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New-paradigm Philanthropy and Change – One Community Weekly Progress Update #634

Posted on May 12, 2025 by One Community Hs

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At One Community, we are demonstrating new-paradigm philanthropy and change 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 progress.

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

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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 May 12th, 2025 edition (#634) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

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One Community Progress Update #634

New paradigm Philanthropy and Change - One Community Weekly Progress Update #634

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating new-paradigm philanthropy and change 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: 7 Sustainable Village Models
  - Visit the open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

This week, Adil Zulfiquar (Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet engineering designs. Adil worked on the vermiculture master tracker file, reformatting and updating sections based on feedback to improve task tracking and organization for clarity. He also worked on the vermiculture temperature controls report by adjusting the content related to heating and cooling devices to make it clearer and easier to understand, and by adding additional devices to the list. The Earthbag Village, the first of seven planned villages, serves as the initial housing component within One Community’s open source model for new-paradigm philanthropy and change. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Audrey Gunawan (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet plumbing details. Audrey worked on addressing issues related to the liquid waste outlet, focusing on modifying the model to reflect a connection to a septic system. Since the presence of the septic system outlet had not been confirmed, she based her adjustments on the assumption that the outlet would eventually be connected to a septic system located near the fan, although it has not yet been constructed in the waste box. She added additional pipes to the model to represent this future connection and researched the configuration requirements for the septic system. As the first of seven planned villages, Earthbag Village provides the initial housing within One Community’s open source designs for new-paradigm philanthropy and change. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Derrell Brown (Plumbing Designer) continued working on the Earthbag Village 4-dome home plumbing and mechanical details. Derrell coordinated with Michaela on Monday to address follow-up items related to finalizing the mechanical, plumbing, and electrical plans. He added penetration details based on the architectural sheets and updated the piping schedule to include properties of the refrigerant lines. To implement these updates, he referenced architectural drawings for earthbag wall construction and applied them to the dryer vent, refrigerant lines, roof vent, and conduit penetration details. After making these revisions, he plotted the mechanical, plumbing, and architectural plans for the architect’s final review. One Community’s open source launching of new-paradigm philanthropy and change begins with Earthbag Village, the first of seven planned villages providing housing. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Faeq Abu Alia (Architectural Engineer) continued his work on the Earthbag Village 4-dome home renders. Faeq worked on a walkthrough video render to showcase the updated outdoor space of the 4-dome home, which includes added natural features and landscaping elements. The work involved rendering the video and updating the exterior area of the project to reflect recent design changes. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source plans for new-paradigm philanthropy and change. View examples of this work in the pictures provided below.

Karthik Pillai (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Earthbag Village 4-dome home roof plan. Karthik focused on the design of rafters and joists for the roof structure, using a revised design received from Michaela to extract specific dimensions for wooden beams and joists needed to support a more accurate finite element analysis. This data is being used to refine the structural model and improve the reliability of the analysis. In parallel, work continued on the vermiculture project, where Jae raised concerns about the design of the waste dumping structure through a Loom video. These concerns are under review, and a response is being prepared. Jae also provided suggestions on the vermiculture toilet design, which have been considered, and modifications are in progress based on this feedback and are being incorporated into the updated project report. As the first of seven planned villages, the Earthbag Village provides the initial housing within One Community’s open source designs for new-paradigm philanthropy and change. See the work in the collage below.

Ketsia Kayembe (Civil Engineer) continued working on the Earthbag Village designs related to Rainwater Harvesting and Water Catchment. Ketsia worked on revising the cost analysis for the Earthbag Village rainwater harvesting system based on feedback, which included updating unit prices and creating PDFs for each product with descriptions and specifications for easier access and reference. She also researched curb inlet sizing to support the development of stormwater management content for the Earthbag Village open source page. One Community’s open source model for new-paradigm philanthropy and change begins with Earthbag Village, the first of seven planned villages providing housing. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Michaela Silva (Architect) continued working on the architectural details for the Earthbag Village 4-dome home design. Michaela completed the preliminary roof joist plan using 2x10s spaced 16 inches on center and is working with the structural team to obtain updated roof calculations based on this configuration. She met with the MEP team to review the required details for earthbag wall penetrations where electrical and plumbing systems enter the home. She also prepared a detailed plan, elevation, and section for the built-in bookcases. As the first of seven villages in One Community’s open source plan for new-paradigm philanthropy and change, the Earthbag Village represents the housing element. See her work in the collage below.

Rumi Shah (Civil Engineer) continued working on the Earthbag Village upgrades to bring our designs closer to construction-ready plans. Two new drawing files titled A-102 and A-504 were created to support the detailed planning of the dome structure. File A-102 focuses on establishing precise line dimensions and the circular footprint of the dome to ensure accurate spatial alignment and scale. File A-504 contains the layout plan, illustrating the geometric positioning and orientation of the dome in relation to surrounding site elements. These drawings are intended to guide the construction process and verify all dimensional parameters before execution. One Community’s open source resources for new-paradigm philanthropy and change begin with the Earthbag Village, the first of seven planned villages providing housing. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Yi-Ju Lien (Environmental Engineer) continued her work on the Earthbag Village LEED points related to stormwater retention. Yi-Ju worked on the overall design of the stormwater management system. She reviewed the catchment area and verified that there were no discrepancies in total area calculations to ensure consistency across design components. Referencing the City of San Diego Drainage Design Manual, she considered roadway drainage requirements and evaluated the site’s elevation to meet minimum slope criteria. She also incorporated Low Impact Development features around the outer ring of the Earthbag Village to manage and accommodate runoff generated within the site, highlighting the importance of maintaining collaboration and unity in new-paradigm philanthropy and change. See some of the work done in the collage below.

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating new-paradigm philanthropy and change 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 it’s function: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week, Ariana Virginia Gutierrez Doria Medina (Industrial Designer) continued the analysis and cost estimation of the windows for the Duplicable City Center. The assembly was completed, although minor gaps remain due to unclear images and missing measurements. These gaps are resolved for finalizing the assembly instructions and the detailed cutting list for each board. Additionally, a brief investigation into joinery techniques indicated that incorporating joinery biscuits and adhesive, enhance the overall stability and structural integrity of the build. As a cornerstone of One Community’s open-source initiative, the Duplicable City Center reflects our focus on new-paradigm philanthropy and change. Browse the photos below for a look at this work.

Jason Bao (Architectural Designer) continued working on producing renders for the Duplicable City Center library. The test renders of the exterior scene in video format were performed to assess system performance. Terrain elements were rearranged to improve scene composition, and non-essential assets were removed to optimize file efficiency. Technical issues within the model were resolved, and a video render profile was configured to standardize output settings. Camera angles for the render sequence were established, and the rendering process was initiated. Adjustments to workflows were prioritized to balance visual quality with system capabilities. Rooted in the principles of new-paradigm philanthropy and change, the Duplicable City Center exemplifies our open-source vision. See some of this work in the pictures below.

Manjiri Patil (Mechanical Design Engineer) continued working on the designs for the Duplicable City Center DIY-replicable hub connector. She has completed incorporating Jae’s review comments into the Excel sheet for the hub connectors, ensuring all specifications and design feedback have been accurately updated. She is integrating Jae’s feedback into the manufacturing process document as well, refining the details to align with structural and production guidelines. This work contributes to improved documentation quality and clarity. The Duplicable City Center is an open-source project designed to support new-paradigm philanthropy and change through replicable solutions. Browse the photos below for a look at this work.

Mihir Patki (Civil and Construction Engineer) worked on updating the 2D CAD drawings for the Duplicable City Center project. He continued work on the SketchUp model for the City Center water catchment system. He refined the placement of gutters and drainage pipes, made adjustments to the roof and catchment areas, and aligned the model with the CAD layout. Mihir created and integrated reusable components such as gutters and pipe spouts, and spent time organizing the model for easier future updates. He also searched through reference and work files to locate existing components and relevant details for cost analysis. Preliminary steps were taken to understand and begin structuring the cost analysis required for the system redesign. Built as part of our open-source vision, the Duplicable City Center advances new-paradigm philanthropy and change through transparent design. View the images below to explore the progress.

Rudrani “Sravya” Mukkamala (Mechanizal Engineer) continued researching the structural components of a Duplicable City Center hydraulic elevator. The focus was on researching installation methods and incorporating updates into the overview schematic. Work began on the modules, and efforts continued to explore various installation processes. Two installation manuals were identified, read, and annotated to help inform the development of a new manual. An additional document was found and included in the study. The research into installation methods was extended, and the process of reviewing and verifying key points was completed. With a solid understanding of the installation procedures now established, work has started on drafting the required document. With an open-source foundation, the Duplicable City Center drives forward new-paradigm philanthropy and change in community development. Pictures below highlight our work.

Shu-Tsun (Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center by conducting the structural and frame analysis of the City Center dome using Autodesk Inventor, as well as working on the spreadsheet for which she is responsible. She concentrated on advancing the wind load assessment by collecting load magnitudes from a range of reliable sources and systematically organizing the data along with their references into a spreadsheet. Additionally, Shu-Tsun utilized actual project data to run a detailed simulation of the snow load, supporting the accuracy of her revised analysis. The Duplicable City Center showcases One Community’s open-source contribution to new-paradigm philanthropy and change. See the images below for more.

Srujan Pandya (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping with the Duplicable City Center FEA analysis. He completed the earthquake simulation analysis to be reviewed by Dipak Patil and discussed the model setup and result validity. It was confirmed that using steel as the beam material produced more reasonable results, consistent with previous versions that used ANSI Rolled Steel, and that changing the material was not an option. As the analysis was required for LVL 2 material, results for that case were also produced but found to be outside acceptable ranges, leading Dipak to proceed with running comparative simulations in ANSYS. He shared the dome and frame files for all three versions for this purpose. In parallel, he completed the color coding and formatting edits for the website content and sent it to Jae for feedback. Srujan also gathered information on relevant structural codes for dome structures, including both national and California-specific standards, and maintained a document to track the findings. Supporting new-paradigm philanthropy and change, the open-source Duplicable City Center is a model for sustainable, replicable design. Some examples can be seen in the photos below.

Yan “Jenni” Zu (Architectural Designer) continued her work on the greenhouse area of the Duplicable City Center. She added new facilities to the animal area and optimized the placement and types of trees within the space. The improvements aimed to enhance the overall functionality and visual effect of the animal area, making it more natural and engaging. She carefully adjusted the tree distribution to achieve a better balance between open space and vegetation, ensuring a more immersive environment. These updates contribute to a clearer expression of the design concept and help define the spatial organization more effectively. The changes also support the aesthetic and ecological goals of the project. One Community’s open-source Duplicable City Center exemplifies our commitment to new-paradigm philanthropy and change in action. View related images below.

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating new-paradigm philanthropy and change 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, Chelsea Mariah Stellmach (Project Manager) continued her work on the Transition Food Self-sufficiency Plan menus and customization spreadsheets. She revised the Recipe Build-Out Tool Page Report and the Updated Food Self-Sufficiency Plan Page Report based on feedback from Jae. She sourced updated images and compiled them into a shareable Dropbox file. Changes to the reports included replacing previous headings with tighter versions, adding context to bullet point lists, and removing sub-bullets. One of the reports appears to be complete, while the other may require an additional round of minor feedback. She is now preparing to create a video tutorial to accompany the written tutorial. As an essential aspect of One Community’s open source goals, the Highest Good Food initiative supports new-paradigm philanthropy and change as a foundation for sustainable living. Below are some of the images showcasing this work.

Dirgh Patel (Volunteer Mechanical Engineer) continued assisting with the Climate Battery design evolutions. He completed reading climate battery and geothermal greenhouse systems, focusing on undersoil ventilation powered by solar fans and the use of insulated concrete form (ICF) walls for temperature regulation and rodent prevention. He studied multiple greenhouse heating techniques, including thermal mass strategies like water barrels and underground heat exchangers, as well as renewable and conventional heating systems such as rocket mass heaters, compost-pile heaters, electric, and propane heaters. He explored the advantages and limitations of water barrels versus phase change materials (PCMs) for heat storage and their impact on available growing space. He reviewed the use of stone or brick floors and containers for passive heat regulation. Dirgh read innovative growing techniques such as Hügelkultur, hydroponics, aquaponics, vertical gardening, companion planting, and succession planting to increase space efficiency and crop productivity. One Community’s open source mission is powerfully reflected in the Highest Good Food initiative, which is focused on advancing new-paradigm philanthropy and change for global benefit. The following visuals highlight key outcomes of this initiative.

Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued working on Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting lighting and HVAC design. He modified the content of the DLI report and included several detailed sections to enhance its clarity and relevance to the project. The added sections were: Definition and Significance of DLI, Relationship Among DLI, PPFD, and Photoperiod, Challenges in DLI Management in Greenhouses, Greenhouse Lighting Strategy and Design Solutions, Effects of Excess DLI and Environmental Interactions, Implementation and Operational Considerations, Consequences of Improper DLI Management, Summary and Importance for the Project, and Conclusions. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform, promoting new-paradigm philanthropy and change through sustainable and participatory development. Below are some of the images showcasing this work.

Keerthi Reddy Gavinolla (Software Developer) continued working on the Highest Good Food page additions, covering small-business and urban community options. She updated the Expresses Team’s Blog #633 and continued work on the Highest Good Food Infrastructure website. She also submitted the updated version to Jae for review and made the suggested changes edited bullet points, justified text, adjusted heading levels, such as changing h3 to h2, and fixed formatting issues for better consistency and readability. Built on One Community’s open source foundation, the Highest Good Food initiative drives new-paradigm philanthropy and change to empower communities with self-sustaining systems. Her contributions are highlighted in the collage below.

Pallavi Deshmukh (Software Engineer) continued working on adding the new Zenapini 2 content to the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting page. She completed eight interviews related to software development and administrative roles and submitted the required details. Based on feedback received from Jae regarding the permaculture web page, she updated her links for images. Work continued on the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting web page, including editing images and adjusting text to meet specified requirements. The layout and structure of the new web page are currently being refined. Fulfilling One Community’s open source objectives, the Highest Good Food project integrates new-paradigm philanthropy and change into a larger vision of regenerative living. Her contributions are highlighted in the collage below.

