One Community welcomes Ilya Flaks to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Although Ilya is relatively new to software engineering, he already has experience coding for non-profit organizations. He comes from a background of chemistry and biology and has worked as a flavor chemist in the food industry for over 10 years. He completed an MIT coding bootcamp in 2022 where he became proficient with the MERN stack. Ilya continued to learn on his own, mastering technologies such as GraphQL, MySQL, Next.js, Java Spring Boot, React Native and many more. Ilya is passionate about creating the best possible user experience and learning the latest technologies to achieve that goal. As a member of the One Community Highest Good Network software team, Ilya is working on adding new functionalities to the Building Management dashboard both on the back end and the front end and troubleshooting bugs in the existing codebase.

WELCOME TO THE TEAM ILYA!

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One Community welcomes Lu Wang to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Lu is a software engineer specializing in PR reviews and test writing. With a keen eye for detail and a passion for quality assurance, Lu has made important contributions to the team’s codebase by reviewing and enhancing code quality through PR reviews. Additionally, Lu has played a key role in ensuring the reliability and functionality of the team’s software by writing comprehensive test suites. Lu’s dedication to ensuring the team’s code meets high standards of excellence has been instrumental in delivering robust and reliable code for the open source Highest Good Network software.

WELCOME TO THE TEAM LU!

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One Community welcomes Meenakshi Velayutham to the Administration Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Meenakshi is an engineer with several years of professional experience in the Software Industry. She has also obtained a certification from UCSD in the areas of sustainable business practices. She brings a unique set of strong analytical, technical and purpose-driven skills, and has experience working in global, collaborative project teams. Meenakshi is passionate about sustainability and has worked on projects involving food security, packaging reduction and eco plastics, and carbon footprint reduction in communities. She also focused her studies on triple bottom line and B-Corp organizations that are involved with recycling and regeneration. She believes in efficiency with regards to use of resources, doing more with less, and contributing to sustainability with resources and infrastructure as a path to having both a positive impact on the environment and the economy. As a member of the One Community team, she is involved in supporting the core team with various workflow processes related to administration, web design and business plan cost analysis, and with review, analysis and content management of One Community’s various deliverables and publications.

WELCOME TO THE TEAM MEENAKSHI!

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At One Community, our all-volunteer team is committed to forwarding holistic community creation by integrating sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, economics, and social architecture, all for “The Highest Good of All.” Our open-source, free-shared solutions aim to regenerate the planet, serving as a blueprint for global collaboration.

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

OUR MAIN OPEN SOURCE HUBS

Click on each icon to be taken to the corresponding Highest Good hub page.

One Community’s physical location will forward this movement as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to demonstrated holistic community creation around the world. This is the February 26th, 2024 edition (#571) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Holistic Community Creation
One Community Progress Update #571

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is forwarding holistic community creation 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 “First Steps of Holistic Community Creation” Crowdfunding Campaign
    • Learn about the different holistic community creation housing models: 7 Sustainable Village Models
    • Visit the holistic community creation open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

This week, Loza Ayehutsega (Civil Engineer/Assistant Civil Engineer) completed another week focused on reviewing and addressing requested changes and content additions related to Earth Dam risk assessment and dam break hazard assessment. This week’s focus was on post-event recovery and different types of dam failure. Earthworks are a big part of One Community’s holistic community creation model. You can see her work on dam assessment in the collage below.

Stacey Maillet (Graphic Designer) finished what looks like the final round or revisions to the the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) assembly instructions for the Murphy bed. This involved reviewing and integrating final feedback covering a few additions to the assembly process and changing some links. Sustainable and DIY replicable furniture is a big part of One Community’s holistic community creation model. See pics below.

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is forwarding holistic community creation through a Duplicable and Sustainable City Center that is LEED Platinum certified/Sustainable, can feed 200 people at a time, provide laundry for over 300 people, is beautiful, spacious, and saves resources, money, and space:

• • • Learn about this building and its function as part of holistic community creation: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week, Clarice Gaw Gonzalo (Architect) continued her work developing renders and the video walkthrough for the Duplicable City Center. She focused her efforts on the 4th-floor cupola, where she populated the space with a yoga instructor leading a class and integrated appropriate yoga equipment. In addition, she worked on the socialization and recreation loft, incorporating individuals engaging in interactive activities. She also enhanced an exterior view by introducing additional landscaping elements and vegetation for a more natural ambiance. Lastly, Clarice began rendering interior room designs, carefully incorporating people into scenes, and experimenting with lighting effects to achieve desired visual outcomes. Replicable recreation, education, dining, and gathering spaces as “Duplicable City Centers” are a big part of One Community’s holistic community creation model. You can see her renderings in the images below.

Justin Varghese (Mechanical Engineer) performed structural finite element analysis (FEA) of the City Center Hub Connector using Ansys software. Employing the software, he assessed the stress and deformation of the component under a 1000 lb load for materials hardwood and structural steel. The computed FEA model will serve as a basis for comparing other Hub Connector designs under similar loads, aiding in the selection of the optimal hub connector for the final design. Replicable recreation, education, dining, and gathering spaces as “Duplicable City Centers” are a big part of One Community’s holistic community creation model. The collage below shows his work for the week.

Julio Marín Bustillos (Mechanical Engineer) examined previous hub connector designs sourced from the website. He evaluated each design, noting its intricacies and nuances. Following this analysis, he augmented the existing information with a succinct yet informative description of the current design. In this description, he elaborated on the advantages inherent in the new design, elucidating its unique features and highlighting what distinguishes it from its predecessors. He underscored the potential performance enhancements expected from the new design iteration. However, Julio and his team acknowledge that further analysis is imperative to substantiate these expectations. Replicable recreation, education, dining, and gathering spaces as “Duplicable City Centers” are a big part of One Community’s holistic community creation model. The collage below shows his work for the week.

