test dark mode functionality. Additionally, he fixed issues in the VolunteeringTimeTab component based on PR reviews, and added test cases to check dark mode functionality for the ViewTab component. Unit test PRs 971, 973, 962, 954, and 2297 were tested, and PRs 2295, which addressed dark mode in modals on the user profile page, and 2311, which focused on dark mode hover functionality, were tested and reviewed. Huijie developed a strategy for updating the database and instructing team members on testing once the pull request for this task is submitted. She discussed and confirmed various details of this strategy in a video response.

Additionally, Huijie prepared to join the task of adding key Weekly Summary components to the overview report page and is currently reviewing the relevant documentation and Figma files. Min worked on task 717, which involved adding manager icons to the Tasks Tab. The task included placing a Google Doc icon next to the hours committed icon and adding Mentor, Manager, and Assistant Manager icons for each person below them. These icons are designed to navigate to the respective user profile pages upon clicking. Min added the Google icon next to the hours committed icon, enabling users to navigate to their Google link. Min also worked on implementing the clickable Mentor, Manager, and Assistant Manager icons for each person. Min did his part demonstrating applying cooperative human relationships as he approved PR 971 and 973. Tapan reviewed teammates’ previous week summaries, time logs, photos, and videos, providing feedback on their work and completing all managerial tasks. He scheduled the weekly meeting with the team, gathering updates and ensuring they had necessary resources. Tapan raised an issue in the coding problem channel regarding some local environment problems and received responses and solutions from colleagues. With their help, he continued working on the problem, created extra functions in the code, and ultimately fixed the issue, raising a PR. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to applying cooperative human relationships. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

BLUE STEEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

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 Bhuvan Dama (Full stack Developer), Imran Issa (Software Developer), Jay Srinivasan (Software Engineer), Parth Rasu Jangid (Software Developer), Ramakrishna Aruva (Software Engineer), Tzu Ning “Leo” Chueh (Software Engineer), and Xiao Wang (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for applying cooperative human relationships through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Xiao made PR2303, a hotfix that addresses the disappearance of the deletion icon for authorized users when viewing others’ time entries, continued work on the project component refactor, implemented project archive functionality, and addressed the white issue bug, with the task of resolving the white screen issue caused by removing a user from project resources by an admin role. Ramakrishna worked on the 5-letter team code search functionality, resolved a 500 error during an API call related to a MongoDB issue, fixed the root cause of the search options problem, tested his changes, raised a pull request, and began work on another task involving updates to the backend to accept numeric characters in the 5-letter team code. Jay did his part demonstrating applying cooperative human relationships as he started manager-in-training duties, completed unit tests for SetUpFinalDayButton.jsx achieving 100% code coverage, submitted a pull request, and claimed a new bug ticket to fix color discrepancies on pie charts for people reports. Bhuvan focused on various tasks in HGN Software Development, finalized test cases for TableFilter.js, resolved branch issues in Git that prevented project builds, and worked on test case and coverage issues for TableFilter.js.

Imran addressed requested changes for a previously opened PR, made frontend and backend changes to reduce redundancies and separate concerns, and made improvements in performance and code quality. Jingyi did her part demonstrating applying cooperative human relationships as she focused on developing the “editHeaderMessage” permission management feature and completed the frontend component by introducing a new permission item “editHeaderMessage”. Parth reviewed several pull requests, began writing unit tests for the TimeOffRequest Controller, and worked on integrating Ethereal Email for testing the email sender module. Tzu Ning focused on resolving issues related to the TinyMCE editor, corrected script paths, adjusted the Webpack configuration to handle process.env variables properly, implemented console logs. and utilized React DevTools to ensure the editor initialized without issues. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages to learn more on how this relates to applying cooperative human relationships. See below to view images of their work.

The Expressers Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Shereen Punnassery (Full Stack Software Engineer) and includes Christy Guo (Software Engineer), Ilya Flaks (Software Engineer), KyoSook Shin (Software Engineer) and Mohammad Abbas (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be applying cooperative human relationships throughout our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Christy worked on the “Hours by Task” visualization, integrating D3 with other frontend components and updating the chart style for design coherence. Ilya completed the tools log task, refining the front-end logic by eliminating nested loops and enhancing error handling. He initiated new Pull Requests, #2296 for the front end and #964 for the back end, and provided technical support to teammates Christy, Kyo, and Shereen, concluding his contributions with One Community.

KyoSook did her part demonstrating applying cooperative human relationships as she reviewed the HGN Phase II document to identify development items, discovering the missing bmdashboard/equipment function was already being developed by another team member. She identified and started working on the time logger function, creating ‘kyo_bm_time_logger_fe’ and ‘kyo_bm_time_logger_be’ branches, adding the BMTimeLogger folder with BMTimeLogCard.jsx and BMTimeLogger.jsx files, and updating routes.js. Errors encountered while rendering these files will need to be resolved. Mohammad completed reviews for PRs #2298, #2300, and #2301, and planned to complete additional PR reviews on Saturday. Shereen updated the add tool component to integrate with the Redux store and implemented API calls for data synchronization between the front end and back end. She introduced Joi validation for the Add Tool form and created pull requests for both the front end and back end, ensuring data integrity and reliability. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to applying cooperative human relationships. See the collage below for the team’s work this week.