Tanmay Koparde (Industrial Engineer and Team Administrator) continued optimizing the Food Procurement and Storage Plan to enhance efficiency and sustainability. He initiated key supply chain concepts within the context of the existing food menu and procurement system. He carried out an in-depth analysis of FIFO, LIFO, Just-In-Time procurement, and SAP modules, including MM (Materials Management) and EWM (Extended Warehouse Management). His evaluation focused on the storage practices currently in use, assessing the applicability of each concept within the project’s scope. Tanmay identified the strengths and limitations of each approach and developed clear, actionable steps for integrating these methodologies into current workflows, aiming to optimize inventory rotation, minimize waste, and streamline procurement and storage operations. Through the lens of open source development, One Community’s Highest Good Food initiative utilizes new-paradigm philanthropy and change to support replicable ecological solutions. See his work in the collage below.

HIGHEST GOOD ENERGY PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating new-paradigm philanthropy and change through Highest Good energy that is more sustainable, resilient, supports self-sufficiency and includes solar, wind, hydro and more:

- - Learn about the open source sustainable-energy foundations: Solar, Hydro, and Wind
  - Explore our research into the most sustainable products and companies for saving water and energy: Insulation, Eco-laundry, Lightbulbs and Light Bulb Companies, Doors and Door Companies, Windows and Window Companies, Toilets, Faucets and Faucet Accessories, Urinals, and more.

This week, Dishita Jain (Data Analyst) continued assisting with the Highest Good Energy research and cost analysis for new-paradigm philanthropy and change. She focused on tasks related to the Energy Infrastructure Cost Analysis and Visualizations project for HG Energy. She updated the Excel sheet based on feedback from Jae regarding solar energy infrastructure and completed the icon list comparison for various sections, including HG Energy, HG Food, and HG Society, with the search engine. In parallel, Dishita worked on the OC Administration project, completing the team review by adding a summary and creating a collage, while also reviewing the work of other administrators. One Community’s open source mission is powerfully reflected in the Highest Good Energy initiative, which is focused on advancing new-paradigm philanthropy and change for global benefit. Below are some of the images showcasing this work.

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating new-paradigm philanthropy and change 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:

Program Overview: Education Open Source Hub
How the components work together in designing human orchestrated eco-abundance: 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, Akhil Guntur (FullStack Engineer) continued his work on enhancing and refining his backend model documentation, carefully exploring multiple backend design approaches. He focused on evaluating improvements to the system architecture of the Highest Good Education platform. He researched design patterns and frameworks to enhance scalability, modularity, and long-term maintainability. A major focus was analyzing the hierarchical structure of lesson plans, atoms, molecules, and tasks to establish a reusable content structure. He identified conceptual challenges that need further discussion with the team for clarification. Additionally, Akhil reviewed and analyzed the UML diagrams shared by team members to align backend requirements with the proposed architecture. He shared comments and questions on Slack to support the design discussion. This helped ensure the development path aligns with the platform’s intended functionality and educational goals. The One Community approach to new-paradigm philanthropy and change is powerfully demonstrated through sustainably constructed classrooms that serve the planet as a whole. See the collage below for his work.

Chitra Siddharthan (Data Analyst and Team Administrator) continued focusing on the weekly summary, blog, and Dropbox files for the Code Crafters team for week 633 and reviewed the work of Dishita and Tanmay. She added tasks and responded to Slack messages while researching backend and MongoDB-related issues in Phase 2 based on Ganesh’s queries. She reviewed Admin-in-Training Meghan’s blog, document, and Dropbox file and provided feedback. She addressed pending Slack messages from Harshitha, Ravi, and Anuneet, checked the work progress of Anuneet and Ravi, and reviewed Ravi’s completed Login Pages for Phase 4. Chitra created a brief description for the “Teacher Dashboard – Student List Snapshot” and continued working on its Figma wireframe. She also addressed issues raised by developers regarding task visibility on their dashboards, updated tasks added in recent days after the bug fix, and escalated Manvitha’s continued issue to Jae for further action. Additional tasks were added to Phase 2, and she reviewed Admin-in-Training Neeharika’s blog, document, and Dropbox file, providing necessary input. Chitra also worked on the documentation for the “Teacher Dashboard – Student List Snapshot” wireframe and had a meeting with Ravi to address his questions about the Figma wireframes. This sustainably built classroom represents the impact of One Community’s model of new-paradigm philanthropy and change, driving meaningful global transformation. See the collage below for her work.

Harshitha Rayapati (Program Manager) continued work on detailing deliverables for the Highest Good education software platform, outlining various components, developing Figma designs, and expanding the visual layout of the student dashboard. This week, her work focused on reviewing the Figma design for the teacher dashboard early wireframe designed by Chitra with specific emphasis on the student snapshot view, and explaining the key functions and links related to the student profile page. Comments were also added to the UML diagram for backend models shared by Sidhartha, including an explanation of how lesson plan activities break down into sub-tasks and how sub-task completion affects the overall activity progress, supported with an illustrative example. Collaboration with Ravi involved detailing the student dashboard home view, clarifying interactions with other screens, and reviewing early side navigation designs for various user profiles. Progress check-ins were set up with all team members. Additionally, worked on putting together the weekly blog update for the Graphic Design Team. The One Community model of new-paradigm philanthropy and change with sustainably built classrooms like this is an excellent example of sustainable change for the whole planet. See the collage below for her work.

Mrinalini Raghavendran (Software Engineer) continued refining and documenting both frontend and backend requirements for various graphs. She refactored the existing code and moved the styling into a separate CSS file, though the pull request for those changes has not yet been pushed. She finalized the code for the Utilization Chart task and created a pull request in the frontend repository. After that, she picked up a new task from the documentation and began working on it. She started building a React component for the new task in the frontend codebase and added some basic styling. Also, Mrinalini continued working on the task by expanding the component’s functionality and adding more styling. By forwarding new-paradigm philanthropy and change with classrooms like this, One Community provides a replicable example for global sustainable development. See the collage below for her work.

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating new-paradigm philanthropy and change 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: A Day in the Life
  - Learn about the 4 economic models: RBE | For-profit | Non-profit | Entrepreneurship
  - Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software: The Highest Good Network

This week, the core team completed over 46 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 new-paradigm philanthropy and change and how new-paradigm philanthropy and change are a foundation of the bigger picture of everything One Community is doing. The image below shows some of this work.

Govind Sajithkumar (Project Manager) continued focusing on Meta platform analytics and content management for Facebook and Instagram channels. He refreshed both social media feeds with new posts and scheduled content to maintain regular publishing intervals. He documented all content metadata in the Open Source spreadsheet, including publishing times, content descriptions, and associated media files to support accurate tracking. Govind updated audience metrics for both platforms, performing quality checks to ensure data integrity throughout the reporting frameworks. All relevant spreadsheets and dashboards were refreshed with the most recent performance data to facilitate ongoing analysis. Additionally, he handled administrative responsibilities including PR Review Team management, providing feedback on team member documents, updating his WordPress site with team summaries, maintaining PR tracking tables, and participating in the admin feedback process. This effort supports One Community’s broader mission of new-paradigm philanthropy and change. The images below showcase some of this work.

Hritvik Mahajan (Data Analyst) continued focusing on marketing and administrative tasks. For the Marketing and Promotion project, he focused on posting the highest engagement content across Twitter communities and managing post strategy based on prior performance data. He also performed related research to guide future postings. For the HGN Software Development project, he reviewed multiple pull requests as part of the Phase 1 Software Frontend Testing work. Hritvik communicated with team members on Slack regarding requested changes and merge conflict resolutions. His tasks involved identifying outstanding issues in the PRs, providing relevant feedback, and verifying whether the changes were reflected in the development environment. He continued following up with contributors to help move forward with pending requests. This initiative furthers One Community’s goal of advancing new-paradigm philanthropy and change. The following images show his work for the week.

Jaiwanth Reddy Adavalli (Project Manager) continued developing the Job Applicants page and the Highest Good Network Phase 2 Dashboard. He contributed to the HGN Phase 4 software by designing several wireframe pages for the Student and Teacher dashboards within the Highest Good Education suite. He outlined detailed action items to support the next steps in development and ensure alignment with project goals. As a member of the PR Review Team, he evaluated pull requests submitted by assigned volunteers, offering targeted feedback and ensuring adherence to project standards. This project plays an important role in One Community’s commitment to new-paradigm philanthropy and change. The following images show his work for the week.

Raghav Dinesh Pamuru (Product Manager) continued work on coordinating with cross-functional teams to update the project roadmap and ensuring that all development tasks aligned with weekly goals. He coordinated a product feature rollout to improve user onboarding, aligned cross-functional teams, and used data analytic tools to analyze funnel data. He collaborated on validating Tableau dashboards, documented feedback in Google Sheets, and updated project plans. Additionally, Raghav built a mock social media dashboard by integrating data from 20 platforms, edited charts and tables for clarity, refined formatting and data mappings, and made layout adjustments to improve usability and structure. It directly contributes to One Community’s mission of creating systems rooted in new-paradigm philanthropy and change. The images below showcase some of this work.

Yash Shah (Data Analyst and Team Administrator) continued his admin work and managed the social architecture component of the Highest Good Network software. He followed up directly on GitHub by tagging reviewers and pull request owners to address unresolved conflicts and help move pending submissions forward. He completed a second round of check-ins to confirm whether requested changes had been made and if additional action was required, which helped clarify approval statuses and prompt responses. He also added time to tasks aimed at improving link handling and continued coordination around conflict resolution. Additionally, Yash created a blog post for Dev Dynasty, organized the week’s folder, assembled a collage, and provided constructive feedback on blog posts submitted by fellow volunteers. This work strengthens One Community’s pursuit of new-paradigm philanthropy and change. The following images show his work for the week.

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

The Administration Team summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community’s ongoing process for new-paradigm philanthropy and change, was managed by Bhakti Tigdi (Project Manager) and includes Anuneet Kaur (Administrator), Himanshu Mandloi (Engineering Project Manager), Jibin Joby (Data Analyst), Khushie Zaveri (Communication Strategist), Kishan Sivakumar (Administrative Assistant and Software Team Manager), Neeharika Kamireddy (Data Analyst), Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support), Olimpia Borgohain (Data Analyst and Team Administrator), Rachna Malav (Data Analyst), Rishi Sundara (Quality Control Engineer and Team Administrator), Ryutaro Wongso (Economic Analyst and Team Administrator), Saumit Chinchkhandi (Administrative Assistant and Software Engineer), Vikas Pande (Software Administrator), and Vishnu Murali (Data Analyst). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for new-paradigm philanthropy and change through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.

This week, the Administration Team contributed across areas including technical coordination, team training, content development, and platform engagement. Anuneet researched sustainable paper alternatives, and compiled statistics to support graphic development, while drafting and revising content for the Highest Good Education Program webpage. She also supported new team member onboarding by providing feedback, verifying contributions, and coordinating bio announcements. Himanshu handled daily timelog reviews, created and resolved tasks, and reported engagement concerns to leadership. He also developed a blog focused on global sustainability systems management and reviewed team performance. Jibin collaborated with Vishnu on refining BlueSky analytics and reporting strategies, updated housing team content, and continued regular posting to increase platform interaction. Khushie launched Reddit outreach for the metric system campaign, began using Mastodon for sustainability messaging, and developed email templates for internal outreach, while reviewing trainee submissions as part of onboarding support. Kishan reviewed and edited volunteer documentation and SEO pages, addressed team feedback, and began new administrative assignments. Neeharika advanced through onboarding and training, completed process steps for five team members, revised content based on feedback, and submitted her final updates. This work aligns with One Community’s mission of fostering new-paradigm philanthropy and change.

Ola completed Pinterest scheduling for the month, resized images for clarity, and reviewed PR data for accuracy. Olimpia reviewed admin work, updated blog content, and optimized social media posts for LinkedIn with revised copy and hashtags. Rachna focused on updating pending SEO content and stayed engaged via email and team platforms due to limited interview availability. Rishi merged blog entries into Blog #633, implemented SEO optimization, and tested several pull requests in multiple documentation phases, while managing team assignments and reviewing training content. Ryutaro continued building a duplicable cost template for the city center, provided feedback on development outputs, and published a blog summarizing progress. Saumit managed PR workflows for multiple contributors, conducted extensive frontend testing, updated WordPress content, and provided blog feedback. Vikas validated member bios and technical inputs, updated scripts for content accuracy, and finalized his contributions in his last week. Vishnu updated BlueSky metrics, fixed data issues, and maintained platform engagement through daily posts, while coordinating visual strategy updates with Jibin and revising Blog #633 based on peer feedback. This work contributes to One Community’s commitment to new-paradigm philanthropy and change. See below to view images of their work.

GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM

The Graphic Design Team’s summary was managed by Harshitha Rayapati (Program Manager) and includes Aurora Juang (Graphic Designer), and Junyuan Liu (Graphic Designer, UI/UX Designer) covering their work on graphic designs for new-paradigm philanthropy and change. This week, Aurora created multiple social media posts and managed volunteer announcements, finalized chapter icons for the Seven Villages book and website, fixed broken links in the digital edition, and corrected earlier errors in bio announcements. She used Google Sheets to publish new volunteer bios with a focus on accuracy and consistency, which supported improved team coordination and onboarding.

Junyuan created social media content by collecting images, exploring design options in design software, and brainstorming strategies for future visuals. In addition to social media work, Junyuan wrote volunteer bios, designed supporting graphics, edited information on a web page, and contributed to the “Most Sustainable” image by researching, writing accompanying text, adjusting the layout, and revising previous content based on feedback. See the Highest Good Society pages for more on how this contributes to new-paradigm philanthropy and change. See the collage below to view some of their work.

HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

One Community is demonstrating new-paradigm philanthropy and change 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 our 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 and confirmed the following as fixed: editing Blue Squares without a page refresh (#3247), formatting issues when editing tasks from the Work Breakdown Pages (#3300), button layout adjustments (#3336), Weekly Summary toggle button formatting (#3338), task selection effort display (#3320), and saving and auto-populating WBS content during the auto-refresh popup (#3346, #1298). The following items were not fixed: delay in hour count updates for individual tasks when converting intangible to tangible time (#3155), Timelog totals not matching task time worked when Admins or Owners add tangible time using the “Add Intangible Time Entry” button (#1287), permission management logs not recording updates (#3214, #1254), and leaderboard header formatting issues for various screen sizes (#3345), for which a video was provided. They also assigned tasks to two volunteers and provided input on font and background color selections to support improvements for more consistent dark mode implementation (#3168). These improvements represent incremental steps towards the realization of new-paradigm philanthropy and change. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to new-paradigm philanthropy and change. The collage below shows some of their work.

ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

This week, the Alpha Software Team, covering their progress on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Lin Khant Htel (Frontend Software Developer), and the team includes Eve Ye (Volunteer Software Engineer Intern), Jiaqi Nie (Software Engineer), and Nikita Kolla (Full Stack Developer). This software is an internal management and communication platform with the goal of achieving new-paradigm philanthropy and change. Lin reviewed and approved PR #3472 after testing it on a local machine and confirming that all test cases passed. Lin also reached out to team members for consultation, reviewed Alpha team members’ weekly summaries, photos, and videos, and handled management duties for the Alpha Team. This work reflects One Community’s ongoing commitment to new-paradigm philanthropy and change.

Eve made adjustments to the entire Pinterest auto-post functionality based on Jae’s feedback. She created a distinct page specifically for Pinterest posts to align with the platform’s format and content requirements. The post form was updated to support both image URLs and file uploads, with validation added to all fields to prevent invalid input. She also introduced a new scheduling feature that allows users to set posts for future publishing and provides the option to cancel scheduled events. Jiaqi received a new task to implement the Dynamic Scoring and Ranking Logic for the questionnaire dashboard backend. He focused on understanding the existing logic of the code and reviewing the notes left by the previous developer regarding known issues. He spent time identifying the areas in the code that require changes to meet the new requirements. Jiaqi planned to begin addressing the problems identified in the code on Saturday. Nikita continued work on the Phase 2 Summary Dashboard task, the Horizontal Bar Graph of P5. She completed the longest open issues chart and built the foundation for the most expensive issues task. Final testing and CSS polishing are still pending before raising a pull request for this task. See the images below for more illustrations of the team’s work, reflecting the vision of new-paradigm philanthropy and change.

BINARY BRIGADE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

This week, Amalesh fixed the pause/reactivation feature for user status by implementing a daily check that reactivates users whose “Paused Until” date had passed, representing new-paradigm philanthropy and change through improved automation. Amalesh also resolved linting issues and failing tests, uploaded documentation to Dropbox, and tracked time while completing onboarding steps for project continuity. Aureliano built the Instagram/Threads auto-poster feature by integrating custom login, long-lived token access, and frontend/backend updates, highlighting new-paradigm philanthropy and change through enabling seamless outreach tools. Aureliano also added scheduling functionality with backend routes and frontend UI for post management. Deepthi resolved a dropdown overlap issue in Team Member Tasks using a CSS fix for z-index conflicts but deleted the pull request due to a Husky pre-commit error, showcasing new-paradigm philanthropy and change by documenting the issue for smooth handoff. Deepthi confirmed May 12th as the final workday and ensured time was logged.

Anirudh resolved merge conflicts in multiple frontend and backend pull requests while investigating failing test cases, representing new-paradigm philanthropy and change by supporting permissions updates and code integrity. Anirudh also corrected and resubmitted a flawed file in PRs 2765 and 1763 after pushing final updates. Geeta enhanced a dashboard by adding user account and mock data for graph generation and made the weekly data view dynamic, highlighting new-paradigm philanthropy and change through actionable insights in visual analytics. Geeta also incorporated post count requirements into the system. Jaissica developed backend support for a donut chart, updated blue square assignment logic, and added tracking fields to improve traceability, Illustrating new-paradigm philanthropy and change through transparent data handling. Jaissica also reorganized the dashboard display logic and reviewed teammate work for documentation. Nikhil modified 260 files to convert traditional CSS to CSS Modules by updating imports and class references, demonstrating new-paradigm philanthropy and change through scalable and maintainable styling practices. Nikhil also resolved compatibility issues related to dynamic class handling. Samman progressed on the injury tracking database by switching from mock data to building necessary backend APIs and updating the frontend, showcasing new-paradigm philanthropy and change by prioritizing sustainable data handling. Samman also fixed a previously reported view issue for re-evaluation.

Siddhartha designed backend data models and UML diagrams for an education portal, focusing on entity relationships and authentication discussions, exemplifying new-paradigm philanthropy and change through thoughtful infrastructure design. Siddhartha received feedback on model relationships and began revisions. Sriram developed services and backend routing for the Supplier Performance graph and connected the frontend to render data accurately, advancing new-paradigm philanthropy and change by improving performance visibility. Sriram made steady progress toward finalizing the feature. Sunil updated the backend user schema to include an endDate and implemented filtering logic in both frontend and backend, forwarding new-paradigm philanthropy and change by supporting more accurate reporting. Sunil encountered data leak issues and began refining frontend filters. Vamshi revised the logic for Bio Status readiness by ensuring filters reflected actual participation via hours and valid summaries, demonstrating new-paradigm philanthropy and change by aligning systems with contribution-based values. Vamshi tested the updates and submitted a pull request, awaiting confirmation from JAE. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to delivering new-paradigm philanthropy and change. 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 Sheetal Mangate (Software Engineer) and includes Humemah Khalid (Software Engineer/Backend Developer), and Linh Huynh (Volunteer Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for new-paradigm philanthropy and change. This week, Linh worked on the Blogger auto-poster feature, focusing on backend development, troubleshooting errors, and improving the token handling system by using setTokens and getTokens. He adjusted the code to remove the REDIRECT_URI reference error, verified that the BloggerService file was correctly configured, and ensured communication between the backend and frontend was functioning as expected. He also tested the Blogger integration by making multiple API calls, including checking status, generating authentication URLs, and creating, updating, and deleting blog posts. Additionally, Lin prepared a pull request and reviewed the codebase to ensure the changes met project standards and requirements.

Humemah continued working on the issue where users with the team visibility toggle off could still see other members’ tasks in the Tasks Tab. Additionally, he completed the task of preventing deactivated managers from receiving notification emails. A filter was implemented to include only active managers. Humemah also uploaded related images to Dropbox and completed the weekly summary. Sheetal worked on the auto-poster feature for Reddit. She reviewed videos and documentation shared on the Slack channel to clarify the requirements. Her focus was on backend development, where she created an API endpoint for the Reddit router. She also reviewed the code written by a previous developer to evaluate whether it could be reused. This project enhances One Community’s new-paradigm philanthropy and change initiatives. See the Highest Good Society and the Highest Good Network pages to learn more about how their work contributes to new-paradigm philanthropy and change. See below to view images of their work.

CODE CRAFTERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Code Crafters Team, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Sundar Machani (Software Engineer) and includes Ashrita Cherlapally (Software Engineer), Dhrumil Dhimantkumar Shah (Software Engineer), Greeshma Palanki (Software Engineer), Pratyush Prasanna Sahu (Software Engineer), Rahul Prasad (Software Engineer), Ravikumar Sripathi (Software Engineer), Sai Moola (Software Engineer), Sravan Kumar Bodakonda (Software Engineer), and Xiaolei Zhao (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for new-paradigm philanthropy and change through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.

This week, Sundar worked on the HGN Software Development project, focusing on the Phase 2 Summary Dashboard and Node.js migration. He updated the application with TinyMCE and MSW v1.2.1, resolving merge conflicts and addressing configuration requirements. He also created a backend API for the Expected vs Actual Expense Graph, submitted a pull request for the Actual vs Planned Cost component, and integrated dynamic chart rendering using Recharts. Additionally, he updated the application’s final checklist during the Node.js v14 to v20 migration and handled several small bug fixes. This work aligns with One Community’s mission of fostering new-paradigm philanthropy and change. Rahul focused on the Old Frontend PR Clean Up Task, handling PRs #1739, #2426, and #2761, creating replacement PRs (#3492 and #3484), and closing the originals after reviewing and testing UI changes, bug fixes, and interactive element improvements. Sravan worked on the Actual Cost Breakdown feature, organizing related components in a dedicated folder, and implemented both frontend and backend support for the feature, including data retrieval from MongoDB and a donut chart for cost visualization. Dhrumil completed Task 53 related to the ReasonSchedulingController but encountered an error that others reported as well. He started Task 74 to write unit tests for the ImportTask component. Humera worked on the checkTotalHrsInCat function, which tracks a user’s logged hours across specific categories and manages related badge assignments. She implemented logic to evaluate badge eligibility, prevent duplicates, and ensure only the appropriate badge per category is assigned. The function includes checks for valid data and handles badge updates or replacements as needed. This contribution plays a vital role in advancing One Community’s goals of new-paradigm philanthropy and change.

Xiaolei continued developing the frontend for the Donut Chart displaying Planned Cost Breakdown by Type of Expenditure, adding labels, label lines, custom tooltips, dark mode styling, and dropdown filters for project and date selection. Sai Shekhar tested the projectCost endpoints with mock data using Postman, installed the npm regression library for predicting future costs, and worked on resolving merge conflicts for PR #3357. He also encountered issues with unit tests and Netlify checks, which appear to be common across other developers’ PRs. Pratyush developed backend components for the “tools most susceptible” task, including the projectMaterial.js model with fields for project ID, project date, tool name, and numeric values related to tool usage. He implemented schema validation, error handling, and created API routes to connect the backend with the frontend, focusing on ensuring proper data retrieval and structured JSON responses. Through this work, we help drive forward One Community’s model of new-paradigm philanthropy and change. Ashrita worked on the Phase 2 Summary Dashboard feature, focusing on the backend API endpoint /api/bm/project/:projectId/expenses-pie to retrieve category-wise actual and planned expenditures. She implemented the endpoint using Express and Mongoose, leveraging MongoDB aggregation queries to structure the data. During testing, she resolved 404 and 500 errors caused by projectId mismatches and schema reference issues by updating schema definitions and seed data. This effort is a testament to One Community’s leadership in promoting new-paradigm philanthropy and change.

Greeshma began work on creating a new project and tasks but, due to a catch error, created a new task under an existing project instead. She focused on resolving issues related to task PR2677, exploring multiple approaches during the debugging process. A Cheerio-related error was resolved after several attempts, but a new test error—“NotFoundError: The node to be removed is not a child of this node”—emerged. Work then shifted to identifying the cause of this issue. Ravikumar worked on wireframes for the Student Dashboard on the Highest Good Education platform. He designed layouts featuring a top bar, side navigation panels, and a central content area, with versions supporting both expanded and collapsed sidebars. The left navigation includes links to core features like Knowledge Evolution and Evaluation Results, while the main view explores both subject tiles and a mindmap layout. He aligned the design through discussions with leads and a walkthrough session with Harshitha, noting follow-up questions about interactivity and structure. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to new-paradigm philanthropy and change. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

DEV DYNASTY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Dev Dynasty Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Nishita Gudiniye (Software Engineer) and includes Dharmik Patel (Software Engineer), Manvitha Yeeli (Software Engineer), Mohan Satya Ram Sara (Software Engineer), Vaibhav Koladiya (Software Engineer), Vamsi Krishna (Software Engineer), and Zhifan Jia (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for new-paradigm philanthropy and change through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.

This week, Dharmik worked on a User Management page feature to show the number of blue squares in the first column by extracting and verifying data from the user profile, updating backend logic, rendering the data on the UI, and resolving a branch issue by cherry-picking and pushing the correct commit. Honglin completed PR 2120 by resolving console warnings in the test suite and adding test cases to improve component behavior consistency. Manvitha developed the lesson submission form based on Figma designs, added validations for mandatory fields, implemented multi-tag entry with the Enter key, configured default dropdown values, enabled both drag-and-drop and manual file uploads, and submitted PR 3510 for review. Our work here is integral to the realization of One Community’s goals surrounding new-paradigm philanthropy and change.

Mohan resolved a crash issue related to task date editing by diagnosing partial ISO date parsing problems, timezone display inconsistencies, and refactoring the date input component to use controlled state, input validation, adjusted parsing triggers, and error handling to prevent malformed input crashes. Shraddha continued addressing the bug in the equipment list update button by working on asynchronous backend issues, updated the view equipment tab to show a message when no records exist, progressed on editing equipment records, and handled review comments for the send emails tab, where testing yielded no issues and the task was submitted for review. Empowering global transformation through collaborative action, this work fuels One Community’s commitment to new-paradigm philanthropy and change.

Vaibhav enhanced the “Longest Open Issues” feature by modifying the backend API to return durations in months, created a reusable bar chart with Recharts, added multi-select filters for date and project, and reviewed PRs #3492, #3489, #3498, and #3480, approving two and recommending dark mode fixes for the others. Vamsi added functionality to update and delete issues from the frontend using Redux thunk actions, refactored the backend to use controller functions, scoped updates to specific fields, implemented pagination and refined filtering logic to align with updated state. Zhifan fixed the email notification issue where the system showed the wrong final day by updating the deactivateUser function based on revised requirements. They investigated a related endDate bug, added logging, tested different date-handling methods, and fixed a TypeError with onFinalDaySavem. She also began resolving merge conflicts in a pull request to improve Weekly Summaries Report loading speed by refactoring class-based code to a functional component. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to new-paradigm philanthropy and change. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

EXPRESSERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Expressers Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, managed by Strallia Chao (Software Engineer), includes Meenashi Jeyanthinatha Subramanian (Full Stack Developer), Rahul Trivedi (Software Engineer), and Reina Takahara (Software Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for new-paradigm philanthropy and change through innovative software development, testing, and collaboration. This week, Meenashi evaluated MessageBird for sending SMS but discontinued its use due to the requirement of a business email address. She implemented TeleSign instead, which allows sending free SMS to a single mobile number and worked as expected. The TelesignSMS functionality was updated to check an environment variable and conditionally send SMS messages. She also worked on handling the ‘PAYMENT.AUTHORIZATION.CREATED’ status from PayPal, testing the webhook to trigger socket notifications. While the message was sent, the bidPrice in the notification appeared as undefined. The webhook returns the item’s total price, so she updated the postBidsAndPay API to include the item total in its payload. However, the bidPrice is still not displaying correctly and the issue is under investigation. This work aligns with One Community’s mission of fostering new-paradigm philanthropy and change.

Rahul implemented functionality to retrieve the logged-in user’s ID and used it to fetch the corresponding user profile and skills data. He developed logic to display skills information based on the user ID, including handling for cases where no data is available. Minor UI updates were made to align with the revised data structure. He also added components for Frontend, Backend, DevOps, and Software Practices to the HGN Questionnaire – Skills Dashboard. Reina created a line chart to display total rental costs over time. She added a new route to render the chart page and used Chart.js to build the graph with placeholder data. On the backend, she created a new schema and set up API routes to retrieve data and send it to the frontend for display. Strallia checked in with team members working on the Total Org Summary page to assess progress, refactored multiple frontend components to clean up the code and connect them to backend data, and submitted this work in pull request 3478. She also worked on the Volunteer Trends by Time chart, implemented a custom date selection feature, resolved a bug caused by conflicting useEffect hooks, and submitted the changes in pull request 3481. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this contributed to new-paradigm philanthropy and change. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

LUCKY STAR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Lucky Star Team’s summary of the Highest Good Network software includes contributions from Barnaboss Puli (Volunteer Software Engineer), Dipti Yadav (Software Engineer), Harini Korda (Software Engineer), Koushica Bosadi Ulaganathan (Software Engineer), Ganesh Karnati (Software Engineer), Manusha Jyasta (Senior Software Engineer) and Manoj Gembali (Software Engineer), Samhitha Pantangi (Software Engineer), and Vaibhavi Madhav Deshpande (Software Engineer) The outcome highlighted the value of shared input, aligning with new-paradigm philanthropy and change collaborative approach.