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is forwarding holistic community creation through Highest Good food that is more diverse, more nutritious, locally grown and sustainable, and part of our open source botanical garden model to support and share bio-diversity:

• • • Learn about the structures and how they relate to holistic community creation: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
    • See what we’ll be growing: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This last week, the core team made progress on the Highest Good Food Tools and Equipment document by incorporating additional power equipment, such as a tractor, skid steer, backhoe attachment, and other tools. They collaborated with the team to alphabetize the lists and categorize each item as either a tool, piece of equipment, or material. Food improvements are a significant part of how One Community is designed for holistic community creation. See their work in the collage below. 

Charles Gooley (Web Designer) focused on the development of the Vegan Rice Recipes page, constructing several recipes including Healthy Vegan Gingerbread Quinoa Muffins, Cumin Brown Rice and Beef Curry with Kidney Bean Cucumber Salad, Italian-Style Roast Potato & Cabbage Wedges with Tomato & Lentils, Sweet Potato Apple and Noodle Breakfast Bake, Sweet n’ Spicy Rice and Chicken Bowls, Fusilli Pasta & Baked Chicken Thighs, Hearty Potato Breakfast Skillet, Lentil Sweet Potato Stew Teriyaki Beef and Vegetables with Brown Rice, Hash Brown Full Breakfast, Seasoned Rice, Sauteed Vegetables with Brown Sugar Roasted Ham, and Tuscan Spaghetti Squash and Pan Fried Tofu. Placeholder images were utilized until final images become available. Diverse food menus are a significant part of how One Community is designed for holistic community creation. See his work in the collage below.

Hayley Rosario (Sustainability Research Assistant) organized tools, equipment, and materials for the Highest Good Food project, arranging them in an initial list and subsequently alphabetizing both the list and corresponding images/descriptions. Additionally, she completed the task of incorporating resources not previously included in the EDITs document. In conclusion, Hayley identified and included relevant websites highlighting the benefits of school gardens at the end of the EDITs document. Food improvements are a significant part of how One Community is designed for holistic community creation. See below for pictures related to her work.

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is forwarding holistic community creation 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:

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

Highest Good Education: All Subjects | All Learning Levels | Any Age – Click image for the open source hub

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is forwarding holistic community creation 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 57 hours managing One Community volunteer-work review not included above, emails, social media accounts, web development, new bug identification and bug-fix integration for the Highest Good Network software, and interviewing and getting set up new volunteer team members. We also shot and incorporated the video above that talks about holistic community creation and how holistic community creation is a foundation of the bigger picture of everything One Community is doing. The pictures below show some of this work. See below for pictures related to this. 

Another core team member worked on Highest Good Network PRs testing, confirming fixed PRs, resolving the issue of moving time entries to another task (#486) and fixing the button placement problem in PR1775. However, several PRs remained unresolved, such as fixing minor formatting issues on the Dashboard and Profile Pages (PR1958), where the “Click for user class information” mouseover text still persists. Additionally, issues were discovered with an updated pop-up window for time off requests, including problems with changing dates and the inability to request time off for weeks before the current date. Other unresolved PRs involved updating People Reports and fixing the New Max Personal Record award. Alongside PR testing, they reported new issues, including references to deleted accounts within the application and incorrect working week dates. Furthermore, they checked the status of tested PRs and resolved all remaining issues in the “Murphy Bed Instructions” PDF file. The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for holistic community creation through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. DIY furniture, like the Murphy Bed designs, are a big part of One Community’s holistic community creation model too. See below for pictures related to their work.

Aaron Wang (Fundraising Assistant) continued to help One Community with working on fundraising. Holistic community creation requires we get fully funded. Aaron focused on refining his research regarding the connections and narratives behind each fund associated with Leonardo DiCaprio. He identified email contacts of individuals likely to have insights into Leonardo’s philanthropic endeavors, aiming to enhance the process of connecting with funders. You can view this work in the collage below.

Cody Media Productions (Video Editing Company) focused on refining the intro video for the weekly progress update YouTube videos and incorporating feedback from the previous rough cut. They continued their efforts on the intro video. Cody Media Productions reviewed the feedback from the previous rough cut and made the necessary adjustments. Additionally, they focused on incorporating titles and transitions into the video to enhance its visual appeal and coherence. Their agenda includes submitting a third rough edit video, marking significant progress toward the project’s completion. These videos will showcase the open-source components of One Community as the prototype for holistic community creation. You can view this work in the collage below.

