Solutioneering a World that Works for Everyone – One Community Weekly Progress Update #606

At One Community, we are solutioneering a world that works for everyone to regenerate our planet and create positive change. Our all-volunteer team is focused on sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, economics, and social architecture. By open sourcing and freely sharing sharing the complete process, we aim to build a self-replicating model that inspires a global collaboration of teacher/demonstration hubs, all for “The Highest Good of All.” Together, we are evolving sustainability and fostering global stewardship practices that promote fulfilled living and lasting impact.

• 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 as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the October 28th, 2024 edition (#606) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

 

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

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

• • • 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, Adefola (Fola) Madehin (Electrical Design Specialist) continued his work with Earthbag Village electrical designs. Fola completed the socket and panel layout for the first floor of the Earthbag Village electrical project. Receptacles were placed in the bedrooms, living room, and kitchen, with the distribution panel installed in the living room. Each room was equipped with its own panel and breakers to enable individual control of the circuits. Additionally, he finalized the lettering of the socket ring circuit, which will be integrated into the electrical panel schematic diagram to ensure clear and accurate labeling for future reference. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See some of his work in the collage below.

Adil Zulfiquar (Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet designs. He focused on implementing changes to the report based on feedback, including the addition of visual illustrations where applicable. The content was refined by incorporating new sections and improving overall readability. References and links to external Excel files and videos were added for relevant topics, and backups were created for the additional PDF references. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Akshit Sethi (Architectural Designer) continued working on finalizing the interior of the Earthbag Village 4-dome home design. Akshit worked on the EarthBag Village project, concentrating on finalizing all plans and updating drawings in AutoCAD. He made adjustments based on feedback, including modifying dimensions, updating layer types, and ensuring consistency in the area chart drawings to align with the other documentation produced by One Community. These updates were essential in refining the project and ensuring that all plans met the required standards, contributing to the overall accuracy and cohesion of the design documentation. The Earthbag village is the first of 7 villages to be built as part of One Community’s open source model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See his work in the collage below.

Anil Karathra (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on the Vermiculture Toilet designs. He focused on team management work which involved assigning tasks, generating a meeting summary, and formatting content on the collaboration document. Sections covering the environmental impact of materials were finalized and prepared for upload, incorporating recent updates to calculations and document formatting based on feedback. Additionally, efforts focused on re-confirming worm density and evaluating its impact on composting efficiency and system design. This included assessing necessary adjustments to ensure accurate system specifications, with a particular emphasis on optimizing the composting process. The approach for solutioneering a world that works for everyone enables the development of innovative solutions that are both environmentally friendly and effective. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Charles Gooley (Web Designer) continued working on the Aircrete Engineering and Research: Compression Testing, Mix Ratios, R-value, and More page. He focused on updating the Aircrete Engineering and Research: Compression Testing, Mix Ratios, R-value, and More page to provide detailed engineering steps, research, and tools for verifying the safety of aircrete designs and structures. His tasks included resizing and posting images, adding links to relevant videos, uploading several videos to YouTube, and embedding the video code on the webpage. To improve the page’s accessibility and usefulness, he also added additional resources, a summary section, and a Frequently Asked Questions segment. These updates aim to make the information more comprehensive and user-friendly. Aircrete is an alternative we’re exploring for the Earthbag Village, a foundational part of One Community’s open-source model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Take a look at some of this work in the images below.

Joseph Osayande (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet engineering and design details. He focused on implementing updates to the drawer and main frame structure for the vermiculture chamber. Modifications to the Waste Removal Stand (WRS) were made to align with the revised overall design, and the dimensions of the unistruts were adjusted to accommodate these changes. A finite element analysis (FEA) was conducted to evaluate the impact of these structural adjustments on system integrity. Additionally, brainstorming sessions addressed the need for effective sealing of the main frame structure to prevent waste leakage from the drawer, ensuring a more robust and efficient design. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See some of his work in the collage below.