This week, Barnaboss worked on the Total Organization Summary feature by continuing development of the Volunteer Hours Distribution Pie Chart, retrieving data from the backend and integrating it with Chart.js, and refining the chart’s design and behavior. On the backend, work progressed on the Total Material Cost per Project bar graph for the Phase 2 Summary Dashboard. Barnaboss also completed linting tasks in the src/component/TaskEditSuggestions/\*\* folder and submitted a pull request addressing those issues, and reviewed and approved two pull requests as part of orientation. Dipti focused on resolving a bug in the “Cannot add WBS to the Project” task, identifying issues with new WBS entries where only the number appeared and tasks could not be added, and reviewed WBS.jsx and AddWBS.jsx on the frontend while adding console logs to the backend to trace the cause. This contribution plays a vital role in advancing One Community’s goals of new-paradigm philanthropy and change.

Ganesh completed the frontend of the Tools Most in Need of Replacement dashboard by building a React/Recharts component with hard-coded data, applying responsive CSS, adjusting margins and font sizes, and consolidating filters into a single-row interface. Harini worked on the Work Distribution Bar Chart in the Total Org Summary section, updating the Y-axis label, adding fallback messaging for no-data cases, rotating X-axis labels for smaller screens, and guarding against Infinity and NaN values; she addressed React warnings, tested the component in different themes, pushed updates, and worked on resolving Netlify deploy preview errors. Koushica fixed UI issues in the Projects section where the WBS column header collapsed, corrected a collapsing issue in the volunteer agreement block on the Profile Page, and resolved layout issues in the People’s Time Logs section. She raised a pull request, worked on making the Payment Page responsive, and converted a CSS file to module.css with class name updates and lazy loading. This change reflected the collaborative mindset seen in new-paradigm philanthropy and change, where everyone contributes to long-term success.

Manoj created a hotfix for the task completion modal to allow Figma links, addressed feedback for the Feedback Modal PR by fixing issues with user entry changes, resolved merge conflicts in the Dynamic Sorting PR, and began work on a horizontal bar graph component in the BM Dashboard. Manusha worked on the HGN Questionnaire Dashboard, implementing the Community Members List with sorting, filtering, and search features that dynamically update and highlight team members, and began backend work on a hits-to-applications ratio bar graph for Job Posting Page Analytics. Samhitha attempted to work on her assigned pull request but was blocked due to a local environment login issue. She submitted a video walkthrough and screenshots to explain the problem and has paused work while awaiting a resolution, with preparation underway to begin a dashboard task. Vaibhavi added support for Figma URLs in the application’s link handling and updated the pop-up UI, while also resolving complex merge conflicts to maintain development consistency. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to new-paradigm philanthropy and change. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

MOONFALL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Moonfall Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Newell Newell (Manager) and includes Akanksha Singh (Software Developer), Angad Anil Gosain (Volunteer Software Engineer), Bhavpreet Singh (Software Engineer), Lalith Kumar Rajendran (Software Engineer), Shashank Kumar (Software Engineer), Vivek Sharma (Software Engineer), and Yili Sun (Software Engineer). This week, Angad completed frontend integration for backend automation related to access removal for Sentry, Slack, GitHub, and Dropbox in PR1356. He reviewed code changes, added a new button with a custom icon and tooltip to the team member UI, implemented conditional rendering for Admins and Owners, and created a confirmation modal with functional options. He resolved visibility issues by fixing callback bindings and z-index conflicts, refactored the button for reusability, and styled it to match existing components. Dropbox removal API was fully integrated, and initial request logic was added for Slack. He also resolved backend persistence issues for the filterColor field, ensured correct updates to MongoDB, confirmed expected behavior across profile and team code updates, ran and verified Jest tests, adjusted layout spacing in the filter UI, and updated pull request descriptions. Through this work, we help drive forward One Community’s model of new-paradigm philanthropy and change. Bhavpreet worked on job search filtering by adjusting UI behavior to show buttons and filters post-search and updating the filter removal logic to allow individual removal. He also addressed a report chart bug where text color did not update correctly during mode changes. Yili completed unit tests for rolesController.js, initiated unit tests for emailController.js, and refined tests for profileInitialSetupController.js, while coordinating with team members for PR reviews and merges. This effort is a testament to One Community’s leadership in promoting new-paradigm philanthropy and change.

Lalith completed end-to-end testing of three APIs, attempted to submit a pull request but encountered issues and reported them, and reviewed frontend filter code updates, including a refactor of WeeklySummariesReport.jsx from class to function component. Our work here is integral to the realization of One Community’s goals surrounding new-paradigm philanthropy and change. Akanksha resolved a permissions-related bug preventing non-Owner users from deleting tasks via the dashboard, raised corresponding backend and frontend pull requests, verified that a previously reported bug related to tangible time entries was no longer reproducible, and began work on completing and addressing changes for two other pull requests. Newell implemented multiple endpoints and fixed bugs in a new NestJS backend, worked on email template rendering using Liquid and EJS, resolved issues related to UI elements including a blue square bug, and addressed various task component issues within WBS and project sections on the Highest Good platform. The work aligns with One Community’s strategic vision for new-paradigm philanthropy and change. Shashank focused on improving the chart component by reviewing Recharts documentation to enhance the pie chart’s visual presentation. He identified an issue where data labels for small slices were not displaying and began work on generating lines to show this data externally. He also incorporated data into the legend, and the line path generation for UI improvements is still in progress. Vivek resolved the bug that required users to be on a team before viewing their own tasks, tackled several linting errors, and outlined plans to add a video demo to GitHub. He also updated the default behavior of the volunteer tab, pinpointed remaining issues to address, and requested GitHub access for future work. Additionally, Vivek fixed spy-related tests in the TimeEntryController’s time-period method and continued debugging mock failures in that controller. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more information on how this contributed to new-paradigm philanthropy and change. Below is a collage of the team’s work. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more information on how this contributed to the new-paradigm philanthropy and change. Below is a collage of the team’s work.

REACTONAUTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

This week, Akshay resolved conflicts and reviewed details in four previously abandoned pull requests (#2888, #3048, #3370, and #3273) for the HighestGoodNetworkApp project, and he also handled Reactonauts team management by monitoring daily progress and submitting the weekly review, integrating the concept of new-paradigm philanthropy and change during this process. Ghazi fixed a Git misconfiguration with Sanjeev by relocating a development branch to the official repository, addressed backend issues affecting financial features, and incorporated new-paradigm philanthropy and change while resolving system-level challenges. Gmon completed the active/inactive team numbers feature with the branch merged to main, uploaded reference materials to Dropbox, identified a completed PR, and explored the project architecture, In support of new-paradigm philanthropy and change. Guirong resolved merge conflicts for PRs 920 and 945, updated the hours completed chart to match the Figma design, documented CI test discrepancies, and aligned the work with new-paradigm philanthropy and change.

Khushi finalized the frontend for the Job Posting Page Analytics feature by integrating filters, updating the chart based on roles and date ranges, refining UI elements for clarity, and resolving issues in the Event Management Page task PR, aligning all updates with new-paradigm philanthropy and change. Kristin resolved frontend PR2699 crashes by updating date handling and data mapping, opened PR3511, addressed merge conflicts, and revisited PR3467 check failures, aligning the work with new-paradigm philanthropy and change. Nikhil reviewed 14 pull requests covering front-end and back-end changes, providing feedback on functionality, consistency, and improvements, ensuring test coverage and correct behavior, all while supporting ongoing development and In accordance with new-paradigm philanthropy and change. Peterson improved the Badge Management page filters by adjusting text color for dark mode, clarifying the filter button text, and styling input fields, following new-paradigm philanthropy and change. Rishitha implemented the modal to toggle project status in the Admin/Owner view, with status updates requiring a page reload, and is working on enabling real-time updates, contributing to new-paradigm philanthropy and change.

Rishwa worked on the Skill Overview page for the HGN Questionnaire Dashboard, implementing a responsive radar chart for user skills and optimizing the backend API to accurately process and display survey data, advancing new-paradigm philanthropy and change. Saniya refined Figma mockups, adjusting graphs, layouts, color schemes, and labels for consistency, and addressed a reported bug with potential improvements, forwarding new-paradigm philanthropy and change. Siva updated user permissions for the active/inactive toggle on Profile and User Management pages and simplified the Project and Members column filters with a single toggle icon. These changes were supporting the vision of new-paradigm philanthropy and change. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

SKYE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Skye Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network was managed by Olimpia Borgohain (Data Analyst and Team Admin) and Luis Arevalo (Software Engineer) and the team includes Anthony Weathers (Software Engineer), Gopikalakshmi Asok Kumar (Software Developer), Julia Ha (Software Engineer), Prit Patel (Software Engineer), Sai Preetham Dongari (Full Stack Developer), and Snehal Dilip Patare (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software helps manage and objectively continue supporting new-paradigm philanthropy and change focusing on social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes to build sustainable and thriving ecosystems. This solution is portable, scalable, and ideal for off-grid or sustainable living communities

This week, Anthony resolved bugs causing white screens for Owner-level accounts on the Permission Management and WBS task details pages. He reviewed a previous pull request and found it unnecessary due to an existing feature already meeting the requirements. He fixed an issue in the Permission Change Logs table to ensure proper name formatting and is working on sorting the logs in descending chronological order. Gopika worked on new-paradigm philanthropy and change and resolved merge conflicts for PR 2888 related to freezing and shaking in the Team Member Tasks section on small screens. She created a branch, attempted the merge, and identified issues in the style.css file. She added missing styles and matched code to the dev version after encountering an issue with the calendar icon disappearing. She also began investigating changes related to restoring Profile Page formatting, focusing on UserProfile.jsx and userprofile.scss to identify affected files.

Julia continued working on new-paradigm philanthropy and change and improved the responsiveness of the website, focusing on the Header and Dashboard. She moved the Bell Notification icon outside the menu on mobile screens and updated the style of the “Task Edit Suggestion” element. She resolved a conflict between two useEffect hooks that caused inconsistent behavior with the Bell icon and applied the same fix to the Menu toggler. She also fixed an issue where the Bell icon would not appear consistently across different pages, including the Community Portal, due to conflicting useEffect hooks. She applied the same header styling to the Community Portal and reviewed the unused BMHeader component. She created Pull Request 3495 after completing testing and continued Dashboard improvements by adjusting modal widths for better mobile usability and keeping the search bar fixed outside of the scroll area. The results of this task promote the mission of One Community’s new-paradigm philanthropy and change. Luis worked on troubleshooting his environment after noticing that he was not receiving the warnings added to the database and asked the group for clarification on the appropriate backend route. After discussing the issue with Anthony and reviewing messages from the group, he updated his backend to use the correct route and was then able to receive the appropriate warnings from the database. He also confirmed that when a blue square is issued, an email is sent containing the abbreviated warning title, which needs to be updated. This task is designed to help drive One Community’s new-paradigm philanthropy and change.

Prit created a new branch and worked on implementing a permission section titled “Access HGN Skill Dashboard” under the “Misc/Unsorted” category. He located the appropriate file and code location for the new section and began identifying the files responsible for handling permissions and assigning them to various roles. This work embodies One Community’s ideals of new-paradigm philanthropy and change. Sai Preetham implemented confirmation modal functionality related to role changes in the HGN Software Development project. He developed backend and frontend logic to detect and display mismatches between user-specific permissions and those of the new role, ensuring added or removed permissions are clearly shown. He also submitted the weekly summary, uploaded relevant media to Dropbox, and reviewed the status of prior pull requests. Snehal completed the Facebook auto-poster work, made changes to reduce build errors, removed unused functions, applied Prettier for formatting, and updated social media post details to support images. She also worked on documentation to outline completed and pending Facebook poster tasks. See below for the work done on new-paradigm philanthropy and change this week.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM A-F

The PR Review Team’s summary for team members’ names starting with A-F 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 new-paradigm philanthropy and change. This week’s active members of this team were: Abdelmounaim Lallouache (Software Developer), Carl Bebli (Software Engineer), and Carlos Gomez (Full-Stack Software Developer). They assisted with the research for new-paradigm philanthropy and change by reviewing all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network measures new-paradigm philanthropy and change by exploring the Highest Good Network open-source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM G-N

The PR Review Team’s summaries for team members’ names starting with G-N and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Govind Sajithkumar (Software Project Manager). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of demonstrating new-paradigm philanthropy and change. This week’s active members of this team were: Kurtis Ivey (Full Stack Developer), Nahiyan Ahmed (Full Stack Software Developer), and Nathan Hoffman (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 demonstrating new-paradigm philanthropy and change by exploring the Highest Good Network open-source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM O-Z

The PR Review Team’s summaries for team members’ names starting with O-Z and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Jaiwanth Reddy (Software Project Manager). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of demonstrating new-paradigm philanthropy and change. This week’s active members of this team were: Yiyun Tan (Software Engineer). She reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network measures demonstrating new-paradigm philanthropy and change by exploring 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 Aureliano Hubert Maximus to the Software Development Team!

Posted on May 11, 2025 by One Community Hs

One Community welcomes Aureliano Hubert Maximus to the Software Team as our newest Volunteer/ Consultant!

Hubert is a Full Stack Software Engineer with a background in cloud computing, API development, and front-end architecture. With experience collaborating in cross-functional teams and implementing secure, scalable solutions, he brings an innovation-driven approach to community-focused technology initiatives. His professional work can be explored further on GitHub. As a member of the One Community team developing the Highest Good Network, Hubert helped develop auto-posting services for Imgur and Instagram, and managed a diverse team of developers.

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One Community Welcomes Akshay Jayaram to the Software Development Team!