GIT-R-DONE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Git-R-Done Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Hiral Soni (Full Stack Developer) and includes Chris Chen (Software Engineer Intern), Malav Patel (Software Developer), Rhea Wu (Software Engineer), and Sushmitha Prathap (Software Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for applying cooperative human relationships across our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Chris optimized the TotalProjectReport and TotalTeamReport components in the Highest Network Goods application for faster loading with PR #2298 and enhanced the Weekly Summaries Report with a spinning wheel indicator for data retrieval, improving user interactions across reports. Hiral worked on PR #2016, reviewing the code and making necessary changes, and added pagination functionality to the weekly summary page, which reduced the page’s execution time and improved its performance.

Malav worked on fixing bugs in the DELETE_TIME_ENTRY_OTHERS feature and HGN software development, made changes to restrict volunteer permissions for deleting owners/admins/managers’ Time Entry Logs, and is preparing to raise a PR. Rhea tested the building task, updated the codebase by modifying the route’s endpoint for the Issue router, and watched tutorials and read articles to enhance her knowledge. She began a new task, 9.2.4 Routing and Controllers for the Log Equipment form. Sushmitha did her part demonstrating applying cooperative human relationships as she fixed the remaining errors in all functions within the project Controller, completed formatting before creating the Pull Request, and resolved an issue with the husky code pre-commit with Diego’s assistance. She submitted the PR, which is now awaiting review, and watched videos on integration testing, addressed comments on the PR, made necessary changes, and worked on the weekly summary. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to applying cooperative human relationships. See the collage below for the team’s work this week.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM A-L

The PR Review Team’s summaries for team members’ names starting with A-L and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Vibhav Chimatapu (Data Analyst/Admin Assistant). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results for applying cooperative human relationships. This week’s active members of this team were: Carl Bebli (Software Engineer), Chunyun Zhang (Software Engineer), Deepthi Kannan (Software Engineer), Dikshita Kejriwal (Software Engineer), Hui Kong (Software Engineer), Jatin Agrawal (Software Engineer), Jiayu Huang (Software Engineer), Jin Hu (Volunteer Software Engineer), Jinxiong You (Software Engineer), Kavil Rajendra Jain (Volunteer Software Engineer), Kurtis Ivey (Software Engineer), Kyrene Flores (Software Engineer) and Logeshwari Renu (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 applying cooperative human relationships in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM M-Z

The PR Review Team’s summary for team members’ names starting with M-Z and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Olawunmi 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 applying cooperative human relationships. This week’s active members of this team were: Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer), Olga Yudkin (Software Engineer), Peizhou Zhang (Software Engineer), Ramya Ramasamy (Full Stack Developer), Sandhya Adavikolanu (Software Developer), Tianyang Leng (Software Engineer), Vijeth Venkatesha (Full Stack Developer), Wenbo Liu (Software Engineer Volunteer) 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 applying cooperative human relationships 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 Malav Patel to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

With a Postgraduate Certificate in Information Technology Solutions from Humber College, Malav is passionate about computers and has a diverse technical skill set that includes web and database development, software development, Cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Throughout his academic and professional journey, he has developed a strong foundation in software design and development, with expertise in a variety of programming languages including Python, C/C++, and Java. He actively specializes in the MERN stack, including MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js, with proficiency in TypeScript. He is cloud enthusiast with an AWS Developer Associate Certificate. As a member of the One Community team, Malav is helping to develop the open source Highest Good Network software code base, implementing new functionalities, fixing bugs and being a reviewer of Pull Requests.

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One Community welcomes Clemar Nunes to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Clemar is a talented Front-End Developer, whose programming journey began in September 2021. Since then, he has been dedicated to front-end development, honing his skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React.js, and Next.js. Clemar excels in creating user-friendly interfaces and optimizing user experience. As a member of the One Community team, Clemar is helping to develop the open-source Highest Good Network software. He’s helped with PR Reviews, making the deletion of a team to remove them immediately, and adding a reminder to the save changes modal on the Permissions Management page.