Karthik Pillai (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet engineering and design details and helping with the Earthbag Village 4-dome home roof plan. Karthik focused on refining the waste dumping mechanism in the vermiculture project, improving its load-bearing capacity and enhancing the structural integrity of the system. He completed an iteration of the main structure using Unistruts, providing modular support that will be updated based on feedback from the weekly team meeting. In the four-dome cluster project, Karthik developed an initial layout that included strategic column placements and joist connections, optimizing load distribution to ensure stability across the roof. He conducted a preliminary finite element analysis (FEA) on the roof joist design to identify stress points and evaluate load transfer efficiency, with further modifications planned for discussion at the next team meeting. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See some of his work in the collage below.

Loza Ayehutsega (Civil Engineer/Assistant Civil Engineer) completed another week working on the Earth Dam risk assessment and dam break hazard assessment. Loza focused on reviewing and editing report documents, addressing comments and making necessary revisions. In parallel, Loza reviewed FEMA documents on Emergency Operations Planning, particularly the Dam Incident Planning Guide. As part of this effort, Loza explored the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Dam Safety Program (NDSP) and its Dam Safety Technical Assistance (TA) program. This program encourages emergency managers to collaborate with neighboring communities, agencies, and the private sector to better understand and mitigate the risks posed by local and regional dams. The approach for solutioneering a world that works for everyone enables the development of innovative solutions that are both environmentally friendly and effective. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

Michaela Silva (Architect) continued working on finalizing the interior of the Earthbag Village 4-dome home design. Michaela focused on progressing the Construction Documents, specifically typing out and placing the California Residential code on a sheet in Revit for reference in constructing a single-family, four-dome home. She also coordinated with the team and worked on gathering updates to ensure the project stayed aligned with current requirements and feedback. The Earthbag village is the first of 7 villages to be built as part of One Community’s open source model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See her work in the collage below.

Vimarsh Acharya (Engineering Manager and Technical Reviewer) continued working on the Most Sustainable Paints, Stains, Varnish, Sealers component. Vimarsh worked on a spreadsheet for the sustainable paint documentation, organizing and outlining relevant data. Following this, he began a new task involving the identification and compilation of 20 notable statistics from approximately 10-15 documents related to sustainability and environmental practices. Each document is being reviewed to extract key statistics that highlight its primary data points and insights. The One Community model of combining forward-thinking education with sustainably built classrooms like this is an excellent example of solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See the collage below for his work.

Yagyansh Maheshwari (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping finish the Vermiculture Toilet engineering and design details. Yagyansh worked on optimizing the placement of the wheels to facilitate moving the unit indoors where applicable. He conducted finite element analysis (FEA) on the drawer to evaluate its capacity to withstand the weight load and the pulling force exerted by the winch, making modifications as necessary to achieve suitable FEA results. The Earthbag Village is the first of 7 to be built as the housing component of One Community’s open source model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See some of his work in the collage below.

Yuze Tang (Architect) continued working on Vermiculture Toilet designs. He completed a cost-reduction analysis for alternative materials for a drawer project and researched the strength requirements for various materials to contain heavy waste loads in the drawer and adjusted the material thickness accordingly. Yuze compared six materials, primarily evaluating their price, strength, and required thickness to determine the most cost-efficient and durable option. He compiled his findings into a team collaboration document for reference and future use. The approach of solutioneering a world that works for everyone enables the development of innovative solutions that are both environmentally friendly and effective. See below for some of the pictures related to this work.

 

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

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

• • • Learn about this building and it’s function in solutioneering a world that works for everyone: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This week, Arnob Mutsuddi (Mechanical Engineer) continued working on Duplicable City Center structural engineering model and details. He initiated new modifications and continued on the side struts within the U hub connector, with specific work focusing on Row 1. Work also began on modifying the central ring of the U hub connector in Row 2, with subsequent progress updates shared in a team meeting. The meeting covered the ongoing developments in the hub connector design, providing an overview of modifications completed and outlining the next steps. The Duplicable City Center is a foundational part of One Community’s open-source model, which excels in solutioneering a world that works for everyone. This approach is integral to their mission of solutioneering a world that works for everyone through innovative and scalable solutions. See some of this work in the pictures below.