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One Community welcomes Akshay Jayaram to the Software Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Akshay is a recent Computer Science graduate from UCR, with expertise in cloud computing, DevOps, and full-stack development. He specializes in building scalable solutions using AWS, Terraform, and CloudFormation. He also has experience creating intuitive and responsive user interfaces with React.js, TypeScript, and Node.js. Passionate about generative AI, he explores emerging technologies and integrates them into modern applications. Akshay has contributed as a Full Stack Developer on the One Community team, supporting the development and testing of features across multiple phases of the Highest Good Network software—including work on reports, projects, and user management components.

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One Community Welcomes Lalith Kumar Rajendran to the Software Development Team!

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One Community welcomes Lalith Kumar Rajendran to the Software Team as our newest Volunteer/ Consultant!

Lalith is a software engineer with over 5 years of experience building scalable full-stack applications across industries including retail, automotive, and community-driven platforms. He has contributed to high-impact systems at companies like 7-Eleven and Rivian, demonstrating a strong command of Java, Spring Boot, React, and cloud-native development. He is passionate about building reliable, maintainable systems and believes in using technology as a force for positive social impact. Currently, as a member of the One Community team, Lalith is focusing on enhancing the Highest Good Network application by developing and refining frontend modules that support the organization’s global sustainability initiatives.

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Global-Sustainability Systems Management – One Community Weekly Progress Update #633

Posted on May 5, 2025 by One Community Hs

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At One Community, we are pioneering global-sustainability systems management to develop sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, economics, and social architecture. Our all-volunteer team is dedicated to creating a self-replicating model designed for “The Highest Good of All.” By open sourcing and free sharing our complete process, we aim to foster a global collaboration of teacher/demonstration hubs, evolving sustainability, and creating a world that works for everyone. Through our efforts, we strive to regenerate our planet and promote fulfilled living for all.

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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 May 5th, 2025 edition (#633) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is pioneering global-sustainability systems management 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: 7 Sustainable Village Models
  - Visit the open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

This week, Adil Zulfiquar (Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet engineering designs. Adil worked on the temperature monitoring and control report, exploring different categories of additional options for both heating and cooling devices. These options were added to the report along with their specifications and relevance to the vermiculture system. Additional research was done to assess the most suitable devices by comparing the pros and cons of each listed option. The Earthbag Village, the first of seven planned villages, serves as the initial housing component within One Community’s open source model for global-sustainability systems management. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Anil Karathra (Mechanical Engineer) continued advancing the engineering and design of the Vermiculture Toilet for the Earthbag Village project. Final feedback from Jae was integrated into all reports and documentation, including the collaboration document, engineering document, website content, and task tracker. Participation in the weekly team meeting included handing over meeting responsibilities to Adil and gathering task progress updates from team members for Jae. All remaining documents were formatted and finalized, and ownership was transferred to Jae. CAD files and related data were organized and uploaded to Dropbox to support a smooth transition. Final closeout procedures were completed, and the final weekly summary along with the last set of screenshots was uploaded. This commitment to global-sustainability systems management drives the development of innovative, eco-friendly solutions that balance environmental responsibility with high standards of functionality. See below for pictures related to this work.

Audrey Gunawan (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet plumbing details. Audrey received the format for the engineering report and completed the bill of materials for the model. She reviewed the report requirements and began compiling information, referencing the Uniform Plumbing Code to include relevant details. She searched for alternate and lower-cost parts online and reviewed diagrams that will be included in the report. Audrey also reread existing reports and started formatting the written plumbing section. As the first of seven planned villages, Earthbag Village provides the initial housing within One Community’s open source designs for global-sustainability systems management. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Derrell Brown (Plumbing Designer) continued working on the Earthbag Village 4-dome home plumbing details. Derrell coordinated with Michaela on Monday to address follow-up items related to finalizing the mechanical and plumbing. The work included adding an oven and kitchen island detail referenced from the architectural sheets, updating the exhaust fan schedule to include dryer vent details, updating the pipe material and insulation schedule to include remarks, and modifying riser diagrams to remove unnecessary aesthetic elements from the plans. To implement these changes, he referenced architectural drawings for appliance, framing, and dimension details. After completing these revisions, he plotted the mechanical and plumbing plans for the architect’s final review. One Community’s open source launching of global-sustainability systems management begins with Earthbag Village, the first of seven planned villages providing housing. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Faeq Abu Alia (Architectural Engineer) continued his work on the Earthbag Village 4-dome home renders. Faeq worked on walkthrough video renders to present the enhanced outdoor space of the 4-dome home, focusing on the addition of natural features and detailed landscaping elements. The work involved updating the exterior area of the project and incorporating these changes into the visual presentation. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source plans for global-sustainability systems management. View examples of this work in the pictures provided below.

Karthik Pillai (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Earthbag Village 4-dome home roof plan. Karthik worked on the structural analysis of the window beam for the walls of the roof dome cluster project, completed the analysis, and shared the results with Michaela. The finite element analysis results were found to be valid, and the design was finalized. Planning began for work on the roof rafters that span between the joists. For the vermiculture toilet structure, Karthik continued preparing a detailed report, which remains in progress. An attempt made last week to replace the unistruts with aluminum extruded struts for increased flexibility was reevaluated, and the decision was made to continue using unistruts due to their global availability. As the first of seven planned villages, the Earthbag Village provides the initial housing within One Community’s open source designs for global-sustainability systems management. See the work in the collage below.

Ketsia Kayembe (Civil Engineer) continued working on the Earthbag Village designs related to Rainwater Harvesting and Water Catchment. Ketsia reviewed the updated CAD files of the stormwater management system for the Earthbag Village provided by Yi-Ju. She revised the stormwater management content for the Earthbag Village open-source page, updating the inlet sections with recent information and removing unnecessary or unverified content. She checked the text for errors and inaccuracies and made corrections as needed. Ketsia also worked on updating and finalizing the first draft of the cost analysis based on feedback from Yi-Ju. And Ketsia met with Yi-Ju to discuss their respective progress and exchanged comments and suggestions on the work completed. One Community’s open source model for global-sustainability systems management begins with Earthbag Village, the first of seven planned villages providing housing. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Michaela Silva (Architect) continued working on the architectural details for the Earthbag Village 4-dome home design. Michaela progressed the coordination of the MEP and structural elements of the four-dome home. The plumbing wall in the kitchen and bathroom dome was increased to 2×8 to allow adequate space for piping within the wall. She began modeling the remaining roof framing components and the secondary horizontal structural members, the joists. As the first of seven villages in One Community’s open source plan for global-sustainability systems management, the Earthbag Village represents the housing element. See her work in the collage below.

Rumi Shah (Civil Engineer) continued working on the Earthbag Village upgrades to bring our designs closer to construction-ready plans. Structural columns were added to the plumbing section and furniture layouts were incorporated into the architectural set to provide spatial reference based on integrated feedback. All updates, including architectural, structural, and plumbing elements, were consolidated into a single coordinated file format to align with the reference drawing set for consistency and streamlined review. Layer management, annotation standards, and drawing organization were checked to ensure they followed industry best practices to support construction-readiness. One Community’s open source resources for global-sustainability systems management begin with the Earthbag Village, the first of seven planned villages providing housing. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Yi-Ju Lien (Environmental Engineer) continued her work on the Earthbag Village LEED points related to stormwater retention. Yi-Ju continued work on the catchment area plan for stormwater management, building on progress from the previous week. She refined the identification of catchment zones contributing to water harvesting and selected appropriate ground materials aligned with both stormwater management and harvesting goals. Her work included coordinating these components with the placement of the drainage system and the ground elevation layout for the Earthbag Village, highlighting the importance of maintaining collaboration and unity in global-sustainability systems management. See some of the work done in the collage below.

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is pioneering global-sustainability systems management 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 it’s function: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week, Andrew Chen (Industrial Designer) continued working on the Dormer second-floor window for the Duplicable City Center. He researched materials and joint designs for components that carry higher loads. He completed cutting the window frame into assembly parts, with dimensions documented in the drawing file. He also created a 3D assembly model in Fusion 360, which can be used to generate 3D animations and 2D assembly instructions. As a cornerstone of One Community’s open-source initiative, the Duplicable City Center reflects our focus on global-sustainability systems management. Browse the photos below for a look at this work.

Ariana Virginia Gutierrez Doria Medina (Industrial Designer) has continued the analysis and cost estimation of the windows for the Duplicable City Center. The cost analysis was completed. Taking into account three types of wood and the individual production process for each component. Work also began on the layout of the parts in preparation for assembly, which serve as the foundation for the development of the assembly manual. In addition, a brief market analysis was done to evaluate screw prices based on their durability and suitability for the project. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open-source model, representing our commitment to global-sustainability systems management. See some of this work in the pictures below.

Jason Bao (Architectural Designer) continued working on producing renders for the Duplicable City Center library. Adjustments were made to the base model to align with Jae’s specifications, including the addition of road networks following the geomap reference. Minor modifications and texture replacements were applied, and terrain details were expanded to enhance accuracy. Existing map discrepancies were corrected, and efforts were made to reduce file size and optimize system performance due to increasing complexity. Renders were produced to visualize terrain adjustments and road system updates for review and feedback. As a cornerstone of One Community’s open-source initiative, the Duplicable City Center reflects our focus on global-sustainability systems management. Browse the photos below for a look at this work.

Manjiri Patil (Mechanical Design Engineer) continued working on the designs for the Duplicable City Center DIY-replicable hub connector. She worked on updating the CAD files for the Dome structure, ensuring design accuracy and alignment with project specifications. In parallel, she is incorporating feedback provided by Jae on the manufacturing process documentation to enhance clarity and completeness. Additionally, Manjiri is actively addressing the backlog from last week to ensure all outstanding tasks are completed in a timely manner. Serving as a key feature of One Community’s open-source model, the Duplicable City Center supports our goals in global-sustainability systems management. View the images below to explore the progress.

Mihir Patki (Civil and Construction Engineer) worked on updating the 2D CAD drawings for the Duplicable City Center project. He continued work on the City Center water catchment updates, focusing on developing and refining the SketchUp model. He built the base structure, added the roof and catchment areas, and aligned the 3D layout with the updated CAD drainage and gutter drawings. Mihir adjusted slopes, organized model layers for easier editing, and worked on integrating the catchment system with the greywater layout. He also started creating two reusable components, gutters and pipe spouts, to add efficiently across the model as the design progresses. Additional time was spent refining drainage paths and preparing the model for the next phase of updates. A central element of our open-source development, the Duplicable City Center illustrates our approach to global-sustainability systems management. Pictures below highlight our work.

Shu-Tsun (Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center by conducting the structural and frame analysis of the City Center dome using Autodesk Inventor, as well as working on the spreadsheet for which she is responsible. She had a meeting with Dipak, during which she received valuable feedback on her initial snow load analysis. Following his discussion, Shu-Tsun revised the analysis to align with Dipak’s suggestions, ensuring greater accuracy and adherence to project standards. And she is currently gathering load magnitudes from various sources, compiling both the values and their references into a spreadsheet. The Duplicable City Center plays a vital role in One Community’s open-source plans and highlights our emphasis on global-sustainability systems management. See the images below for more.

Srujan Pandya (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping with the Duplicable City Center FEA analysis. He researched various dome codes applicable to building and steel structures across different states, reviewing the associated regulations and standards. In parallel, he modeled an earthquake loading scenario by applying continuous horizontal loads of 5 pounds/inch and 50 pounds/inch along the base rows of the dome, with gravity enabled and the topmost part of the dome constrained. The setup and analysis included constraints and material property definitions, and screenshots of the resulting deformations were captured. The results showed significant variation when the material was switched from LVL2 to steel, indicating that earlier simulations may have been performed using steel due to the lower deformation values. Srujan scheduled a meeting with Dipak to review both the new results and the dome code references, as well as to clarify loading requirements under various weather conditions, which had proven difficult to locate through open-source resources. Designed as part of One Community’s open-source vision, the Duplicable City Center aligns with our mission for global-sustainability systems management. Some examples can be seen in the photos below.

Yan “Jenni” Zu (Architectural Designer) continued her work on the greenhouse area of the Duplicable City Center. She continued to optimize the animal area. She modified the plants, animals, and ground materials to make the scene more vivid and diverse. In addition, Jenni completed several draft renderings from different angles to better present the layout and atmosphere of the animal area, clarifying the design intent and spatial organization. The Duplicable City Center is an essential part of One Community’s open-source project, developed with a focus on global-sustainability systems management. View related images below.

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is pioneering global-sustainability systems management 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 completed adding photos to the Master Tools, Equipment, and Materials/Supplies document, including items related to the Goat, Chicken, and Rabbit sections. They finalized the addition and alphabetization of tools, equipment, and materials/supplies to the Goat Section’s inventory list. Six photographs were incorporated into the weekly summary report. Duplicate entries for pex pipe and the electrical test kit were removed from the Master list, and corresponding summaries were updated. Subsequently, individual inventory lists were generated for the Chicken and Rabbit sections, with these lists cross-referenced and aligned against the established Goat Section inventory. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, focused on global-sustainability systems management, and exemplifies the organization’s commitment through innovative design and implementation. Below are some of the images showcasing this work.

Dirgh Patel (Volunteer Mechanical Engineer) continued assisting with the Climate Battery design evolutions. He completed the final report on thermal and stress-strain simulations, documenting eight thermal cases across three locations: outside, underground at 2.5 feet, and inside the greenhouse. He added all remaining technical details, including the reason for changing pipe thickness, boundary conditions, meshing strategy, temperature distribution images, and convection setup. He completed the report according to the provided guidelines and finalized both simulation sections. Dirgh consolidated all Word documentation into a Google Doc to improve accessibility and collaboration, incorporating related links, visuals, and a supporting video. One Community’s open source mission is powerfully reflected in the Highest Good Food initiative, which is focused on advancing global-sustainability systems management for global benefit. The following visuals highlight key outcomes of this initiative.

Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued working on Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting lighting and HVAC design. He added a section to the document that outlines the Daily Light Integral (DLI) values for the project location to support more accurate lighting assessments. He also refined the Lighting Energy Calculation Template by adjusting its structure and formatting, and updated the energy calculations for Zones 1 through 3 based on the revised inputs and layout. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a leading role in One Community’s open source platform, promoting global-sustainability systems management through sustainable and participatory development. Below are some of the images showcasing this work.

Keerthi Reddy Gavinolla (Software Developer) continued working on the Highest Good Food page additions, covering small-business and urban community options. She reviewed the Expressers team’s work, created their team collage, commented on their documents, and updated Blog #632. Updated the Highest Good Food Infrastructure website by editing the format, fixing links, and submitting the updated version to Jae for review. She also reviewed the bugs document, identified open PRs ready for merging, and shared the details with Jae. Built on One Community’s open source foundation, the Highest Good Food initiative drives global-sustainability systems management to empower communities with self-sustaining systems. Her contributions are highlighted in the collage below.