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One Community welcomes Rizwan Syed to the Mechanical Engineering Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Rizwan holds a Master’s Degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Rutgers University, New Jersey, and a Bachelor’s in Aeronautical Engineering. He brings 3 years of significant experience in the automotive and electric scooter industries, having worked at EV companies such as Rivian, Lucid Motors, and White Fox Scooters. During his tenure, Rizwan has successfully designed, analyzed, and brought meaningful products from initial concept to full-scale production. He is a certified 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS Professional and an active member of the SOLIDWORKS Champions Program. Passionate about using his skills in mechanical design and with a research background in additive manufacturing, Rizwan is committed to designing and developing sustainable technologies that benefit both current and future generations. He excels in 3D CAD modeling, prototyping, and FEA simulations, and has developed strong cross-functional collaboration skills through partnerships with suppliers on multiple product design projects. As a key member of the One Community design team, Rizwan is applying his skills in SOLIDWORKS, stress analysis, and problem-solving to help complete the DIY human waste processing structure of the Vermiculture Toilet.

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One Community welcomes Samarth Urs to the Administration/Management Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Samarth holds a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems from Boston University. With close to three years of experience working as a data analyst and software QA engineer, Samarth is proficient in Python, SQL, ETL pipelines, Tableau, and Power BI. He is passionate about utilizing data analysis and technology to generate impactful insights and improve organizational efficiency. At One Community, Samarth plays a crucial role in the administrative team by managing PR review team members, tracking their work and time logs, and overseeing project progress. He also contributes to SEO optimization of blog posts, ensuring content is effective and reaches a wider audience.

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One Community welcomes Harsh Bodgal to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

With four years experience in product development, Harsh brings a wealth of knowledge to the table. He specializes in Front end development, leveraging his expertise to enhance user experiences across diverse domains. Being a part of the Software Team at One Community, he contributes significantly to product development, employing his skills in React and Express to write efficient code. Harsh’s responsibilities extend beyond coding; he meticulously reviews code, proposes enhancements, and upholds the product’s quality standards, positioning himself as a future leader in software engineering and management within the organization. Harsh is helping reviewing work and enhancing the user interface of Weekly Summaries Reports.

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One Community welcomes Bhuvan DV to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Bhuvan is a results-oriented and innovative software developer with 20 months of experience in full stack technology and web development. He is skilled at directing teams and driving project success across the software development life cycle, developing innovative solutions to real-world problems. He is well versed in many programming languages and frameworks and is passionate about creating applications and improving user experiences. As a member of the One Community team working on the Highest Good Network software, Bhuvan has contributed to the development and unit test coverage of Reports, User Profile Edit, and Date Picker components. He has also played a key role in implementing innovative solutions to enhance user experiences and streamline project workflows on github.

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One Community welcomes Ratna Meena Shivakumar to the Administration/Management Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Ratna has over 3 years of professional experience in data science, analytics and software development, coupled with a Master’s degree in Information Systems from Boston University. Beyond her technical expertise, Ratna is a passionate classical dancer, hockey player, and a mandala artist, and has held leadership roles, including serving as Vice President of the Great Minds club, where she managed a team of 200+ students. She finds joy in solving problems and has a natural drive to achieve goals. Within One Community, as a part of Admin and Analytical team, she has contributed to hiring candidates and implementing successful Search Engine Optimization strategies for for One Community’s blogs, demonstrating her adaptability, strategic thinking, and dedication to supporting the organization’s mission with her distinctive blend of business acumen, technological expertise, and creative talents.

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One Community is committed to creating a collaborative future through sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, economics, and social architecture, and more. Our all-volunteer team is building a model that becomes self-replicating, allowing us to create a global collaboration of teacher/demonstration hubs. We’re doing this for “The Highest Good of All” by open sourcing and free sharing the complete process. Join us in evolving sustainability, regenerating our planet, and creating a world that works for everyone.

• Here’s our project overview
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• Here’s how we are open source and free-sharing all the do-it-yourself designs

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One Community’s physical location will forward this movement for creating a collaborative future as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the May 27th, 2024 edition (#584) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating a collaborative future 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:

• • • Learn about: Our Upcoming Crowdfunding Campaign
    • Learn about the different village models and how they relate to creating a collaborative future: 7 Sustainable Village Models
    • Visit the open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

This week, Joseph Osayande (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet designs. He continued with review to identify the most efficient, reliable, and globally available version that meets the requirements, with a focus on understanding the impact of gear ratio on winch effectiveness. Calculations for both the separator and the winch were revisited due to discrepancies and the need for new additions. Wheels were created and implemented for the drawer. Additionally, a structure using unistruts was developed to serve as a platform for the user and function as a steel separator remover. The vermiculture toilets and other sustainable human waste processing technologies form the basis of One Community’s open source model for creating a collaborative future. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Rizwan Syed (Mechanical Engineer) also continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet designs. This week, Rizwan implemented several design updates on the chamber structure of the vermiculture eco-toilet project using SolidWorks and AutoCAD. He made critical design modifications to the chamber structure in SolidWorks, where he extended the core structural pillars to align directly underneath the toilet openings and updated the front and side enclosures accordingly. Adjustments were also made to the positioning of viewport holes on the enclosures to facilitate the installation of rubber grommets. In addition to these design changes, Rizwan performed hand calculations to assess the maximum loading on the chamber, including the force needed to extract composted material. He further analyzed the vermiculture bathroom floor plan in AutoCAD, focusing on determining the spacing available for operating the drawer slides from the sides of the chamber. The vermiculture toilets and other sustainable human waste processing technologies an important component of One Community’s open source model for creating a collaborative future. Here are a few photos showing examples of his work.