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

The Administration Team’s summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community’s ongoing holistic community creation process was managed by Catherine Liu (Administrative and Analytics Assistant, Team Manager) and includes Alyx Parr (Senior Support Specialist), Camilla Okello (Administrative Assistant), Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support), Olivia Trojnar (Administrative Assistant), Purva Nantarajesh (Marketing Analyst), Ruiqi Liu (Administrative Assistant), Vriddhi Misra (Admin and Marketing Assistant), and Xiaolai Li (Administrative Assistant). This week, Alyx sourced and downloaded several videos for Jae, while also crafting a bespoke video for Olivia’s appraisal and engaging in enriching activities to enhance blog content. She immersed herself in video content for inspiration, updated previous blog posts for relevancy, and expanded upon the Rank Math document to optimize the blog’s SEO performance. Alyx ensured the recognition and integration of team members’ contributions, such as Vrddhi, Catherine, and Richelle, into collective progress, while also converting select videos into MP3 format for Jae’s seamless access to preferred content. Camilla completed administrative tasks by updating her WordPress blog with recent content, and improving SEO scores for two blogs, “Facilitating the Evolution of Sustainability” and “Highest Good for All Progress”. Catherine reviewed various teams and individual members, organized images and summaries, and worked on blog post edits and the Keyword Campaign Structure page. Ola reviewed PR Review teams’ work, provided feedback, trained new volunteers, and organized workspace tasks, submitting weekly summaries and corresponding images. Olivia, in her first week as an Administrative Assistant, underwent training, reviewed weekly summaries, edited individual summaries, and learned to optimize group photos for blog posts. Purva focused on preparing her team’s summary and collages for the blog, doing SEO optimization on previous posts. Ruiqi completed the review process for multiple teams, created collage images, utilized weekly summaries for SEO keywords, integrated comments, and organized web pages and spreadsheets. Vriddhi finalized reports and weekly summaries, optimized SEO for blog posts, reviewed PDF documents, and addressed feedback for project accuracy. Xiaolai reviewed summaries, improved charts and tables for spreadsheets, added references and illustrations, and organized documents for the weekly report. These are the managers helping us manage the current process of creating One Community as the prototype for our model holistic community creation. You can see the work for the team in the image below.

ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Alpha Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Sucheta Mukherjee (Software Developer) and includes Chengyan Wang (Software Engineer) and Yongjian Pan (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for holistic community creation through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Chengyan resolved a conversation in PR #1956 for the HighestGoodNetworkApp, aligning the One Community announcement bio with organizational values and ensuring compatibility with existing features. He reviewed PR #1977, ensuring unit tests for the SaveButton component met standards, and began addressing a bug in the reusable list view component. Chengyan completed the UI for a reusable purchase request form, integrated Redux workflow, and added a new backend controller function. Backend enhancements included implementing a function to fetch reusable types. He also initiated a feature branch for the development of a reusable Purchase Item Form and completed RESTful endpoints for purchasing reusable record backend functionalities. Chengyan reviewed PR comments, implemented bug fixes in ReusablesTable.jsx, and initiated a similar fix for material and consumable list views. Sucheta focused on optimizing the functionalities of adding and removing recipients for the weekly summary report. She discovered that the class-based component weeklySummaryReport.jsx was overloaded with functions passed into the functional components PasswordInputModal.jsx and WeeklySummaryRecipientsPopup.jsx, which could handle these functions independently. She rewrote the functions to execute within these components, eliminating unnecessary prop transfer and expediting the process. Sucheta implemented a new useEffect hook to fetch the list of recipients from the database on the first render of WeeklySummaryRecipientsPopup.jsx and when a recipient is deleted, while the effectiveness of the cron job in sending emails is still under assessment. Yongjian spent the week debugging the declaration of the badgeCollection issue and investigating red squiggly lines under the last semicolon of the badgeManagement.js file causing compile time errors. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to holistic community creation. View some of this work in the collage below.

BADGES BUGS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Badges Bugs Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Shaofeng Li (Software Engineer) and includes Renan Luiz Santiago Martins César (Full-stack developer) and Xiao Zhang (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for holistic community creation through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Renan spearheaded the initiation of various projects aimed at advancing disaster recovery protocols, including the creation of the DRslot, app services plan, and web app. Alongside these initiatives, Renan authored a pull request titled “Manager Account able to submit a summary for admin user” and took charge of refining specific areas within PR878. He established a branch, implemented modifications, completed coding for box-shadow, and started coding for badge competitions, incorporating unit tests before pivoting to pursue a new recommendation. In a parallel effort, Shaofeng used his efforts to the HGN Software Development project, concentrating on the integration and functionality of Badges PRs. Beginning with code review sessions for PRs 1830 and 703 on Sunday, he delved into the analysis of the code base related to streak badges and prepared for an upcoming team meeting while reviewing another badge component PR. Throughout the week, Shaofeng participated in team meetings, outlining necessary functions, and liaising with colleagues working on ‘Work in Progress’ badges, ensuring steady progress and merger of all Badges PRs by Friday, facilitating functionality, and engaging in productive dialogues with developers. Meanwhile, Xiao finalized work allocation and started the development of the badge component, with a specific emphasis on the streak badge. Progressing from this initial phase, Xiao drafted a strategy for bug fixes and outlined future maintenance plans. Additionally, he reorganized the checkXHrsForXWeeks function to enhance its efficiency and reliability. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to holistic community creation. Look below for pictures of this work.

BLUE STEEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Blue Steel Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer, Team Manager) and includes Xiao Wang (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for holistic community creation through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Nathan engaged in managing team communications via Slack, overseeing end-of-week reporting, and addressing inquiries. Simultaneously, he reviewed the permissions spreadsheet to ensure the accuracy of the remaining work data. Meanwhile, Xiao completed five significant pull requests (PRs) aimed at enhancing projects and fixing bugs. PR 1971 introduced a feature enabling the tangibility checkbox in the TimeEntryForm when accessed through the Timer, thereby enhancing user interaction. PRs 1983, 764, and 766 addressed a crucial issue, allowing users to change their passwords, thus improving system security and usability. Additionally, PR 1988 provided a temporary solution to an issue causing the wbs page to refresh unexpectedly, attributed to delayed responses from requests due to an increased number of tasks within the same work breakdown structure (wbs). This PR made the “Task Loading…” indicator more intuitive, preventing users from adding new tasks before the loading process is completed, while a permanent resolution is still under consideration. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to holistic community creation. The collage below shows some of this work.