Faeq Abu Alia (Architectural Engineer) continued his work on the Duplicable City Center kitchen shelving and adding dry-storage food items. He worked on preparing the City Center kitchen model in SketchUp for the walkthrough video by correctingmodel defects and adding elements such as food and human figures. Additionally, in Lumion, he refined the kitchen model by adjusting materials, incorporating human figures, and selecting the video shots needed for the walkthrough. The Duplicable City Center represents a fundamental element of One Community’s open-source approach, dedicated to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. View examples of this work in the pictures provided below.

Nika Gavran (Industrial Designer) continued her work on the Duplicable City Center dormer window installation plans. She focused on expanding the final document for the dormer window instructions and progressed with the next assembly steps, mainly involving the window’s exterior. She prepared the Keyshot environment to render these final steps and is working towards compiling all slides. As a foundational component of One Community’s open-source strategy, the Duplicable City Center is designed for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase some of this work.

Sanket Basannavar (Mechanical Engineer) continued his research on the structure and materials used in spa covers currently available in the market. He focused on further design and assembly work using SolidWorks. He worked on building and assembling various cover parts, including a 3-part spa cover design consisting of one half-section and two quarter-sections made of aluminum and EPS. Mass analysis was performed on these designs to evaluate their properties. Additionally, he studied the design and assembly of foldable spa covers and holders to understand their construction and functionality. Within One Community’s open-source framework, the Duplicable City Center plays a central role in solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase some of this work.

Tasmia Hasan (Design Engineer) continued her work on the structural engineering of the Duplicable City Center. She focused on exploring methods to obtain additional data points for the seismic analysis of the frame, employing various techniques within Autodesk Robot. Additionally, she worked on refining the hub connector drawings, making adjustments to enhance their alignment and ensure a more precise fit with the overall frame structure. As a foundational component of One Community’s open-source strategy, the Duplicable City Center is designed for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. You can see examples of this work in the following images.

Umema Ali (Mechanical Design Engineer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center Engineering. She focused on static structural analysis for the new dome structure and the traditional dome structure, specifically addressing snow loads. She used Inventor software to simulate and analyze the impact of three different snow loads on both designs. This work is part of the ongoing effort to ensure the structural integrity and performance of the domes under varying environmental conditions. Within One Community’s open-source framework, the Duplicable City Center plays a central role in solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase some of this work.

Yancong E (Architectural Designer) continued working on the Duplicable City Center project. This week, Yancong continued to explore the USGBC’s requirements for Quality Views, refining the previous tutorial by adding a table of Regularly Occupied Spaces to complete the second half of the step-by-step guidance, including sections on identifying regularly occupied spaces, identifying sight lines to exterior views, and assessing view quality. He also reprinted the AutoCAD floor plans and added a legend section. The Duplicable City Center represents a fundamental element of One Community’s open-source approach, dedicated to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. This innovative initiative aims to showcase how solutioneering a world that works for everyone can transform urban spaces into more sustainable and community-oriented environments. You can see examples of this work in the following images.

 

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

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

• • • Learn about the structures: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
    • See what we’ll be growing and solutioneering a world that works for everyone: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week, the core team continued their research for the Highest Good Soil Amendment Tools, Equipment, Materials/Supplies list. They enhanced the descriptions of each soil amendment and included accompanying photographs. These additions complemented the previously documented soil amendments of comfrey, chicken manure, food scraps, compost, and leaves. Both documents have been finalized after completing this page and the Orchard document. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, dedicated to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See their work in the collage below.