Sajal Shah (Project Manager) continued managing completion of the Highest Good Energy components. This week, Sajal developed the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for the plumbing engineer, including both the plumbing plan and cost analysis for the Earthbag Village and the Duplicable City Center. This WBS outlines tasks and responsibilities, ensuring planning, execution, and budget management for the project’s plumbing components. The Highest Good Energy is an essential component of One Community’s open source model for creating a collaborative future. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

AIRCRETE TEAM

The Aircrete Testing Team’s summary, covering their work on Aircrete Compression Testing was managed by John Sullivan (CBU Chemical Engineering Student) and includes Jonathan Crago (Civil Engineering Student) and Preston Thompson (Civil Engineering Student). This week, the team created four concrete samples, two of which included fiberglass, to assess cement quality and mixer efficiency. After four days of curing, Preston and the team tested the compression strength of the samples and examined the cracked concrete. Jonathan learned how to use the compression testing machine and collaborated with the team to create two concrete cylinders composed of concrete and water and two others made with concrete, water, and fiberglass. Additionally, Jonathan and the team took inventory of the available materials and estimated the quantities needed for the summer. John met with the team to discuss the next steps and started further research on aircrete, seeking new sources of information. The team took inventory and informed Jae of the materials needed for the rest of the summer. John and the team also began trials and performed compression tests. The team’s efforts form the basis of One Community’s open source creating a collaborative future model. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating a collaborative future 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:

• • • Learn about this building and its function as part of creating a collaborative future: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week, Amiti Singh (Architectural Designer) finished the process of finalizing all the files for the rooms she designed in Duplicable City Center. This included producing AutoCAD exports and finishing the final PPT summary of the “Neo-Futuristic” room. The Duplicable City Center will function as a foundational meeting and education space as part of creating a collaborative future using One Community’s designs. See below for examples of Amini’s final work. 

Chris Blair (GIS Technician/Horticulturist) continued working with GIS data as part of One Community’s Permaculture Design. He continued georeferencing geospatial analysis images from Ben’s files and images related to the master plan from One Community’s permaculture web page. He also created metadata using the basic ArcGIS standard for all of Ben and One Community’s data involving the proposed property site, including maps, control points, and site plans. Additionally, he added a projected coordinate system to all relevant raster and vector data. Proper property modeling and understanding is a foundational part of One Community’s open source model for creating a collaborative future. Here are a few photos showing examples of his work.

Nika Gavran (Industrial Designer) continued her work on the Duplicable City Center dormer window installation plans. This week, Nika incorporated insulation into the CAD model. She researched the best methods for insulation, including watching installation videos on YouTube, and determined that rigid foam insulation is typically used for dormer windows. She identified suitable product options and implemented one into the CAD model, continuing to adjust the surrounding pieces of lumber to accommodate the insulation. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open source creating a collaborative future model. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating a collaborative future 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:

• • • Learn about the structures and how they contribute to creating a collaborative future: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
    • See what we’ll be growing first as we’re creating a collaborative future: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week, the core team continued updating and expanding the Highest Good Food tools, equipment, materials, and supplies document by adding new items, descriptions for each item, categorizing each item and added corresponding photos. They ensured consistency in formatting by adhering to the style used in previous iterations of the list. Additionally, they had a call with Hayley to address her inquiries about the tools list and to engage in a discussion concerning various sections relevant to her School Integration write-up. Highest Good Food is an important part of creating a collaborative future with One Community’s open source plans. See their work in the collage below.

Charles Gooley (Web Designer) continued to work on various recipes as part of the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan generating table of contents for all the recipe pages. Placeholder images were replaced with provided ones and he worked on the Earthbag Village Tools and Equipment page. The list of Earthbag Village tools and equipment was alphabetized, and anchor links to each item on the list were provided, with corresponding links inserted into the tool and equipment descriptions. Highest Good Food is an important part of creating a collaborative future with One Community’s open source plans. See his work in the collage below. 

Hayley Rosario (Sustainability Research Assistant) continued helping finalize the Highest Good Food rollout plan and reviewed the Integration and Highest Good Food tools and equipment document. She completed the first draft of the Implementation program which includes finishing the summary, adding links, and including those links in the resources section at the bottom. Additionally, she reviewed and organized the Highest Good Food tools and equipment document by alphabetizing and adding new items. Highest Good Food is an important part of creating a collaborative future with One Community’s open source plans. See her work in the collage below. 