One Community is dedicated to improving life for everyone through sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, economics, and social architecture. Our all-volunteer team is committed to creating a model that becomes self-replicating, creating global collaboration through teacher/demonstration hubs. Guided by the principle of “The Highest Good of All,” we open source and free-share our complete process, evolving sustainability and regenerating our planet.

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

OUR MAIN OPEN SOURCE HUBS

Click on each icon to be taken to the corresponding Highest Good hub page.

One Community’s physical location will forward this movement of improving life for everyone as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the February 19th, 2024 edition (#570) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Improving Life for Everyone
One Community Progress Update #570

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ONE COMMUNITY WEEKLY UPDATE DETAILS

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is improving life for everyone through Highest Good housing that is artistic and beautiful, more affordable, more space efficient, lasts longer, DIY buildable, and constructed with healthy and sustainable materials:

• • • Learn about: Our Upcoming Crowdfunding Campaign
    • Learn about the different village models and how they help with improving life for everyone: 7 Sustainable Village Models
    • Visit the open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

This week, the core team continued work on the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) compression testing. We updated the “What is it” section of the “Aircrete Engineering and Research: Compression Testing, Mix Ratios, R-value, and More” page and worked with California Baptist University to produce marketing materials to recruit a new compression testing team. Aircrete is a sustainable material that has the potential for improving life for everyone choosing it for their DIY construction processes. See the pictures below for examples related to this work.

Stacey Maillet (Graphic Designer) continued working on the final edits and revisions to the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) assembly instructions for the Murphy bed. Stacey also reviewed and integrated feedback covering links and minor additions to the assembly process. DIY plans like this are part of our open source foundation for improving life for everyone. Screenshots below relate to this work.

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is improving life for everyone through a Duplicable and Sustainable City Center that is LEED Platinum certified/Sustainable, can feed 200 people at a time, provide laundry for over 300 people, is beautiful, spacious, and saves resources, money, and space:

• • • Learn about this building and its contribution to improving life for everyone: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week, Amiti Singh (Volunteer Architectural Designer) made progress with the mood-boarding and cost-analysis process for Room 7 Duplicable City Center, focusing on integrating art deco furniture with colorful lighting to create a vibrant color palette. She gathered products based on design specifications and measurements for visualization, subsequently developing a mood board presentation for both renders and real-life product/texture attributes to be incorporated. The City Center is a big part of improving life for everyone who will living in the One Community teacher/demonstration hubs. The collage below shows her work for the week.

Clarice Gaw Gonzalo (Architect) focused on the bedrooms within the building for the Duplicable City Center, concentrating on adding objects to create a lived-in atmosphere. She also populated the main area, incorporating people overlooking the space. In addition, she did research to find free models of specific types of people to enhance the render. Currently, Clarice is revising a few missing elements in the SketchUp master file, including issues with shelving. The City Center is a big part of improving life for everyone who will living in the One Community teacher/demonstration hubs. You can see her renderings in the images below.

Justin Varghese (Mechanical Engineer) focused on the structural finite element analysis (FEA) of the City Center Hub Connector. He assigned contacts and materials to the components and is currently awaiting the software to compute/solve the FEA model. Upon completion, the results will be utilized for comparing different designs of the Hub Connector, aiding in the determination of the optimal hub connector for the final design. The City Center is a big part of improving life for everyone who will living in the One Community teacher/demonstration hubs. The collage below shows his work for the week.

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is improving life for everyone through Highest Good food that is more diverse, more nutritious, locally grown and sustainable, and part of our open source botanical garden model to support and share bio-diversity:

• • • Learn about the structures and how they contribute to improving life for everyone through healthier and more diverse food options: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
    • See what we’ll be growing as examples of improving life for everyone through fresher and more diverse food: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week, a core team member made progress on the Highest Good Food Tools and Equipment document, reviewing and enhancing individual tool descriptions, ensuring clarity. Additionally, they incorporated relevant photos and coordinated details with another volunteer’s document for consistency. Furthermore, they addressed feedback received on the Highest Good Food document, ensuring its continued alignment with project goals. Food improvements are a significant part of how One Community is designed for improving life for everyone. See their work in the collage below.

Charles Gooley (Web Designer) continued on the development of the Vegan Rice Recipes page, focusing on recipe construction. The following recipes were developed: Potato with Avocado and Veggie Sandwich, Gratin Potatoes, Stir-Fried Pasta and Chicken Thighs, Avocado Spread on Sweet Potato Toast, Garlic Pasta with Beef and Broccoli, Herb Rice with Roasted Vegetables and Chickpeas, Chickpea Scramble Breakfast Bowl, Brown Rice and Baked Tempeh Bowls, Spaghetti and Buffalo Chicken, Quinoa Pancakes, Chicken Thighs with Brown Rice and Wilted Greens, and Vegan Mushroom Pasta with Spinach. Placeholder images were utilized until final images are available for replacement. Diverse food menus are a significant part of how One Community is designed for improving life for everyone. See his work in the collage below. 

Hayley Rosario (Sustainability Research Assistant) organized tools, equipment, and materials for the Highest Good Food project, arranging them in an initial list and subsequently alphabetizing both the list and corresponding images/descriptions. Additionally, she completed the task of incorporating resources not previously included in the EDITs document. In conclusion, Hayley identified and included relevant websites highlighting the benefits of school gardens at the end of the EDITs document. Food improvements are a significant part of how One Community is designed for improving life for everyone. See below for pictures related to her work.