Jay Nair (BIM Designer) continued working on Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting lighting and HVAC design. He focused on researching and analyzing the Ground to Air Heat Transfer (GAHT) system for greenhouse climate control. The GAHT system or a climate battery, utilizes the earth’s thermal mass to regulate greenhouse temperatures by transferring heat underground. This system captures excess warm, humid air during the day, storing it in the soil to provide warmth during cooler nighttime temperatures, and reverses the process as needed to cool the greenhouse. Key components examined include the underground pipes, which facilitate heat transfer and require robust insulation and strategic placement to optimize thermal efficiency. Different insulation methods and backfill options, such as gravel or native soil, were considered for maximizing heat retention and effective moisture management, ultimately contributing to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The GAHT system’s ability to balance heating and cooling needs was assessed for residential and commercial applications, with attention to the costs, benefits, and specific installation challenges related to soil type, water table, and excavation depth. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, dedicated to solutioneering a world that works for everyone, and exemplifies the organization’s commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone through innovative design and implementation. Below are some of the images showcasing this work.

Purva Borkar (Landscape Architect) continued her work on creating an outdoor merge of a food-producing ecosystem and people spaces for the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting structures. She conducted a detailed study on sustainable gardening and water management systems, emphasizing food forests and public space design. The research focused on the layering of plants in food forests to enhance biodiversity and productivity. Additionally, strategies for rainwater catchment, swales, and pond systems were explored to ensure efficient water management. Public space design elements, including community gathering areas, walking trails, bioswales, and green roofs, were reviewed. The study also included case studies on enhancing urban spaces with sustainable, interactive features. As part of One Community’s open source efforts, the Highest Good Food initiative embodies a commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below offer a glimpse into these ongoing efforts.

Syahrina Maulida Majid (Volunteer Nutritionist) continued working on creating menu implementation tutorials as a part of One Community’s Transition Food Self-Sufficiency Plan. She focused on reviewing the master recipe template and examining its structure and functionality to ensure it aligns with project needs. She duplicated the template to explore various inputs and outputs, testing the template’s ability to adapt to different dietary preferences and group sizes without impacting the original. Throughout the process, Syahrina recorded notes on any edits needed and questions that arose, identifying areas where clarifications or adjustments could improve the user experience. In addition to testing and documenting edits, she began drafting a raw tutorial to guide users in navigating the template effectively, all while solutioneering a world that works for everyone. This draft includes step-by-step instructions on how to use the template, helping users understand its calculations and features. Syahrina also focused on making the tutorial accessible and easy to follow, based on observations from testing, to streamline implementation for diverse user needs. The Highest Good Food initiative plays a crucial role in One Community’s open source plans, with the aim of solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Her work is showcased in the collage below.

Vatsal Tapiawala (Mechanical Engineer) started working on the design of the greenhouse for the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting structures. He watched a 2-hour film by Paul Wheaton that detailed methods and construction techniques for building a passive greenhouse, noting key descriptions along with the pros and cons of the methods for further analysis. In addition, Vatsal researched other potential approaches and materials that might enhance the efficiency and eco-friendliness of the design, aiming to identify elements that could be effectively integrated. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, dedicated to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See his work in the collage below.

Ziyi Chen (Landscape Designer) continued working on the design of the outdoor spaces for the Aquapini and Walipini Planting and Harvesting structures. She completed the selection of tree species and CAD annotations and began modeling the outdoor area in SketchUp. She organized the outdoor sections of an existing model, correcting line misalignments, adjusting planes, connecting new planes, and unifying materials between new and existing areas. Following CAD drawings, Ziyi added canopy and understory trees into the model, refining tree levels and species combinations. The Highest Good Food initiative is a key component of One Community’s open source plans, dedicated to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See her work in the collage below.

 

HIGHEST GOOD ENERGY PROGRESS

One Community is solutioneering a world that works for everyone through Highest Good energy that is more sustainable, resilient, supports self-sufficiency and includes solar, wind, hydro and more:

• • • 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, Panambur Rachan Rao (Project Manager) successfully completed the cost analysis template for the Highest Good Energy infrastructure, ensuring it meets all necessary requirements. In addition, he conducted a thorough review of the Energy website, incorporating the feedback received. Rachan also took the initiative to coordinate with the DCC analysis team, gathering important updates on the hub connector design for Rows one, two, and three, which will be crucial for the project’s progress. Within One Community’s open-source framework, the Duplicable City Center plays a central role in developing solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Take a look at some of this work in the images below.