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating a collaborative future 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:

• Program Overview: Education Open Source Hub
• How the components work together as part of creating a collaborative future: How to use the Education for Life Program
  
• Lesson Plans for Life – Lesson Plans How-to
• Foundations of Outstanding Leaders, Teachers, and Communicators
• Curriculum for Life
• Teaching Strategies for Life
• Learning Tools and Toys for Life
• Evaluation and Evolution

This week, Apoorv Pandey (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping with the engineering details for the The Ultimate Classroom part of the Highest Good Education component. He worked on documenting his findings into a single document for later addition to the main Google doc. He engaged with AutoCAD drafting tutorials and consulted with his senior engineer Brian Muigai Mwaniki (Structural Engineer), applying his new understanding of AutoCAD drafting to the title blocks for California. Following the discussions, Apoorv explored Coursera courses for a deeper understanding of structural engineering. Additionally, he continued updating the AutoCAD title block to meet state requirements and made further modifications to ensure compliance with these specifications. The One Community model of combining forward-thinking education with sustainably built classrooms like this are an excellent example of creating a collaborative future. See the collage below for his work.

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating a collaborative future 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:

• • • Read the Highest Good society overview: Highest Good Society
    • Learn about the model for fulfilled living and sharing as part of creating a collaborative future: A Day in the Life
    • Learn about the 4 economic models for creating a collaborative future: RBE | For-profit | Non-profit | Entrepreneurship
    • Learn about our open source software for managing and tracking our results for creating a collaborative future: The Highest Good Network

This week, the core team completed over 56 hours managing One Community 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 creating a collaborative future and how creating a collaborative future is a foundation of the bigger picture of everything One Community is doing. The pictures below shows some of this work. 

Aaron Wang (Fundraising Assistant) continued his extensive research into connections with Robert Downey Jr, identifying emails and background details of individuals potentially linked to Downey. This focused effort is designed to facilitate connections with funders by building relationships with relevant people involved in these networks. Additionally, he concentrated on locating candidates with investor backgrounds to explore broader funding channels. His efforts demonstrate a strategic approach to deepening networking opportunities and expanding potential funding sources within the philanthropic sector, which bolster One Community‘s goal for creating a collaborative future. The following images highlight his progress for the week.

Arun Chandar Ganesan (Volunteer Data Analyst and SEO and Social Media Assistant) continued working on some more webpages, focusing on the SEO work completed by other volunteers. He checked and verified ten additional pages, revisited and cleared some previously abandoned pages, scheduled posts on Pinterest for the month, and created a tutorial for adding people to the page and posting. His work on social media helps One Community to broaden our reach and spread our message for creating a collaborative future. The following images show his work for the week.

Prashanth Gowri Shankar Uppudi (Admin and Project Manager) updated the password section and weekly summaries, repositioning the earlier password content for better readability. He revised the sections on Project Management and Task Overview, as well as Team Membership and Visibility Management, ensuring that the information accurately reflects the current functionalities of the website. Additional content and screenshots were included as needed to clarify the presentation. He also made adjustments to the Menu section, rephrasing the existing content to align more closely with professional standards. These updates are aimed at improving user navigation and understanding of the site’s features. Improving user navigation and making the site more accessible makes it easier for One Community to execute our plan for creating a collaborative future. The images below display his work for the week.

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

The Administration Team’s summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community’s ongoing process for creating a collaborative future was managed by  Sneka Vetriappan (Data Analyst) and includes Durgeshwari Naikwade (Data Analyst), Jessica Fairbank (Administrative Assistant), Jim Zhang (Administrative Assistant), Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support), Rachna Malav (Data Analyst), Ram Shrivatsav (Data Analyst and Admin assistant), Ratna Meena Shivakumar (Data Analyst and Admin), Ruiqi Liu (Administrative Assistant), T R Samarth Urs (Data Analyst), Vibhav Chimatapu (Data Analyst/Admin Assistant) and Xiaolai Li (Administrative Assistant). This week, Durgeshwari worked on interviews for the Software Development Team, optimized SEO based on feedback, worked on Looker Dashboard Mockups, and created a HR metrics documentation. Jessica integrated feedback into her tasks, completed drafts for review, and managed interviews and technical issues with a potential volunteer.

Jim wrapped up the electrical cost analysis for the net-zero bathroom, began research on eco-communal shower costs, and worked on administrative tasks for new teams related to Highest Good Housing and the Earthbag Village. Ola did her part helping with creating a collaborative future as she reviewed the PR team’s work, ensured expectations were met, reported Progress Tracking accurately, and organized the workspace. Rachna managed various administrative duties, provided team feedback, created and reviewed weekly blogs, interviewed candidates, and optimized 10 SEO pages.