Pallavi Deshmukh (Software Engineer) continued working on adding the new Zenapini 2 content to the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting page. She created blog 632, focused on global-sustainability systems management. She began work on the webpage for Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting, formatting text, editing images, and adding SEO keywords. Pallavi also reviewed all the documents linked at the top of HGN Phase I as instructed and checked the status of pull requests to determine if any are ready to be merged. Fulfilling One Community’s open source objectives, the Highest Good Food project integrates global-sustainability systems management into a larger vision of regenerative living. Her contributions are highlighted in the collage below.

Tanmay Koparde (Industrial Engineer and Team Administrator) continued optimizing the Food Procurement and Storage Plan to enhance efficiency and sustainability. He initiated key supply chain concepts and carried out an in-depth analysis of FIFO, LIFO, Just-In-Time procurement, SAP (Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing) MM, and EWM. He assessed their applicability within the project scope, identifying strengths and limitations, and developed clear, actionable implementation steps to integrate these methodologies into current practical workflows. Through the lens of open source development, One Community’s Highest Good Food initiative utilizes global-sustainability systems management to support replicable ecological solutions. See his work in the collage below.

HIGHEST GOOD ENERGY PROGRESS

One Community is pioneering global-sustainability systems management through Highest Good energy that is more sustainable, resilient, supports self-sufficiency and includes solar, wind, hydro and more:

- - Learn about the open source sustainable-energy foundations: Solar, Hydro, and Wind
  - Explore our research into the most sustainable products and companies for saving water and energy: Insulation, Eco-laundry, Lightbulbs and Light Bulb Companies, Doors and Door Companies, Windows and Window Companies, Toilets, Faucets and Faucet Accessories, Urinals, and more.

This week, Dishita Jain (Data Analyst) continued assisting with the Highest Good Energy research and cost analysis for global-sustainability systems management. She worked on the Energy Infrastructure Cost Analysis and Visualizations task under the HG Energy project. She completed a team review for the OC Administration Training Team by creating a collage and adding a team summary to WordPress, and addressed feedback related to solar panel cost analysis and cross-checked the search bar content with the sub-categories for Highest Good Energy to ensure coverage. Dishita also incorporated additional resources and updated the Excel sheet based on feedback from Jae. One Community’s open source mission is powerfully reflected in the Highest Good Energy initiative, which is focused on advancing global-sustainability systems management for global benefit. Below are some of the images showcasing this work.

Muhammad Sarmad Tariq (Electrical Engineer) continued assisting with off-grid and grid-tied Solar Microgrid comparisons as part of the Highest Good Energy component. This is part of research for global-sustainability systems management, covering sustainable power supply. He completed a draft version of the report on the calculator for calculating profit and net savings for an off-grid and a grid-tied solar PV system. He sent Jae a draft version of this report and the Excel sheet calculations used in this report. He recorded a set of videos describing the report so that Jae can give feedback regarding this. Driven by its open source philosophy, One Community created the Highest Good Energy initiative to pioneer sustainable practices through advancing global-sustainability systems management. See his work in the collage below.

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is pioneering global-sustainability systems management 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:

Program Overview: Education Open Source Hub
How the components work together in designing human orchestrated eco-abundance: 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, Chitra Siddharthan (Data Analyst and Team Administrator) continued focusing on updating the blog, weekly summary, and Dropbox files for Team Code Crafters for Week 632. The document shared by Harshitha containing updated action items for the Phase 4 Figma wireframes was reviewed, along with additional documents related to Figma deliverables. Tasks related to assignment and status updates were addressed based on requests from the software engineers working on Phase 2 action items. Work on the Phase 4 Figma continued, including progress on the teacher dashboard and resolving an issue raised on Slack. The login page designed by Ravi was reviewed, and a check-in was done with Anuneet to track her progress. Contributions were also made to the Phase 2 user manual, along with updates to the weekly summary and associated images. The One Community model of global-sustainability systems management with sustainably built classrooms like this is an excellent example of sustainable change for the whole planet. See the collage below for her work.

Mrinalini Raghavendran (Software Engineer) continued refining and documenting both frontend and backend requirements for various graphs. She worked on updating the code by editing the new components she created and applying additional styling. She made progress on the form by adding elements based on the requirements in the document she formulated. She further modularized the components for readability. Mrinalini also fixed bugs identified during local testing and added backend data handling using Axios. She rewrote the separate filtering component with updated styling and continued working on styling across the component pages. By forwarding global-sustainability systems management with classrooms like this, One Community provides a replicable example for global sustainable development. See the collage below for her work.

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is pioneering global-sustainability systems management 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: A Day in the Life
  - Learn about the 4 economic models: RBE | For-profit | Non-profit | Entrepreneurship
  - Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software: The Highest Good Network

This week, the core team completed over 48 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 global-sustainability systems management and how global-sustainability systems management are a foundation of the bigger picture of everything One Community is doing. The image below shows some of this work.

Govind Sajithkumar (Project Manager) continued focusing on Meta platform analytics and content management for Facebook and Instagram channels. He managed Meta platform operations for Facebook and Instagram, maintaining content rotation and analytics tracking across both channels. He refreshed social media feeds with new posts while recording all content details in the Open Source spreadsheet, including post descriptions, media types, and publishing timestamps. Govind aligned publication times with audience engagement windows to optimize reach. He updated the social media analytics spreadsheet with current audience metrics, collecting and processing new demographic data for both Facebook and Instagram platforms. He performed quality checks to ensure data integrity across reporting frameworks and updated dashboards with the latest audience performance statistics. Beyond Meta responsibilities, Govind completed administrative duties including PR Review Team management, providing feedback on team member documents, updating his WordPress site with team summaries, and maintaining PR tracking tables. This effort supports One Community’s broader mission of global-sustainability systems management. The images below showcase some of this work.

Hritvik Mahajan (Data Analyst) continued focusing on marketing and administrative tasks. He worked on both marketing and software testing initiatives. He spent time managing Twitter social media posting and strategy by sharing high-engagement content on Twitter communities and performing related research to support ongoing promotion efforts. In software development, Hritvik continued frontend testing for Phase 1 by reviewing various pull requests, identifying issues, and following up with multiple team members on Slack to address changes and resolve merge conflicts. He also contributed to administrative work by reviewing and commenting on the Step 4 Document related to Blog #632, focusing on the submissions from the admin team members. This initiative furthers One Community’s goal of advancing global-sustainability systems management. The following images show his work for the week.

Jaiwanth Reddy Adavalli (Project Manager) continued developing the Job Applicants page and the Highest Good Network Phase 2 Dashboard. He created multiple pages of wireframes and wrote action items to guide further software development. He simplified the user flow by mapping how users could navigate between the pages. As part of the PR review team, he reviewed the pull requests of the volunteer team assigned to him. This project plays an important role in One Community’s commitment to global-sustainability systems management. The following images show his work for the week.

Raghav Dinesh Pamuru (Product Manager) continued work on coordinating with cross-functional teams to update the project roadmap and ensuring that all development tasks aligned with weekly goals. He created a mock social media dashboard and integrated data from 20 different platforms. He edited various charts and tables within the dashboard to align with specific display requirements and ensure clarity in the presentation of key metrics. He also adjusted formatting elements to improve readability and refined data mappings to ensure accurate representation. Minor layout changes were made to improve the user experience and overall structure of the dashboard. It directly contributes to One Community’s mission of creating systems rooted in global-sustainability systems management. The images below showcase some of this work.

Yash Shah (Data Analyst and Team Administrator) continued his admin work and managed the social architecture component of the Highest Good Network software. He followed up directly on GitHub by tagging both reviewers and owners of pull requests that had unresolved conflicts, in order to get updates and move the process forward. A second round of follow-ups was also completed by tagging contributors again to review requested changes and confirm whether further action was needed. These efforts were aimed at clarifying the status of pending approvals and prompting the necessary responses to ensure progress on the affected pull requests. Additionally, he also created a blog post for Dev Dynasty, organized the folder for the week, compiled a collage, and provided feedback on fellow volunteers’ blogs. This work strengthens One Community’s pursuit of global-sustainability systems management. The following images show his work for the week.

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

The Administration Team summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community’s ongoing process for global-sustainability systems management was managed by Bhakti Tigdi (Project Manager) and includes Anuneet Kaur (Administrator), Himanshu Mandloi (Engineering Project Manager), Jibin Joby (Data Analyst), Khushie Zaveri (Communication Strategist), Kishan Sivakumar (Administrative Assistant and Software Team Manager), Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support), Olimpia Borgohain (Data Analyst and Team Administrator), Preksha Welankiwar (Digital Marketing Manager), Rachna Malav (Data Analyst), Rishi Sundara (Quality Control Engineer and Team Administrator), Ryutaro (Ryu) Wongso (Economic Analyst and Team Administrator), Saumit Chinchkhandi (Administrative Assistant and Software Engineer), Vikas Pande (Software Administrator), and Vishnu Murali (Data Analyst). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for global-sustainability systems management through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.

This week, the Administration team engaged in a range of activities supporting software development, research, campaign execution, and administrative coordination. Anuneet continued her research on sustainable alternatives to plastics and Styrofoam by reviewing scholarly sources and compiling statistics, and she began outlining webpage content for the Highest Good Education Program Licensing and Accreditation project. Himanshu completed daily timelog reviews, updated task hours, addressed member requests, and created a blog on community-based DIY eco-construction. Jibin collaborated with Vishnu to extract and visualize BlueSky analytics data, maintained daily posts, and updated feedback on the housing team’s work. Khushie developed a comprehensive campaign report for the metric system petition, created email and Reddit outreach templates, and worked on platform-specific messaging strategies. Kishan reviewed volunteer documents and SEO pages, addressed peer feedback, and began new admin assignments. This effort supports One Community’s dedication to global-sustainability systems management.

Ola reviewed PR team assessments, created documentation for admin use, and uploaded reports to designated folders. Olimpia analyzed new follower data on LinkedIn, updated blog content as needed, and worked on dashboard development correlating post activity and audience demographics. Preksha finalized Threads and LinkedIn content for May, checked correction-marked PDFs, and continued developing outreach content for the metric system campaign. Rachna focused on updating her SEO pages, maintained awareness of team activity via email and comments, and noted her one-year milestone with One Community. Rishi tested and followed up on multiple PRs, led an interview, made SEO improvements to Blog #632, and uploaded engineer collages to individual blogs. Ryutaro contributed to cost template refinement, reviewed development progress, and documented output in a new blog. Saumit managed PR workflows, tested frontend updates across multiple pull requests, and edited WordPress content. Vishnu continued posting to BlueSky, improved scraper code accuracy, cleaned data sets, and collaborated on metrics strategies with Jibin. This work contributes to One Community’s commitment to global-sustainability systems management. See below to view images of their work.

GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM

The Graphic Design Team’s summary was managed by Harshitha Rayapati (Program Manager) and includes Aurora Juang (Graphic Designer), Junyuan Liu (Graphic Designer, UI/UX Designer), and Yafei (Jojo) Wu (Graphic/UIUX Designer) covering their work on graphic designs for global-sustainability systems management. This week, Aurora finalized chapter icons for the Seven Villages book and website, fixed broken links in the digital book, corrected errors in earlier social media bio announcements, and added to the library of content posts. She also created and published new volunteer bios using Google Sheets, maintaining consistency and accuracy across entries. Junyuan created social media content by collecting images, exploring design options in design software, and brainstorming ideas for future image creation. Work on the “Most Sustainable” image included reading, researching, writing supporting text, adjusting the layout, and revising earlier content based on feedback.

Yafei (Jojo) supported the release of finalized social media visuals, made adjustments based on post-launch feedback, and compiled best practices and lessons learned from the recent revision process. She also contributed to updating the visual brand guidelines to support consistent application of new standards and participated in early planning for the next round of social media content by gathering references and proposing initial design directions. See the Highest Good Society pages for more on how this contributes to global-sustainability systems management. See the collage below to view some of their work.

HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

One Community is pioneering global-sustainability systems management 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 our 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 and confirmed fixes for assigning a project via the user profile (#3397), adding back the listing overview (#3307), adding Google Docs and Manager icons in the Tasks tab (#2889), and adding the “R” icon to the User Management page (#3236). Issues that remained unresolved included the notification bubble formatting for four-digit numbers (#3317), dark mode consistency and sync across tabs (#3168), progress bar formatting (#3211), and Hours UI responsiveness for mid-sized screens (#3312). They assigned tasks to four volunteers, were unable to test the PR for forcing a new password when creating a new user due to an existing issue with account creation from the User Management page, created a task to document the problem with the “Create New User” button, added details about rules for Core Team accounts when a Weekly Summary is not provided, and recorded a video describing an issue where, after the May 3rd merge, task tables could no longer be accessed to update or create new tasks. These improvements represent incremental steps toward the realization of global-sustainability systems management. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to global-sustainability systems management. 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 Lin Khant Htel (Frontend Software Developer), and the team includes Eve Ye (Volunteer Software Engineer Intern), Jiaqi Nie (Software Engineer), and Nikita Kolla (Full Stack Developer) This software is a foundation of One Community tracking and management process for global-sustainability systems management. Lin reviewed and approved PR #3457 after testing it on a local machine and confirming that all seven test cases passed as expected. He also reached out to team members for consultation, reviewed Alpha team members’ weekly summaries, photos, and videos, and handled management duties for the Alpha Team. This work reflects One Community’s ongoing commitment to global-sustainability systems management.

Jiaqi worked on testing the full API for the lbdashboard project and creating a video to assist others with submitting pull requests related to his task. He completed development of the bidoverview API, verified that it returns the correct fields, and confirmed its functionality using Postman. He also created a step-by-step video demonstrating how to set up MongoDB and Postman for testing purposes. This contribution is part of One Community’s dedication to global-sustainability systems management. Nikita worked on the Phase 2 Summary Dashboard task related to the horizontal bar graph of P5. She added filters to the backend code and started implementing the graph on the front end, that ensured the data flows correctly between components and is prepared for visualization in the interface. All the team’s efforts supported the goal of global-sustainability systems management. See below for some of the team’s work.