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is improving life for everyone through Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students. This component of One Community is about 95% complete with only the Open Source School Licensing and Ultimate Classroom construction and assembly details remaining to be finished. 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 and how our education programs are designed for improving life for everyone: Education Open Source Hub
• How the components work together for improving life for everyone in the education program: How to use the Education for Life Program
  
• Improving life for everyone through Lesson Plans for Life – Lesson Plans How-to
• Improving life for everyone through Foundations of Outstanding Leaders, Teachers, and Communicators
• Improving life for everyone through Curriculum for Life
• Improving life for everyone through Teaching Strategies for Life
• Improving life for everyone through Learning Tools and Toys for Life
• Improving life for everyone through Evaluation and Evolution

Highest Good Education: All Subjects | All Learning Levels | Any Age – Click image for the open source hub

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is improving life for everyone through a Highest Good society approach to living that is founded on fulfilled living, the study of meeting human needs, Community, and making a difference in the world:

• • • Read the Highest Good society overview to learn how this is improving life for everyone: Highest Good Society
    • Learn about the model for fulfilled living and sharing as a foundation of improving life for everyone: A Day in the Life
    • Learn about the 4 economic models and how they contribute to improving life for everyone: RBE | For-profit | Non-profit | Entrepreneurship
    • Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software for improving life for everyone: The Highest Good Network

This week, the core team completed 57 hours managing One Community volunteer-work review not included above, emails, social media accounts, web development, new bug identification and bug-fix integration for the Highest Good Network software, and interviewing and getting set up new volunteer team members. We also shot and incorporated the video above that talks about improving life for everyone and how improving life for everyone is a foundation of the bigger picture of everything One Community is doing. The pictures below show some of this work.

Another core team member worked on Highest Good Network PRs testing, confirming fixed PRs such as making it clear when a new AI Prompt is available, fixing the blue square hover box on phones, addressing custom permissions in the project management tab, and ensuring that login emails are not case-sensitive. However, the PR aiming to make Jae’s accounts only editable by each other was not resolved. On the Main environment, they were able to update secured Jae Sabol’s accounts, including requesting time off and assigning badges. Additionally, the blue square scheduler functionality fix is pending deployment. Other tasks included setting up test accounts for further PR testing and recording a new request regarding missing box shadow style. See below for pictures related to their work. 

Aaron Wang (Fundraising Assistant) continued to help One Community with working on fundraising. Improving life for everyone requires we get fully funded. Aaron researched organizations funded by Gordon and Betty Moore, Tom Secunda, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. He uncovered the details of each donation, focusing on the timing, the amount of the donation, and the involvement of key individuals, including those from the recipient organizations. You can view this work in the collage below.

Cody Media Productions (Video Editing Company) focused on refining the intro video for the weekly progress update YouTube videos, and incorporating feedback from the previous rough cut. They continued editing the intro video, focusing on incorporating additional elements, transitions, and effects. They worked on enhancing the overall quality and coherence of the video, striving to meet the project’s requirements and objectives. Additionally, Cody Media Productions delivered the second rough cut of the video. These videos will showcase the open-source components of One Community as the prototype for improving life for everyone. You can view this work in the collage below.

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

The Administration Team’s summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community, was managed by Catherine Liu (Administrative and Analytics Assistant, Team Manager) and includes Alyx Parr (Senior Support Specialist), Meenakshi Velayutham (Sustainability Associate), Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support), Purva Nantarajesh (Marketing Analyst), Ruiqi Liu (Administrative Assistant) and Xiaolai Li (Administrative Assistant). This week, Alyx executed Rank Math strategies, and evaluated Vriddhi, Camilla and Purva’s work, giving them constructive feedback. Catherine reviewed Admin, Blue Steel, and Alpha teams, along with individual team members, as part of the weekly review process. She organized images and summaries, consolidating them in the WordPress Editors to finalize edits while cross-referencing her work with the final webpage to identify and rectify errors. Additionally, Catherine edited assigned blog posts and provided feedback to new joiners. Meenakshi focused on administrative tasks, including verifying the weekly summary page for contributor inclusion, ensuring members’ summaries aligned with their work due to a bug, and tracking bio announcements. She also worked on cost analysis details for Earthbag Village development structures, resolving feedback and integrating review feedback. Ola reviewed new volunteer trainees, organizing Google Docs for administrative tasks, responding to feedback, updating PR review tables, creating collages, and ensuring the final reviewed work was archived. Purva initiated her involvement by familiarizing herself with administrative tasks, reviewing others’ work, and compiling collages for integration into WordPress with optimized SEO terms. Ruiqi completed reviews for Code Crafters Git-R-Done, Graphic Design, and Expresser teams, providing feedback and creating collage images for each team. Additionally, she incorporated SEO keywords into WordPress, managed spreadsheet comments, researched goat and sheep supplements, and recalculated monthly expenses for improved transparency. Xiaolai revised the weekly report, refreshed the website, contributed to training, updated wind energy-related tables and charts, and evaluated progress summaries and images for development. These are the managers helping us manage the current process of creating One Community as the prototype for our model improving life for everyone. You can see the work for the team in the image below.

ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Alpha Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Sucheta Mukherjee (Software Developer) and includes Chengyan Wang (Software Engineer) and Yongjian Pan (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for improving life for everyone through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Sucheta focused on understanding the structure of a class component and state management within it, creating a new branch to prevent merge conflicts, and copying over existing code from a related PR. She tested email timing and tried to understand cronjob functionality for manual runs. In a team meeting, Sucheta discussed PR challenges and encouraged seeking help from experienced volunteers. Chengyan aided Cheng-Yun by resolving a bug in unit test PR#1750 and refactored the Chengyan-Phase2-Reusables-List backend for efficiency. Addressing feedback, he fixed an Elasticsearch link issue in PR#1925. UI development for reusable item management started, with a focus on Redux integration, completing the input section UI, and progressing on the table section UI. Chengyan tested and contributed to API development, creating endpoints for retrieving/deleting reusable items and optimizing database seeding. His week included participation in a team meeting and frontend development initiation for the reusables list, setting the stage for backend integration and user interaction enhancements. Yongjian debugged compilation errors in PR #826, experimenting with code commenting to isolate issues. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to improving life for everyone. View some of this work in the collage below.