Viktoriia Zakharova (Administrative Assistant) worked on sustainable light bulb options for the Duplicable City Center and the webpage guide, adding information about lighting considerations for sustainability. She verified that each selected light bulb matched the necessary color temperature requirements and included a disclaimer clarifying that Amazon was used as a research platform rather than the primary vendor. She also began researching sustainable lighting fixtures, examining existing types, and watching instructional videos to expand her knowledge in this area. The Duplicable City Center represents a fundamental element of One Community’s open-source approach, dedicated to developing solutioneering a world that works for everyone. View examples of this work in the pictures provided below.

Yi-Ju Lien (Environmental Engineer) completed the hydropower case within the potable water system scenario, examining not only the Duplicable City Center case but also introducing research on the potential for power generation by replacing pressure-breaking elements in the drinking water system with a microturbine, along with findings on recommended equipment selection. Additionally, Yi-Ju worked on the cost analysis of earth dams, providing an overview of cost analysis at various project maturity levels. She discussed concepts such as contingency ratios, unit prices, and cost curves based on unit pricing, integrating suggestions from other research, all while solutioneering a world that works for everyone. For dam safety, Yi-Ju offered more detailed guidance on estimating breach parameters and utilizing physically based computer modeling with HEC-RAS, which aims to improve the understanding of these parameters in risk assessment. The Duplicable City Center represents a fundamental element of One Community’s open-source approach, dedicated to developing solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Below is a collage of this work.

 

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is solutioneering a world that works for everyone through Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students. This component of One Community is about 95% complete with only the Open Source School Licensing and Ultimate Classroom construction and assembly details remaining to be finished. With over 8 years of work invested in the process, the sections below are all complete until we move onto the property and continue the development and open sourcing process with teachers and students – a development process that is built directly into the structure of the education program and everything else we’re creating too:

• Program Overview: Education Open Source Hub
• How the components work together in solutioneering a world that works for everyone: How to use the Education for Life Program
  
• Lesson Plans for Life – Lesson Plans How-to
• Foundations of Outstanding Leaders, Teachers, and Communicators
• Curriculum for Life
• Teaching Strategies for Life
• Learning Tools and Toys for Life
• Evaluation and Evolution

This week, Apoorv Pandey (Mechanical Engineer) continued helping with the engineering details for the Ultimate Classroom part of the Highest Good education component. He continued working on the final draft of the Structural Engineering Report for the Ultimate Classroom Project, focusing on the calculations and analysis section. He researched ways to simplify the explanation of technical tables, such as the static check table and the beam force detail summary, to make the content more accessible to a layperson. Given the complexity of the results, he sought assistance from Jae to help complete the report. Additionally, Apoorv researched to improve the clarity of specific sections and referenced other published materials on One Community’s website to guide his work. The One Community model of combining forward-thinking education with sustainably built classrooms like this is an excellent example of solutioneering a world that works for everyone. This approach exemplifies solutioneering a world that works for everyone by creating environments fostering collaboration and innovation. See the collage below for his work.

 

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

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

• • • Read the Highest Good society overview: Highest Good Society
    • Learn about the model for fulfilled living and sharing and solutioneering a world that works for everyone: 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 63 hours managing One Community’s volunteer-work review not included above, emails, social media accounts, web development, new bug identification and bug-fix integration for the Highest Good Network software, and interviewing and getting set up new volunteer team members. They also shot and incorporated the video above that talks about solutioneering a world that works for everyone and how solutioneering a world that works for everyone is a foundation of the bigger picture of everything One Community is doing. The image below shows some of this work.