Ram focused on improving SEO articles, incorporating feedback, and assisting with newcomer onboarding. Ratna prepared collages for different teams, managed virtual interviews, and reviewed admin work, including that of Ram, Arun, Sneka, and Rachna. Ruiqi did her part helping with creating a collaborative future as she completed the review process for the Dev Dynasty and Expresser Team, created collages, generated SEO keywords, and ensured team members were included in weekly progress summaries. Sneka re-edited SEO pages, added summaries and collages to the webpage, and provided training feedback. Samarth managed the PR review team, optimized specific blog posts for SEO, and adjusted his work based on feedback.

Vibhav reviewed PR team work, created summaries and collages, and improved blog SEO scores significantly. Xiaolai completed the blog page for week 583, reviewed team work, researched ESG investment and Grace Farms projects, and organized weekly report documents. Zuqi organized the weekly summary for the Graphic Design Team, updated the blog, provided feedback to admins, guided a new admin, and reviewed previous blog pages for better search engine marketing. One Community’s model for creating a collaborative future includes developing and maintaining huge administration team like this. You can see the work for the team in the image below.

GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM

The Graphic Design Team’s summary was managed by Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst) and included Ashlesha Navale (Graphic Designer), Jasmine Soria (Graphic Designer), Nancy Mónchez (Graphic Designer) and Shayan Afkari (Graphic Designer), covering their work on graphic designs for creating a collaborative future. This week, Ashlesha worked on creating thirty-six recipe images for the new Graphic Design Task – Recipe Images for Site Task, including Master Recipe FWG, Master Recipe FWH, Master Recipe SFWJ, and Master Recipe SFWK. Additionally, she researched and curated a collection of nature-based background images and different theme-based images for creating Social Media Images. Jasmine did her part helping with creating a collaborative future as she received feedback on Bhuvan’s webpage and addressed several mistakes. She completed four announcements on Photoshop for four volunteers and is in the process of adding them to the website. Finding it more efficient, Jasmine created the announcements and pictures in Photoshop first before uploading them to WordPress. She also watched tutorial videos on uploading content as a refresher and uploaded the four images of the announcements and progress pictures to her Dropbox.

Nancy, the designer, created new images for social networks and made corrections to previous ones, with the new set featuring a more neutral style to maintain creative order. Additionally, Nancy worked on questions provided by the manager to generate new content for images, awaiting approval or further corrections as needed. Shayan completed a creative project focused on producing new social media images this week. Employing masking brush techniques, he integrated text with building objects to achieve visually appealing and artistically engaging visuals. Additionally, Shayan forged two new biographies for team members and created accompanying announcement images to complement the announcements. See the Highest Good Society pages for more on how this contributes to creating a collaborative future. See the collage below to view some of their work.

HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

One Community is creating a collaborative future 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.

• Learn about this open source community collaboration and management software: The Highest Good Network

This week, the core team continued their work on the Highest Good Network PRs testing, confirming the fixed PRs. The Highest Good Network software is how we will manage and objectively measure our processes for creating a collaborative future across our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. The PRs include Create New User permission (PR#2252), Dark mode for all dashboard modals (PR#2219), Dark mode on all modals in User Management (PR#2238), Dark mode on all modals on the Badge Management page (PR#2243), Fixed Header UI (PR#2212), Hid remove button on WBS task when no permission (PR#2156), and New header UI functionality (PR#2283). The not fixed PRs involved issues such as the 5-letter-codes-dropdown saving function (PR#1545) where the dropdown list is empty after team code update, Teams page modals (PR#2261) which lacked a confirmation popup when deleting a team member, slow loading times for total project/people/team reports (PR#2268), and Dark mode for team locations and Weekly Summaries Report Modals (PR#2236) which did not activate when viewing details for a person by clicking on their dot on the map. Additionally, they reported an error popup when a user with permission accessed the User Management page (PR#2252) and noted that they were unable to perform a test due to a lack of data in the system (PR#2193). See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to creating a collaborative future. The collage below shows some of their work.

ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

This week, the Alpha Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Sucheta Mukherjee (Software Developer) and includes Anand Seshadri (Software Engineer), Gayathridevi Chithambaram (Full Stack Developer), Jordy Corporan (Software Engineer), Lin Khant Htel (Frontend Software Developer) and Nathalia Carnevalli (Full Stack Software Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we will manage and objectively measure our processes for creating a collaborative future across our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Anand continued working on the Dark Mode Modals change on the Reports page, retested PR 1955, reviewed and approved PR 2259, and focused on refactoring PR 2250 to optimize code and fix the dark theme in the Edit Lost Time modal, with pending work on the dark mode in the Date picker inside modals and aligning the close button.

Gayathridevi developed the limit see-all checkbox functionality, enabling restricted member visibility within teams, and addressed a module not found issue. Jordy expanded his proficiency in unit testing, focusing on Jest while developing tests for the rolesController. He completed the unit tests for the ownerMessageController and created a new PR#959, ensuring all functions in the ownerMessageController were tested. His next steps involve implementing cache functionality in his unit tests for the rolesController.