BADGES BUGS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Badges Bugs Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Shaofeng Li (Software Engineer) and includes Renan Luiz Santiago Martins César (Full-stack developer) and Xiao Zhang (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for improving life for everyone through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Renan enhanced the personal dashboard’s access restrictions for team members within the HGNAPP project, introducing logic to limit access to managers, creating and committing to a new branch, and improving the user experience with toast notifications and clearer error messages. Additionally, he explored disaster recovery in Azure, creating deployment slots and building Azure repositories to resolve final integration issues. Shaofeng reviewed Pull Requests to improve software functionality, documented and managed software bugs, and facilitated team meetings to discuss project advancement. He encompassed code refinement, enhanced modularity, and clarity, and fostered teamwork and project collaboration. Xiao was immersed in a new team environment, establishing a meeting schedule and reviewing pull requests, while also understanding and debugging the badge component’s codebase. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to improving life for everyone. Look below for pictures of this work.

BLUE STEEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Blue Steel Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer, Team Manager) and includes Shiqing Pan (Full-Stack Software Developer) and Xiao Wang (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for improving life for everyone through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Nathan navigated several challenges through a series of pull requests: PR 1994 served as a hotfix, restricting “postWbs” access to the projects page; PR 1947 aligned route permissions with the permissions spreadsheet; addressing an initial fix and subsequent reversion, a new PR (1950) provided additional fixes and clarified instructions. Beyond pull requests, he participated in the review process, incorporating requested changes and seeking clarification. He handled Slack messages, checked and responded to PRs, and collected essential weekly data through screenshots and videos. Additionally, Nathan addressed inquiries on Slack regarding the relocation of PermissionsConst.js helper functions and the potential introduction of assistant managers. Shiqing addressed a bug preventing users, particularly volunteers, from viewing tasks without a team affiliation. After consulting a senior colleague, she investigated the issue and resolved the bug, submitting a pull request for further review. Additionally, Shiqing performed unit testing for Teams.js within the Teams component, focusing on functionalities such as displaying teams, operating the TeamMembersPopup, and implementing filters and sorting options. Xiao tackled a critical issue stemming from a previous merge that disrupted weekly summary updates for users. Diagnosing the problem as a halted cron job, Xiao implemented a direct database solution, eliminating the need for external processes. In addition to this fix, he contributed three pull requests (PRs): PR 1952 introduced a hotfix adding a save button to the volunteering time tab on the user profile page; PR 748 reformatted code in userhelper.js on the backend for improved readability and maintainability; and PR 1957 fixed a UI issue by addressing the tangibility checkbox in the TimeEntry form accessed from the TimeLog page. Xiao also supported the peer review process, aiding colleague Jae in identifying potential issues in another PR and contributing to ongoing codebase improvement. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to improving life for everyone. The collage below shows some of this work.

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One Community welcomes Xiaolai Li to the Administration Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Xiaolai has over 3 years of financial and risk analysis experience across vast project types. As a recent graduate of New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, he possesses extensive experience with financial engineering and business analysis. With quantitative and analytical expertise and strong collaboration and communication skills, he has demonstrated success working in fast-paced environments and on complex projects requiring efficient and effective solutions to challenging problems. As a member of the One Community team, Xiaolai is assisting in developing the complete business plan, tracking and managing software teams’ weekly development work, and analyzing and improving the financial forecast for Highest Good Society developments.

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One Community welcomes Shuhua Liu to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Shuhua is a dedicated and innovative Full-Stack Developer with a passion for creating user-friendly websites. With a background in Mathematics and experience in Education, she developed a genuine interest in software engineering and providing solutions that solve real-life problems. Shuhua advanced her career by participating in the Hack Reactor immersive coding program. She excels in creative problem-solving and cross-functional collaborations, utilizing tools such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Next.js, React.js, and Node.js. As a member of the One Community team, Shuhua actively contributes to the development of the open-source Highest Good Network software by addressing bugs and implementing new features.

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Creating self-replicating patterns of positive change, One Community is dedicated to transforming the world through open sourcing and free-sharing sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, global stewardship practices, and more. Committed to “The Highest Good of All,” our all-volunteer team is pioneering a model that becomes a self-replicating global collaboration of teacher/demonstration hubs, regenerating our planet and creating a world that works for everyone.

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

OUR MAIN OPEN SOURCE HUBS

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One Community’s physical location will forward this movement of self-replicating patterns of positive change as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the February 12th, 2024 edition (#569) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Creating Self-replicating Patterns of Positive Change
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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating self-replicating patterns of positive 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 self-replicating patterns of positive change with Our Upcoming Crowdfunding Campaign
    • Learn about the different village models: 7 Sustainable Village Models as foundations of self-replicating patterns of positive change
    • Visit the open source self-replicating patterns of positive change portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

This week, Abhishek Kadian (Architect) cleared out the check list by doing the Earthbag Village (Pod 1) 4 Dome Structure Roof layout in Rhino, and illustration work showing beams and column. Below are some demonstration images of his work.

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating self-replicating patterns of positive 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 its function: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week, Amiti Singh (Architectural Designer) advanced in the mood-boarding and cost analysis process for Room 7 in Duplicable City Center, focusing on integrating art deco furniture with colorful lighting to create a vibrant color palette. She gathered products in alignment with the design and measurements of the visualization. Moreover, Amiti visualized the renders for the older rooms based on feedback received during a team review. The collage below shows her work for the week.