BINARY BRIGADE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

This week, Amalesh worked on unit tests and fixed the pause/reactivation feature for user status as part of efforts reflecting One Community’s ongoing commitment to global-sustainability systems management. He documented the work with screenshots and videos, tracked time using the HGN timer while completing onboarding, and wrote a test for “ownerstandardsMessageConstants,” which is now awaiting pull request approval. Anirudh resolved merge conflicts and fixed test case failures for PRs related to Blue Squares permissions and reports page checkboxes. He also analyzed broken CC functionality in emails, though fixes remain pending. Aureliano focused on HGN software development, working on an auto-poster for Instagram and Threads to support global-sustainability systems management. His contributions included implementing an Imgur upload endpoint, converting images to JPG format, and refactoring Instagram posting logic. He also developed a custom Imgur login component, initialized a GitHub repository for Imgur OAuth functionality (with an npm package plan paused), and added image deletion functionality in instagramUtilities.js, transferring updates to the HGN backend and testing with Postman.

Deepthi resolved merge conflicts in leaderboard UI pull requests and addressed layout and responsiveness issues, aligning the improvements with the broader context. Geeta contributed to the Social Media Dashboard task by adding user account data, generating mock data for graphs, and incorporating new requirements for post counts to ensure functional data integration. Jaissica built a responsive bar chart with filters for project data, updated the infringements module, and reviewed teammates’ weekly summaries, aligning her work with the goals of global-sustainability systems management. Nikhil continued converting .css files to .module.css, updating 230 JSX files and resolving dynamic class handling issues to maintain consistency in the codebase. Samman completed work on the P5 header by aligning UI elements with Figma designs, resolved dark mode issues in a previous pull request, and began testing final changes.

Siddhartha outlined backend data models for an education portal, participated in discussions on entity relationships and authentication, and ensured schema decisions aligned with architectural goals. Sriram resolved merge conflicts in an existing pull request and began implementing a “Supplier Performance” bar graph using mock data, helping advance dashboard tools. Sunil debugged and adjusted state management issues affecting filtered data on the Weekly Summaries Reports page, addressing inconsistencies in a system built to support pioneering global-sustainability systems management. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this aligns with One Community’s commitment to global-sustainability systems management. 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 Dishita Jain (Data Analyst) and includes Humemah Khalid (Software Engineer/Backend Developer), Linh Huynh (Volunteer Software Engineer), Ramakrishna Aruva (Software Engineer), and Sai Girish Pabbathi (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for global-sustainability systems management. This week, Humemah worked on resolving an issue in the Tasks Tab where users with the team visibility toggle turned off could still view other members’ tasks due to the use of an unfiltered list—unlike the Dashboard, which correctly respects the toggle setting. She uploaded supporting images to Dropbox and completed her weekly summary. Linh focused on expanding the Blogger auto-poster feature by building UI components for post creation and scheduling, including date and time pickers and status indicators. He also addressed a bug where future-scheduled posts appeared as published due to missing status validation. This was resolved by updating frontend logic to refetch the post list after publishing. These improvements support One Community’s efforts in global-sustainability systems management.

Linh further added a sorting function to toggle post order by publish date and positioned the sort button for clarity, with changes implemented across both React and Node.js to maintain alignment with Blogger API behavior. Ramakrishna spent time learning the Sharp image-processing library and integrated it into image-related features by experimenting with enhancement techniques and optimizing images for efficient MongoDB storage and retrieval. Sai integrated the map using Leaflet and adjusted the UI to meet design specifications. Backend connection was delayed due to unresolved CORS issues and the API not being ready, but he continued working on bugs assigned by Jae, including popup display, date filtering, icon integration, and profile page behavior adjustments. Sai also made CSS updates to allow both properties and listings to display on the same page and reviewed Airbnb’s interface for additional design inspiration. This project enhances One Community’s global-sustainability systems management initiatives. See the Highest Good Society and the Highest Good Network pages to learn more on how their work contributes to global-sustainability systems management. See below to view images of their work.

CODE CRAFTERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Code Crafters Team, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Sundar Machani (Software Engineer) and includes Anjali Maddila (Software Engineer), Ashrita Cherlapally (Software Engineer), Greeshma Palanki (Software Engineer), Humera Naaz (MERN developer), Pratyush Prasanna Sahu (Software Engineer), Rahul Prasad (Software Engineer), Ravikumar Sripathi (Software Engineer), Sai Moola (Software Engineer), Sravan Kumar Bodakonda (Software Engineer), and Xiaolei Zhao (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for global-sustainability systems management through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.

This week Anjali completed the frontend implementation of the pagination task and raised a pull request for PR #3460. She created the MemberList React component and a corresponding CSS file to define the layout and styling of each member card. The component includes pagination controls and displays member information in a card format with centered alignment. A new route, /memberlist, was added to the routes.js file, integrating the feature into the application. Ashrita worked on integrating pie chart visualizations into the Phase 2 construction summary dashboard. This work is in line with One Community’s vision for global-sustainability systems management. She built a backend API using Node.js and MongoDB to return actual and planned expenditures grouped by category. On the frontend, she used Recharts to render two pie charts displaying labor, equipment, and material costs, and applied layout styling to visually separate them within bordered containers. She also started wiring the component to a dynamic project ID to support project-specific rendering on the total construction summary page. Greeshma identified the exact issue of the token being generated in the backend but not being fetched into the frontend, discussed the problem with the manager to explore possible solutions, created additional tasks to help track related work, and began examining another task focused on enabling below-level roles to submit the summary of above-level roles. Humera worked on the checkTotalHrsInCat function, which evaluates a user’s hours in specific categories and manages associated badges. She implemented logic to compare user data with badge requirements, handling duplicates and ensuring only one relevant badge per category. Additionally, Humera added data validation checks and conditions to update or replace badges as needed. This effort supports One Community’s dedication to global-sustainability systems management.

Pratyush updated the chart to a horizontal stacked bar layout with color-coded bars for different tool statuses and implemented a project filter dropdown for project-specific data. He replaced third-party UI components with standard HTML elements and used inline CSS for styling and layout. Additionally, he rewired the project dropdown and date range picker using built-in HTML controls while retaining Recharts for the bar chart functionality. Rahul worked on testing PR-1491 and PR-2266 in the HighestGoodNetworkApp and HGNRest repositories, ensuring the features functioned correctly. While reviewing additional PRs, he encountered build and runtime errors despite prior approvals and is investigating whether the issues are due to local setup or code conflicts. The goal is to thoroughly validate these PRs before they are finalized or merged. This work reflects One Community’s ongoing commitment to global-sustainability systems management. Ravikumar worked on the login functionality for Phase 4 of the Highest Good Education platform, creating a login screen with input fields, a role dropdown, and error handling for missing fields and incorrect credentials. He also designed a Forgot Password flow and added role persistence logic to avoid re-selection of roles unless necessary. Feedback-driven changes were made to layout, color, and error messaging, and coordination with team leads was essential to manage Figma’s limitations in implementing variables and conditional logic. Sai Shekhar completed the task for the “HGN Questionnaire Dashboard” by raising PR #1358 for the initial Help Request Modal. He has started work on the “Phase 2 Summary Dashboard” task, which involves creating a schema and controller file for project costs and implementing a prediction model for future costs. Additionally, he is helping Greeshma with a task to automatically update the time spent on tasks without requiring a page refresh. This contribution is part of One Community’s dedication to global-sustainability systems management.

Sravan worked on the Phase 2 Summary Dashboard by implementing a Donut Chart to display the Actual Cost Breakdown by Type of Expenditure. The work included setting up the backend components such as the controller, model, and route, as well as developing the frontend with a JSX component and associated CSS for styling. Most of the implementation was completed, and current efforts are focused on resolving issues related to data fetching. Sundar worked on updating the HGN application’s Node.js version to 20 and addressed compatibility issues across the test suite. He also reviewed deprecated APIs and warnings introduced by the React 18 upgrade and updated the Axios router library. Over 10 test files were fixed, with further work needed to resolve remaining issues related to libraries and test cases. Xiaolei reconfigured the Ubuntu development environment due to compatibility issues with Windows. She reviewed the frontend dashboard layout and determined where to add a card for a Donut Chart displaying Planned Cost Breakdown by Expenditure Type. A prototype of the card was created using Recharts, rendering a pie chart with category names and percentage breakdowns of the planned cost data. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to global-sustainability systems management. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

DEV DYNASTY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Dev Dynasty Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Nishita Gudiniye (Software Engineer) and includes Dharmik Patel (Software Engineer), Manvitha Yeeli (Volunteer Software Engineer), Mohan Satya Ram Sara (Software Engineer), Vaibhav Koladiya (Software Engineer), Vamsi Krishna (Software Engineer) and Zhifan Jia (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for global-sustainability systems management through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.

This week, Dharmik enhanced the User Management page by implementing a visual indicator in the bottom-left corner of the first column after reviewing API flows, understanding backend data retrieval, analyzing frontend data propagation, and configuring debugging tools to trace function calls and component hierarchies. Manvitha worked on LinkedIn integration features by configuring a standalone LinkedIn app with required scopes for post scheduling, enabling user authentication using the /userinfo endpoint, submitting a support request to LinkedIn for additional scopes due to product limitations, resolving a merge conflict for the Blue Squares feature under PR 1345, addressing related review comments, and identifying an issue in the LinkedIn autoposter causing incorrect date and time display for scheduled posts. Mohan worked on the HGN Software Development project by adding a dynamic popup “i” icon for the Weekly Summaries Reports page with role-based visibility and conditional rendering, integrating styling adjustments, and ensuring correct alignment and functionality across user roles, while separately implementing a feature for reordering featured ads on the Application/Job Posting landing page by building schema support for maintaining order, enabling temporary UI states, adding save functionality with structured backend payloads, incorporating success and error notifications, and performing role-based testing. This contribution is part of One Community’s dedication to global-sustainability systems management.

Nishita developed the “Educational Status of Applicants” Pie Chart for the Job Posting Page Analytics by setting up the chart with Recharts/Chart.js, adding titles, labels, and hover text, building dynamic filters, handling state management with React Query and Axios, designing MongoDB models, creating API endpoints, and beginning integration of educational status collection into the form. Vaibhav improved the frontend of the “Longest Open Issues” chart in the HighestGoodNetworkApp by adding dynamic filtering options for date range and project selection, setting up routing, developing Redux action and reducer files for state management, building modular React components for chart display and filtering, and applying scoped CSS to maintain consistent styling. Vamsi implemented backend functionality for the open issues list by creating API endpoints to fetch open issues with optional query parameters for dates, projects, and tags, handling issue-specific actions with PATCH and DELETE methods, aligning the issue data structure with frontend requirements, and incorporating filtering logic for date ranges, project IDs, and optional tags. Zhifan addressed the issue “Fix email notification for setting last day saying the next day is their last day” by evaluating the email generation process after an end date was selected, adding logging across the frontend and backend to track values, identifying that the frontend was incorrectly adding an extra day before sending data to the backend, and awaiting clarification from Jae before raising a pull request while resuming work on fetching Members’ Skills and Contact Information using updated instructions. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to global-sustainability systems management. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

EXPRESSERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Expressers Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, managed by Strallia Chao (Software Engineer), includes Meenashi Jeyanthinatha Subramanian (Full Stack Developer), Rahul Trivedi (Software Engineer) and Reina Takahara (Software Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for global-sustainability systems management through innovative software development, testing, and collaboration. This week, Meenashi maintained online users through socket. She added the bidNotificationsMarkDelivered endpoint to update the delivery status of notifications and implemented APIs to create and retrieve deadline details. The logic for retrieving bid notifications was updated to return only entries where isDelivered is false. A separate controller and router were created for handling SMS sending functionality. She responded to a request to test pull request 1193. Bid deadline details were added for an existing listing ID. After initiating a Cloudflare tunnel and calling the postBidandPay API using Postman, the order was generated successfully, but the new bid event was not transmitted to the socket. This issue is currently under investigation.

Rahul focused on improving the loading screen behavior during backend data retrieval and optimized the layout of the skills components for better responsiveness on smaller screens. He enhanced the data fetching process by adding validation for missing fields and applied code optimizations. The codebase was refactored to follow a more modular structure aligned with SOLID principles. Minor UI updates were made, and the User Profile layout was adjusted to better match the Figma design. Reina completed a line graph chart that shows cost breakdowns by expenditure type. She made adjustments to ensure visual consistency in both light and dark modes and added filtering by date and project name using sample data from MongoDB. A simplified version of the graph was integrated into the Weekly Summary Components Dashboard. She is currently addressing test issues related to her frontend pull request 3458 and backend pull request 1357. This work is in line with One Community’s vision for global-sustainability systems management.

Strallia Chao provided acceptance criteria for developers working on the Total Org Summary page, focusing on the Team Stats section and Hours Completed bar chart. She implemented a hotfix to resolve an invalid argument error affecting the Hours Completed chart and helped a team member address a local frontend network issue. She reviewed pull request 3459 for the Anniversary Celebrated component and provided additional acceptance criteria for ongoing development on the same page. She also refactored two frontend components to remove unused code and improve readability. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this contributed to global-sustainability systems management. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

LUCKY STAR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Lucky Star Team’s summary of the Highest Good Network software was managed by Anne Zhang (Software Engineer) and includes contributions from Dipti Yadav (Software Engineer), Harini Korda (Software Engineer), Koushica Bosadi Ulaganathan (Software Engineer), Ganesh Karnati (Software Engineer), Manusha Jyasta (Senior Software Engineer) and Manoj Gembali (Software Engineer). The outcome highlighted the value of shared input, aligning with global-sustainability systems management’s collaborative approach.

This week, Dipti continued work on the task addressing incorrect time totals in the Timelog feature, identifying multiple useEffect calls as a potential cause and testing several solutions, including alternative data storage methods, though the application remained unstable. She reviewed backend code for discrepancies, documented her process, and began work on a new feature involving a subscribe and unsubscribe component, which is currently in testing. This change reflected the collaborative mindset seen in global-sustainability systems management, where everyone contributes to long-term success.

Ganesh enhanced the horizontal bar chart for the “Most Expensive or Loss-making Issues” dashboard by aligning UI elements, adjusting dropdown dimensions, resolving tag overflow issues, improving responsiveness across devices, and reviewing specifications for the upcoming “Tools Most In Need Of Replacement” dashboard. Harini updated the Y-axis label on the Work Distribution Bar Chart, added fallback logic for missing data, improved responsiveness by adjusting axis labels, tested dark mode label rendering, and handled edge cases involving invalid or undefined values before pushing changes to her branch. The enhancement inspired individual responsibility, echoing global-sustainability systems management’s emphasis on collective progress.