Lin approved eight pull requests on the HGN GitHub repository and wrote unit tests for the DashboardController, completing unit testing for the weekly data function with assistance from Diego, while test cases for the updateAIPrompt function and monthly data function failed, requiring bug fixes. Nathalia did her part helping with creating a collaborative future as she addressed a bug causing discrepancies in total project hours on the Project Report page, corrected it with missing validation, and reviewed several pull requests, including #2284, #2077+#806, #2272, #2267, and #2263+#953. Sucheta implemented changes requested by PR reviewers, including PR 2290, which added a search function based on users’ first and last names, and enhanced error handling in the backend. She tested PR 2244, discovered a bug with fetching and displaying tasks, corrected it, and created PR 2284 to avoid merge conflicts. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to creating a collaborative future. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

BADGES BUGS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Badges Bugs Team’s summary overseeing advancements in the Highest Good Network software was managed by Shaofeng Li (Software Engineer) and includes Summit Kaushal (Backend Software Developer) and Xiao Zhang (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for creating a collaborative future through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Summit focused on testing PR 665 and reviewing comments on PR 326, specifically debugging code issues. During the testing of PR 665, related to the badge task, several issues with badge collection length were identified, indicating potential undefined values or data duplication. Summit additional tests on the personalbestmaxhrs feature using a volunteer account and the timer to add time, confirming through database checks that the data updated correctly. Similar tests on owner and admin accounts showed that the database data for max hours also updated as expected, leading to committed changes on GitHub.

Summit attended the weekly meeting and further tested to recreate and identify the cause of breadcrumbs, tracing it back to submitting tangible time entries. Testing on personalbestmaxhrs confirmed that when a new max hour was added, MongoDB updated accordingly, with plans to test this using a new account for consistent functionality.

Xiao took on extra responsibilities from a part-time colleague, focusing on thorough testing of all badges in the system to ensure proper functioning and accuracy. He also spent time troubleshooting and resolving any issues found, ensuring all badges met the established standards. Additionally, Xiao explored various functionalities of Microsoft Azure, investigating techniques to improve database management practices. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to creating a collaborative future. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

BLUE STEEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

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 Bhuvan Dama (Full stack Developer), Imran Issa (Software Developer), Jay Srinivasan (Software Engineer), Parth Rasu Jangid (Software Developer), Ramakrishna Aruva (Software Engineer), Tzu Ning “Leo” Chueh (Software Engineer), and Xiao Wang (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for creating a collaborative future through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, the team focused on a variety of tasks across the Highest Good Network application, addressing bugs, permissions, and unit testing.

Xiao tackled four specific bugs with three PRs, including issues with task page accessibility, incorrect icon display, user sorting by created date on the management page, and a redirection error on page refresh. Imran did his part helping with creating a collaborative future as he completed an assigned Permission Management task, updated the relevant spreadsheet with PR links, and added a high priority tag while also creating a hotfix for permission rearrangement.

Jay developed unit tests for Timer.jsx and SetUpFinalDayButton.jsx, exploring advanced testing techniques with the help of mentors. Ramakrishna resolved an issue with a try-catch block, improved additional lines of imperfect code, passed all test cases, and prepared for bug fixes and feature work. Bhuvan did his part helping with creating a collaborative future as he focused on HGN Software Development, particularly on unit testing for various components, achieving over 70% coverage and addressing integration issues.

Tzu Ning improved UI consistency and functionality with cursor focus and integration of the react-select library. Jingyi implemented both frontend and backend components for the “Unassign Team Members From Tasks” permission, enabling targeted task management on the dashboard. Finally, Parth concentrated on integration tests and reviewed several PRs, preparing for a unit-test team meeting to finalize changes. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this contributes to creating a collaborative future. See below to view their work.

CODE CRAFTERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Code Crafters Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Ruiqi Liu (Administrative Assistant) and includes Anirudh Dutt (Software Engineer), Carlos Gomez (Full-stack Software Developer), Meet Padhiar (Software Engineer), Weiyao Li (Software Engineer) and Xiaoyu Chen (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for creating a collaborative future through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. Anirudh D worked on the taskNotificationController test file, writing 12 out of the 13 expected unit tests across 5 test suites, with assistance from Abi on a few challenging cases.

Carlos identified the need for a new pie chart to display total project hours used by all users, not just volunteers, and finished a thorough investigation into data sources, beginning with the Redux system and later examining the backend and People Report page. He set up Postman to test the /TimeEntry/user/ endpoint and plans to retrieve data using dispatch(getTimeEntriesForPeriod(id, fromDate, toDate)). Meet did his part helping with creating a collaborative future as he completed unit tests for the BadgeReport component, ensuring proper rendering and coverage of all edge cases, and finished thorough PR reviews for PRs 1675, 2164, 2267, 2266, 2272, and 2275.