Anoushka Hazari (Data Analyst) completed the PR review, finalized team WordPress tasks, and proofread the summary. Collages were created for the blog to improve its presentation and ensure alignment with project goals for publication. Work began on the Figma dashboard using Kernel to connect and transfer data from the provided sheet. To streamline the process, YouTube tutorials were reviewed to gain a better understanding of the tool. She also researched plugins capable of automatically converting Google Sheets data into table format, but issues arose due to the sheet’s large size and lack of organization, causing slow processing and frequent crashes. Additionally, initial design work for the PR Admin data sheet dashboard was started in Figma, focusing on usability and data visualization. While setting up a dashboard layer, the names were mapped, though organizing the PR Reviewing spreadsheet may be necessary to improve mapping efficiency. This work helps One Community’s mission of solutioneering a world that works for everyone and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The following images show his work for the week.

Aravind Yuvraj (Networks and Security Engineer) focused on migrating the HGN platform from Azure to Bluehost, addressing backend file transfers and database migration processes. Using provided migration resources, there was an emphasis on understanding the steps involved in transferring SQL server database files from Azure’s environment to Bluehost’s infrastructure. Additionally, there was ongoing management of Azure backend files for the HGN site, along with consistent monitoring of site stability to address any issues with support as necessary. Attention was also given to troubleshooting site crashes, with efforts towards maintaining operational continuity throughout the migration process. This work helps One Community’s mission of solutioneering a world that works for everyone and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The following images show his work for the week.

Deepthi Arcot Subramanyam (Data Analyst) worked on a detailed strategy for the Google Analytics team, focusing on KPI development, mission-specific KPIs, and reviewing team submissions related to the strategy. She collaborated with Riddhisha to consolidate input and submit the initial strategy to Jae, aligning priorities for implementation. Additionally, she led the weekly team meeting to discuss Jae’s feedback and outlined steps for moving forward with the strategy. She also addressed priorities for implementation and identified specific URLs for tracking to support the project’s objectives. This work helps One Community’s mission of solutioneering a world that works for everyone and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The following images show her work for the week.

Feras Rehman (Data Analyst) continued working on developing One Community’s Mastodon account and strategy. He also managed his part of the One Community Updates Blog and reviewed the work of Viktoriia, Saumit, Praneeth, Rahul, Ratna, and Jessica, providing feedback on identified errors. Five additional posts for Mastodon were scheduled on Buffer for the following week. Targeted strategies for Mastodon were developed and implemented, resulting in a threefold increase in post reach through optimized hashtag usage and improved post structuring. The weekly summary was completed, and images were added to supplement the content. This work helps One Community’s mission of solutioneering a world that works for everyone and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The following images show his work for the week.

Gavin Burke (Project Manager) assisted the tech team in creating a dummy version of the HGN app to test Bluehost. He organized a team call on Tuesday to clarify tasks, check progress, and ensure team members had the required resources. Gavin assigned Jaya to address issues with the One Community website on Bluehost, Namra to contact customer support for alternative hosting options and to research backing up the HGN app, and Vatsal to manage the creation and testing of the dummy app on Bluehost. On Wednesday, he followed up with Vatsal to confirm the use of a free domain for the dummy app. This work helps One Community’s mission of solutioneering a world that works for everyone and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The following images show his work for the week.

Hritvik Mahajan (Data Analyst) reviewed blog posts by Huzaifa, Shrinivas, and Mrudula, offering feedback for improvement, and tested multiple pull requests on the development site, coordinating follow-up actions with team members through Slack. He posted content across various joined communities, selected posts for the social media sheet for the upcoming week based on recent engagement insights, and suggested increasing post frequency in communities that showed higher reach and interaction. He continued working on the social media scheduler mockup, tested frontend pull requests, managed GitHub tags, and contributed to social media activity by posting content across all Twitter communities. This work helps One Community’s mission of solutioneering a world that works for everyone and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The following images show his work for the week.