Clarice Gaw Gonzalo (Architect) revised the feedback from last week, which involved swapping out some people and adding objects to the renders of the Duplicable City Center. Clarice focused on the pool area, where she created a green wall and gave it a 3-dimensional appearance by adding various plants with different colors. Additionally, she captured several angles of renders of the pool area and worked on the salad section of the kitchen area. You can see her renderings in the images below.

Julio Marín Bustillos (Mechanical Engineer) finalized the intricate task of designing City Center Hub Connector for all rows of the project. He ensured that each connector met the specifications and requirements of the overall structure. His work on the hub connectors is shown in the collage below.

Justin Varghese (Mechanical Engineer) worked on the structural FEA of the City Center Hub Connector, creating the meshing of the model. He ensured the proper mesh size and adjusted the size of the structural finite element analysis (FEA) mesh (finer mesh) until an acceptable level of accuracy was achieved within computational constraints. This will further be used to perform FEA simulation for the Hub Connector and help us determine which hub connector to choose for the final design. The Duplicable City Center is a foundation of how we’ll be creating self-replicating patterns of positive change. The collage below shows his work for the week.

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating self-replicating patterns of positive 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 food structures for self-replicating patterns of positive change: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
    • See what we’ll be growing as examples of self-replicating patterns of positive change in food production: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week, a core team member made progress on the Highest Good Food Tools and Equipment document by consolidating and condensing information on tools and equipment, including their names and photos, into a centralized location. He also sought feedback by emailing Hayley with comments and assigning her with the task of proofreading the complete food document.

Charles Gooley (Web Designer) focused on the development of the Vegan Rice Recipes page, creating recipes such as Fluffy Vegan Pancakes, Tomato Pasta Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette and Sardines, Baked Potatoes and Green Peas, Spinach Salad with Butternut Squash, Roasted Potatoes and Cayenne Spiced Pecans, Braised Vegetables with Baked Salmon, Oven Baked Sweet Potato and Sauteed Vegetables, Three-Ingredient Pancakes, Chicken Bacon Pasta, Cabbage with Bacon and Onions, and Brown Rice Tofu and Cabbage Soup. Placeholder images were utilized for the PDF and completed recipe, awaiting final images. Comments on the Open Source DIY Earth Dam Design & Construction for Water Retention, Pond & Lake Creation were addressed, with corrections made, primarily focusing on adding “DIY Earth Dam” to the headings in the tables of contents. View the images for the food parts of this below.

Hayley Rosario (Sustainability Research Assistant) reviewed the Highest Good Food Tools and Equipment document, addressing formatting inconsistencies in the tools list by adding names. She supplemented the EDITs document with additional resources that were previously absent. Throughout this process, Hayley raised several inquiries and flagged specific items for further attention, leaving detailed comments and highlights for clarification. See her work in the collage below.

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating self-replicating patterns of positive 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:

• Self-replicating patterns of positive change education program pverview: Education Open Source Hub
• How the self-replicating patterns of positive change education components work together: How to use the Education for Life Program
  
• Self-replicating patterns of positive change: Lesson Plans for Life – Lesson Plans How-to
• Self-replicating patterns of positive change: Foundations of Outstanding Leaders, Teachers, and Communicators
• Self-replicating patterns of positive change: Curriculum for Life
• Self-replicating patterns of positive change: Teaching Strategies for Life
• Self-replicating patterns of positive change: Learning Tools and Toys for Life
• Self-replicating patterns of positive change: Evaluation and Evolution

Highest Good Education: All Subjects | All Learning Levels | Any Age – Click image for the open source hub

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating self-replicating patterns of positive 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 self-replicating patterns of positive change overview: Highest Good Society
    • Learn about the model for self-replicating patterns of positive change covering fulfilled living and sharing: A Day in the Life
    • Learn about the self-replicating patterns of positive change 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 37 hours managing One Community volunteer-work review not included above, emails, social media accounts, web development, new bug identification and bug-fix integration for the Highest Good Network software, and interviewing and getting set up new volunteer team members. We also shot and incorporated the video above that talks about creating self-replicating patterns of positive change and how creating self-replicating patterns of positive change is a foundation of the bigger picture of everything One Community is doing. The pictures below show some of this work.

Another core team member worked on Highest Good Network PRs testing, confirming fixes for several PRs including Update Projects Page sorting PR#1812 & PR#693, Fix “Suggestions” Icon in Dashboard icons section (PR998), Add timelog icon/access to Task tab PR#1870, and Fix permission for edit tasks PR# 1742. However, issues persisted with PR#878 regarding missing shadows for OK and Cancel when viewing others’ Dashboards and PR#1471 for adding blue square scheduler list scheduled time off and their reasons, with formatting date issues. While Update Projects Page sorting was addressed (PR#1812 & PR#693), the option ‘g. 3RD PR: Add a sort button to the Members and Inventory heading’ remained unimplemented. She also addressed the New Max Personal Record award (PR#619) and resolved a query regarding badge display. She then set up the ‘Tanya-test Test1’ account for testing this PR as a core team member with a required time of 1 hour for further assessment. See the collage below to see their work for the week.

Aaron Wang (Fundraising Assistant) continued to help One Community with working on fundraising. Creating self-replicating patterns of positive change requires we get fully funded. Aaron researched organizations funded by Gordon Betty Moore and Michael R. Bloomberg. He documented the specifics of each donation, including the timing, the amount donated, and the identities of individuals involved from both the funding and receiving ends. You can view this work in the collage below.