Koushica addressed emergency hotfixes and UI updates, including resolving a test failure in the UserManagement file, fixing a bug in the Basic Information section, updating the Blue Square reason popup layout, debugging task name visibility on the People Reports page, investigating discrepancies in displayed data, and progressing on converting CSS for the Job Form Builder page. Manoj worked on the Community Members section by implementing dynamic sorting, profile redirection, tooltip indicators for private information, and layout adjustments, and is now resolving failed checks on the associated pull request. This improvement encouraged ownership, similar to global-sustainability systems management where shared responsibility supports ongoing progress.

Manusha developed three backend API endpoints to support job posting analytics, enabling filtered results for the top and bottom ten job postings by hits-to-application conversion rate, with support for both percentage and raw application counts, using a MongoDB schema and structured JSON responses for frontend visualization. Anne worked on debugging a new issue related to saving blue square reasons for specific One Community user roles, managed Lucky Star team reviews and weekly pictures, and responded to team questions about One Community responsibilities. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to global-sustainability systems management. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

MOONFALL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Moonfall Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Newell Newell (Manager) and includes Akanksha Singh (Software Developer), Angad Anil Gosain (Volunteer Software Engineer), Bhavpreet Singh (Software Engineer), Lalith Kumar Rajendran (Software Engineer), Shashank Kumar (Software Engineer), Vivek Sharma (Software Engineer), and Yili Sun (Software Engineer). This week, Akanksha fixed console warnings in the SaveButton.test.js file and submitted PR #3461. She confirmed that the tests for ToggleSwitch.test.js (PR #3421) and TriStateToggleSwitch.test.js (PR #3440) pass without console warnings, though both are still awaiting merge. She also worked on resolving an issue where the ‘X’ button to delete tasks under the dashboard is currently only functional for Owner accounts, not for other roles with the ‘Interact with Task’ permission; the fix and testing for this are ongoing. This effort supports One Community’s dedication to global-sustainability systems management. Angad reviewed the User Management codebase to determine placement for a new timelog icon and matched its implementation with other views for consistency. He created a reusable clock icon in UserTableData, added routing behavior to support both same-tab and new-tab views, and ensured it was accessible regardless of canSeeReports permissions. He added a header in UserTableHeader.jsx, replaced the legacy icon with a FontAwesomeIcon, and resolved layout and test issues resulting from UI updates. He also completed filter feature improvements, including auto-save and a select-all option, with a video walkthrough. This work reflects One Community’s ongoing commitment to global-sustainability systems management. Bhavpreet completed the messaging system for the listing and bidding platform, adding socket-based messaging, status updates, notifications, and email summaries for unread messages. He also ensured the system is mobile responsive.

Lalith worked on the “Found Help Somewhere” popup feature by implementing and testing a POST request endpoint, confirming proper database updates, response flow, and status handling via Postman. This work is in line with One Community’s vision for global-sustainability systems management. Newell resolved issues with email functionality, implemented session and JWT-based authentication using Oslo.js and Nest.js, and investigated backend test failures. He began migrating the project from CommonJS to ESM using Nx, then reverted due to compatibility issues in Nest.js. He continued backend endpoint development and planned integration with the frontend, including a compatibility layer for existing APIs. Shashank tested and submitted pull requests for the profile page spacing fix and the volunteer anniversary component. He began work on a role distribution pie chart by reviewing Recharts documentation and outlining the logic for data mapping, labels, and integration. Vivek added and revised unit tests for timeEntryController methods including getTimeEntriesForSpecifiedProject, getTimeEntriesForUsersList, getTimeEntriesForSpecifiedPeriod, and postTimeEntry. He debugged issues related to mocking and caching in tests for postTimeEntry and editTimeEntry. Yili integrated PR #1172 feedback by removing redundant role checks and adding a condition to prevent editTeamCode from exposing fields intended for putUserProfile. Yili also continued work on unit tests for rolesController.js, focusing on coverage of key methods. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more information on how this contributed to global-sustainability systems management. Below is a collage of the team’s work.

REACTONAUTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

This week, Akshay completed the pending pull request and received four approvals for it. He also managed the Reactonauts team as a team manager, reviewing the software team management document, tracking daily work submissions, checking task progress, and submitting the weekly team review, which aligns with One Community’s commitment to global-sustainability systems management. Ghazi resolved a Git issue by helping migrate a misdirected development branch to the One Community repository as part of the global-sustainability systems management effort, and also collaborated on fixing a backend pull request impacting Financial Summary card data. Gmon worked on project details for the bmdashboard and reassigned a task related to hiding member tasks with the teams toggle, noting that an existing PR could now be marked complete. He added active/inactive team numbers on the team page, created a new pull request (PR 2850) currently under review, and uploaded related screenshots and video to Dropbox which reflects One Community’s ongoing commitment to global-sustainability systems management. Guirong worked on the Total Org Summary page and adjusted two charts based on Strallia’s requirements, but paused work due to failed tests. She addressed older backend PRs by resolving merge conflicts, applying requested changes, and verifying updates before pushing them, including resolving issues in PR #1021, all as part of the work in line with One Community’s vision for global-sustainability systems management. Haoyue enhanced the Job Posting Page Analytics by adding support for time ranges, customizing tooltip behavior, improving layout responsiveness, and refactoring the ApplicantsAgeChart into a modular structure as part of the global-sustainability systems management work.

Khushi worked on the frontend development of the Job Posting Page Analytics feature by integrating interactivity into the Popularity by Timeline chart, linking filters for dynamic updates, improving tooltips and data labels, finalizing styling, and aligning the layout with backend data for global-sustainability systems management. Kristin worked on three frontend cleanup tasks—PR2102, PR2699, and PR2721—by testing changes in PeopleTableDetails.jsx and opening PR3467, fixing display issues on the total organization summary page, and updating failing WBS component unit tests; these updates supported efforts in global-sustainability systems management. Mohan resolved a major merge conflict involving active and inactive pull requests by adjusting multiple JavaScript files, React components, and tests to align frontend and backend logic, and also added tests for the updated badge assignment feature, supporting global-sustainability systems management. Nikhil reviewed 14 pull requests spanning front-end, back-end, and unit tests, providing feedback to align changes—including UI updates, API modifications, and test enhancements—with the system’s architecture and global-sustainability systems management practices. Pallavi tested the template and question management routes of a job form builder using Postman by identifying backend endpoint configurations on port 4500, resolving authentication issues with a valid JWT token, and investigating “Cannot POST” and “Cannot GET” errors by checking Express route definitions, middleware placement, and server logs as part of ongoing debugging related to global-sustainability systems management. Peterson added a new feature to the Badge Management page that displays a table of user names matching the typed term and shows an informational message when no matches are found, contributing to global-sustainability systems management. Rishitha Mamidala added the project name to the header of the Projects > Members page, replacing the generic “PROJECTS” title with “PROJECT: <Project Name>,” ensuring consistency with the WBS Pages title and maintaining visual consistency across components. The change was tested to confirm that the correct project name appears dynamically, contributing to global-sustainability systems management.

Rishwa resolved a formatting issue on the Profile Page by identifying the PR that caused the regression and implementing a hotfix to restore the layout. She also updated her open PR to add conditional rendering for the email and Slack icons when those fields are null, based on reviewer feedback, and merged her previously submitted PRs after final checks and approvals, contributing to global-sustainability systems management. Saniya updated Figma mockups by adjusting graphs, pie charts, layout elements, color schemes, and chart labels based on feedback, and reviewed a previously reported bug, analyzing the related issue in the design flow for potential improvements. She contributed to global-sustainability systems management and is waiting for further feedback and reviews to proceed with additional updates. Siva enhanced the Member column filter under the Projects section, aligning its style with other filters, adding sorting arrows, and implementing a tooltip for “active members.” Two options were explored for sorting direction—static toggle or dropdown—and two approaches for displaying active members were considered, but missing backend data was identified as a blocker for global-sustainability systems management. This work helps One Community’s mission of an open-source paradigm for ecological living. See the collage below to view the team’s work.

SKYE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Skye Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network, was managed by Olimpia Borgohain (Data Analyst and Team Admin) and Luis Arevalo (Software Engineer), and the team includes Julia Ha (Software Engineer), Prit Patel (Software Engineer), Sai Preetham (Full Stack Developer), Snehal Dilip Patare (Software Engineer) and Vikas Nomula (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software helps manage and continue supporting global-sustainability systems management focusing on social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes to build sustainable and thriving ecosystems. This solution is portable, scalable, and ideal for off-grid or sustainable living communities

This week, Julia contributed to One Community’s commitment to global-sustainability systems management by supporting key platform improvements. She reviewed and approved PR 3420 after testing it at Sundar’s request. She also examined PR 3362 from Guirong and identified a decimal error that blocked navigation to the report page; after analysis, she determined the issue was unrelated to the PR and reported it in Slack, where she learned another team member was handling it as a hotfix. As part of efforts aligned with global-sustainability systems management, she worked on improving website responsiveness by adjusting the navigation bar to remain on a single line on small laptop screens using flexbox. During this process, she encountered a centering issue with the owner message due to the Reactstrap Collapse component and implemented a workaround to restore the correct alignment. She modified the navigation menu for mobile view by converting it into a dropdown format, ensuring each item appears on its own line and that the navbar expands when clicked. She also removed unnecessary elements such as dividers, relocated the avatar and welcome message to the top, and retained the original design for larger screens. Her updates support better accessibility and communication within One Community’s global-sustainability systems management platform. In addition, she fixed a bug where volunteers with access only to “Other” links saw a “null null” text in the dropdown menu, correcting the navbar display in such cases. Luis followed up with Jae to clarify the direction for the warnings tracker and confirm what should be abbreviated and displayed when sending an email to a user. His work also contributes to global-sustainability systems management by ensuring communication tools are clear and efficient. He confirmed that the warnings will include both a full name and an abbreviation to support display and email functionality. He also investigated the cause of the blue square bug and raised a pull request, but the issue was resolved by Newell before the fix was merged, and the feature is now functioning correctly—helping maintain a smooth user experience essential to global-sustainability systems management.

Prit continued working on the implementation of the frontend for the permissions section. He also examined other team members’ pull requests to see how similar tasks were handled and read the HGN permissions system design document to gain a better understanding of the task. Sai Preetham worked on a role change confirmation modal that detects mismatches between a user’s custom permissions and those of a new role, prompting a confirmation modal when differences are found. He handled the backend logic to identify these mismatches and integrated the frontend display and interaction for the modal. He also addressed an issue related to tracking management and completed the weekly development summary. His work is in line with One Community’s vision for global-sustainability systems management. Snehal completed the Facebook scheduler and submitted frontend PR 3466 and backend PR 1359, both of which were failing. She worked on resolving the issues and reviewed feedback from Jae for potential improvements. Vikas created an interface in the Highest Good Network to allow users to upload and preview videos, developed an API for transferring video content from the frontend to the backend, and integrated the video input into the announcements section. He implemented frontend rendering of uploaded files for immediate feedback, added error handling for invalid uploads, and improved state updates to enhance user experience during uploads. See below for the work done on global-sustainability systems management this week.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM A-F

The PR Review Team’s summary for team members’ names starting with A-F 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 global-sustainability systems management. This week’s active members of this team were: Anthony Weathers (Volunteer Software Engineer), Carl Bebli (Software Engineer), and Carlos Gomez (Full-Stack Software Developer). They assisted with the research for global-sustainability systems management by reviewing all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network measures global-sustainability systems management by exploring the Highest Good Network open-source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM G-N

The PR Review Team’s summaries for team members’ names starting with G-N and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Govind Sajithkumar (Software Project Manager). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of pioneering global-sustainability systems management. This week’s active members of this team were: Gopika Lakshmi (Software Developer), Kurtis Ivey (Full Stack Developer), Nahiyan Ahmed (Full Stack Software Developer) and Nathan Hoffman (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 pioneering global-sustainability systems management by exploring the Highest Good Network open-source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM O-Z

The PR Review Team’s summaries for team members’ names starting with O-Z and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Jaiwanth Reddy (Software Project Manager). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of pioneering global-sustainability systems management. This week’s active members of this team were: Vamshi Gutha (Full-Stack Developer). He reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network measures pioneering global-sustainability systems management by exploring the Highest Good Network open-source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

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Posted on May 1, 2025 by One Community Hs

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Preksha is a skilled digital marketing professional with a strong background in content strategy, social media management, and data-driven marketing. With experience leading multi-channel campaigns, building community engagement, and optimizing internal processes, she brings both creativity and structure to her work. Passionate about impactful storytelling and results-oriented strategy, Preksha is also committed to inclusive communication and accessibility across all platforms. As a member of the One Community team, she managed the organization’s Threads presence, contributed to social media strategy, and oversaw social analytics for Threads, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. She implemented 14 new strategies to improve the workflow of our social media accounts. Preksha was also part of the hiring team and supported the onboarding of over 30 new volunteers into the ecosystem, while contributing to ongoing administrative improvements to ensure consistency, accuracy, and alignment with One Community’s mission.

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Rumi is a dedicated Civil Engineer and Project Manager with 6+ years of experience driving construction projects from planning through execution. Skilled in both technical design and collaborative teamwork, she combines analytical thinking with hands-on field knowledge to support successful project outcomes. As a valued member of the One Community team, Rumi has worked on developing structural drawing sets and detailed design documentation for the Earthbag Village and created a comprehensive general construction checklist to ensure the drawings are construction-ready.

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One Community welcomes Sabitha Nazareth to the Software Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Sabitha is a Software Engineer with over 2 years of experience. She has worked on AI-powered platforms, backend systems, and frontend interfaces using technologies such as React, Node.js, Django, and Azure. Her experience includes implementing RESTful APIs, deploying LLMs, and managing cloud-based services like MongoDB and Cosmos DB. Sabitha earned her Master’s degree in Computer Science and contributed across several startups and large organizations. As a member of the One Community Software Team, she has contributed to the of Highest Good Network by developing UI with React. She has also worked on the Highest Good Housing initiative by supporting the development of the listings and bidding platform.

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Posted on April 29, 2025 by One Community Hs

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Dishita has experience transforming complex data into actionable insights. She specializes in data visualization, statistical analysis, and business intelligence, with proficiency in tools like SQL, Python, Tableau, and Power BI. Passionate about leveraging data for positive social and environmental change, Dishita aligns her work with scalable impact and efficiency. As a member of the One Community team for Highest Good Energy, Dishita has contributed to the cost analysis for solar panels, supporting research and evaluation of pricing.

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