Weiyao merged a new user feature for managing user permissions after reviews by Nathan and Jae and spent time learning React, Redux, and testing concepts, planning to select a new feature next week. Xiaoyu completed all unit tests for rolePresetController, addressed style issues related to descriptions and hour logging, and fixed a new bug in the document file, adding the correct email template for the core team role. She also wrote an integration test for rolePresetController.js following Diego’s comments and is now focusing on mouseoverTextController unit tests. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to creating a collaborative future. The collage below shows some of this work.

DEV DYNASTY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Dev Dynasty Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Nahiyan Ahmed (Full Stack Software Developer) and includes Kaushik Malikireddy (Full Stack Developer Intern) and Harsh Bodgal (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for creating a collaborative future through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. Harsh focused on reviewing high-priority pull requests, including PRs #2271, #2272, #2273, #2275, #2276, #2279, #2282, and #2283, before shifting his attention to the Volunteer Summary Report, enhancing team communication to better understand designs and developing dashboard ideas.

Kaushik worked on integrating AI to generate weekly summaries for users, discovering limitations with ChatGPT’s free token limit and incompatibility with Gemini AI API due to node version issues. He also sought alternative solutions while managing nine pull requests, providing comments, and requesting changes as necessary. Nahiyan did his part helping with creating a collaborative future as he worked on three pull requests: PR #2272 implemented dark mode on all modals on the permissions management page and adjusted font colors, PR #2278 addressed header UI issues and ensured the correct display of the time entry modal header text in light mode, and PR #2283 introduced functionality to split navigation row items into two rows as the viewport size decreased and adjusted spacing to keep the main logo visible longer as the viewport shrank. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to creating a collaborative future. The collage below shows some of this work.

EXPRESSERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Expressers Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Christy Guo (Software Engineer) and includes Ilya Flaks (Software Engineer), Mohammad Abbas (Software Engineer), and Shereen Punnassery (Full Stack Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be creating a collaborative future throughout our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Christy scrambled to make a type specimen book that has survived not only five centuries but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularized in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker, including versions of Lorem Ipsum. Ilya began by addressing a merge conflict in his earlier Pull Request #2193, which was merged into the development branch alongside its backend counterpart, PR #913. During this process, he engaged in discussions with his team, particularly Shereen, imparting his knowledge about the tools schemas and functionalities. Following these interactions, Ilya focused on enhancing the tools log functionality by refining the user experience to clear the log form upon submission, cancellation, or when a user selected a different project. He also implemented more robust error handling for various scenarios, transitioning the UI from displaying a single success/error toast for all items to showing individual toasts for each tool item checked in or out. On the backend, Ilya rewrote significant portions of the code to improve error management, now sending an array of errors and results to handle instances where some queries might not execute.

Mohammad did his part helping with creating a collaborative future as he completed two PR reviews, specifically PR #2288 and PR #2289 + #960. Additionally, he addressed and fixed an error in his own PR, ensuring his contributions met the project’s standards. Mohammad then focused on additional PR reviews to maintain the project’s quality and progress. Shereen worked on both the frontend and backend of the add tool component. She updated the schema of the buildingInventoryType collection and updated the controller to handle the new schema. Additionally, she created a new URL for API calls to add tools to the backend and added new cases to the inventoryTypeReducer to handle the add tool request. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to creating a collaborative future. See the collage below for the team’s work this week.

GIT-R-DONE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Git-R-Done Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Hiral Soni (Full Stack Developer) and includes Chris Chen (Software Engineer Intern), Rhea Wu (Software Engineer), and Sushmitha Prathap (Software Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for creating a collaborative future across our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.

This week, Hiral completed the work on the people reports page, updated the PR, checked the entire code, and ran the web pages. She also started working on the new task of the weekly summary page, running the code locally and checking its functionality. Rhea concentrated on completing recently assigned tasks by testing the building task and updating the codebase, including modifying the route’s endpoint for the Issue router. She also watched tutorials and read relevant articles to enhance her knowledge and skills. She also sarted a new task, 9.2.4 Routing and controllers for the Log Equipment form.

Chris resolved a critical issue in report rendering by optimizing a backend API, increasing its speed by 150%, and preventing timeouts. He also did his part helping with creating a collaborative future as he modified frontend API calls to utilize the optimized API and created unit tests for the TaskButton component and actions.js, ensuring correct functionality and error handling for team member tasks and notifications.

Sushmitha began by addressing and understanding the TypeError encountered last week. She wrote positive test cases for the remaining functions and worked on the `getProjectMembership` function within the project controller. An error in the local machine’s Prettier configuration was identified and resolved with assistance from team members. After final checks, it was found that the positive test cases for the save functionality of three functions were throwing errors, and she is currently working on resolving these issues. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to creating a collaborative future. See the collage below for the team’s work this week.

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