Cody Media Productions (Video Editing Company) focused on refining the intro video for the weekly progress update YouTube videos, and incorporating feedback from the previous rough cut. They implemented necessary adjustments and supplemented the content with additional videos and images, particularly emphasizing aspects related to food and education. These videos will showcase the open-source components of One Community as the prototype for creating self-replicating patterns of positive change. You can view this work in the collage below.

Ray Lee (Digital Creator) helped this week by creating new images for the Highest Good Network app function that will be replacing how we send out our weekly newsletters sharing our progress creating self-replicating patterns of positive change. See the images below to view this work.

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

The Administration Team’s summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community, was managed by Catherine Liu (Administrative and Analytics Assistant, Team Manager) and includes Camilla Okello (Administrative Assistant), Meenakshi Velayutham (Sustainability Associate), Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support), Ruiqi Liu (Administrative Assistant) and Xiaolai Li (Administrative Assistant). This week, Camilla emulated another administrator’s work, making necessary corrections and soliciting feedback. Catherine reviewed Admin, Blue Steel, Alpha teams, and individuals, organizing images and summaries in WordPress Editors, finalizing edits, and increasing SEO scores. Meenakshi checked the weekly summary page, reviewed cost analysis details for Earthbag Village development structures, and supported the integration of review feedback. She also reviewed web design formatting and began researching sustainable food. Ola focused on training, assessing delegated tasks, streamlining Admin responsibilities, and updating organizational documents. She also emphasized precision in tracking progress reports and ensured the submission of task images. Ruiqi completed review processes for multiple teams, provided feedback, created collage images, generated SEO keywords, and revised various tables based on feedback and requirements. Xiaolai revised summaries, organized images, and completed weekly reports. Additionally, he updated webpages, reviewed team member training processes, and created pivot tables for financial visualization, while also updating tables and charts for wind energy research. These are the managers helping us manage the current process of creating One Community as the prototype for creating self-replicating patterns of positive change. You can see the work for the team in the image below.

ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Alpha Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Yongjian Pan (Software Engineer) and includes Shamim Rahman (Software Engineer) and Chengyan Wang (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for creating self-replicating patterns of positive change through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Shamim reviewed nine different pull requests with the following identifiers: PR#419, PR#1763, PR#935, PR#627, PR#1603, PR#731, PR#1905, PR#670, PR#1752. He tested the functionality associated with the PRs, providing comments along with screenshots and videos. PR#935, PR#1763, PR#1905, and PR#1603 were identified as not functioning as intended, and relevant screenshots were included in Dropbox for documentation purposes. Chengyan’s focus was on initiating and advancing the development of the “Reusables” feature, aimed at listing reusable items within the system. He also worked on resolving auto-refresh issues in the UpdateConsumablesBulkTable component, implementing a submit button disable feature to enhance user experience, and refining code in the UpdateConsumablesBulkTable component for increased efficiency. Yongjian worked on resolving compilation errors resulting from merge conflicts in his PR #826, which aimed to establish a new maximum personal award record badge. He focused on identifying and debugging errors caused by misplaced syntax and code from resolving merged conflicts from different developers in his team. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to creating self-replicating patterns of positive change. View some of this work in the collage below.

BLUE STEEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Blue Steel Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer, Team Manager) and includes Shiqing Pan (Full-Stack Software Developer) and Xiao Wang (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for creating self-replicating patterns of positive change through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. Nathan had a review for the team, aiming to delegate this responsibility to Shiqing in the future. He assigned tasks to team members Hector and Shiqing within the HGN framework. Additionally, Nathan examined several PRs submitted by Jae and provided constructive feedback. To address a specific concern, Nathan investigated the “See Project Management Tab” permission for Jae, as conflicting information posed a challenge in locating this permission. Simultaneously, Xiao concentrated on resolving a bug (#1932) in the task tab, which caused a content overflow and the appearance of a horizontal scrollbar when the time entry filter was activated. Within the same pull request, he addressed an issue with the inconsistent width of the color bar. Xiao also spent some time troubleshooting a separate issue preventing password changes. Shiqing addressed a significant bug affecting users’ ability to view tasks, particularly those without team affiliations. Her analysis of the current system, with a specific focus on the usersWithTasks state, led to modifications in both backend and frontend components. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to creating self-replicating patterns of positive change. The collage below shows some of this work.

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One Community welcomes KaiKane Lacno to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

KaiKane “Kai” has embraced a journey in coding that spans over a year. His evolution from a novice in coding to a teaching assistant and now a valuable contributor to One Community showcases his passion for problem-solving and continuous learning within the industry. During his contributions, Kai has played a role in the pull review team, reviewing fellow developers’ code. He has also developed and created the Lesson form, both on the front end and back end and helped others when needed. Currently, as a Highest Good Network software Team Manager, Kai leads a small team responsible for creating the front-end pages and backend components of the new Building Management Dashboard. Kai is enthusiastic about the upcoming challenges and collaborative projects, looking forward to making meaningful contributions and nurturing growth within the One Community development team.

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One Community welcomes Shengwei Peng to the Software Development Team as our newest Volunteer/Consultant!

Shengwei is a Full Stack Software Engineer with over 4 years of experience in modern web application development, specializing in creating cloud-native software systems. He firmly believes in tackling challenging problems and venturing beyond one’s comfort zone as integral to personal and professional growth. Shengwei takes great pleasure in contributing innovative ideas to enhance both user experience and technical performance in the products he works on. As a valued member of the One Community team, Shengwei has played a pivotal role in developing new features and optimizing performance for the Highest Good Network software.

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