Jiaqi Wu (UX Designer) had a meeting with the product manager and engineering team to discuss the design implementation of Deliver1. During the meeting, they received feedback suggesting improvements to two features, which Jiaqi has begun addressing. She also attended a design team discussion and afterward contributed to aligning the design system, enhancing visual elements, and removing redundant documents to streamline the team’s resources. This work helps One Community’s mission of solutioneering a world that works for everyone and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The following images show her work for the week.

Nidhi Mange (Data Analyst) completed administrative tasks, including creating a collage, summary, and working on WordPress SEO for images for nine individuals, while reviewing the work for two others. Following recommendations from Sara, She made specific changes in the blog and thoroughly reviewed the HGN document. She attended a meeting with Riddhisha and the team to discuss SEO strategies and development. Additionally, she held multiple meetings with Shrinivas to go over the processes in the HGN Phase 1 document and the HGN PR Reviews Tracking file. She also worked on the HGN Phase 1 document, adding all urgent priority and High Priority tasks assigned to team members. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase her work for the week.

Praneeth Kruthiventi (Volunteer Data Analyst) focused on addressing issues in ongoing Google Ads campaigns, which were impacted by website-related disruptions. He progressed in his study of Google Analytics, utilizing instructional material provided in a shared document, and prepared for the Google Analytics certification. Additionally, he reviewed training exercises completed by new volunteers and participated in the hiring process for upcoming roles. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase his work for the week.

Rahul Bavanandan (Data Analyst) focused on advancing the HGN Phase 2 Evolution project by translating the Figma designs from Phases 1 and 3 into clear, actionable data requirements for the Phase 2 dashboard. Additionally, he supported the OC Administration project by conducting code reviews and providing feedback to five colleagues to maintain project standards and support One Community Global’s mission. He also contributed to content management for the weekly progress update by organizing summaries and photo collages, aligning them with review criteria, and reviewing submitted content to ensure clarity and accuracy. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase his work for the week.

Shireen Kayal (Humanitarian Program Developer & Data Manager) focused on enhancing presentation materials. She added new slides and fine-tuned the soundtrack to align with the animations and timing. She also improved the software section by adding new slides and aligning images for better visual appeal. In addition, she revamped three slides to increase viewer engagement, adjusted the introduction soundtrack to match the “Highest Good Housing” slide, replaced low-quality images with high-quality ones for clarity, and created custom graphics for the software slides. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase her work for the week.

Shrinivas Patil (Software Engineer) completed work on his blog 605 and provided feedback to each member of Team MoonFall. He assisted Sara in tracking the admin activity sheet and issued reminders to all admins. Additionally, he prepared team collages for Team MoonFall and reviewed the work of two other admins, giving feedback on their summaries, images, and video submissions. He also worked on the HGN PR reviews tracking sheet, compiling all urgent and high-priority tasks, which he color-coded in red, green, and white for easier reference. In collaboration with Nidhi, he created a detailed plan and documentation to streamline this process further. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase his work for the week.

Shuddhendu Mishra (Software Engineer) worked on the database schematics development on the phase 2. He went through the mongoDB collections starting with “building%” as those are the ones involved in phase 2. He went ahead and worked on fnding the relationships between the different collections. He developed the schematic diagram with the help of draw.io tool. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase his work for the week.

Vatsal Mendpara (Security Analyst) worked on resolving website downtime issues, collaborating with the Bluehost team and Aravind to optimize the database. He also focused on migrating the application to Azure, communicating with the Azure team to create backups and coordinating with the Bluehost team on the migration process. Additionally, he set up and tested an HGN app on Bluehost, confirming its functionality. He engaged in multiple calls with the Bluehost team to address the website downtime and explore obtaining a free domain name for deploying the HGN application demo. He also participated in calls with both Azure and Bluehost teams to discuss transferring the highestgood.com domain to Azure. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase his work for the week.

Venkata Jaya Pavan Naru (Volunteer Network And Cybersecurity Engineer) performed website maintenance tasks included discussions with Bluehost about database optimization to prevent issues. Additional conversations with Bluehost addressed recent database crashes, leading to the creation of a support ticket for advanced technical assistance. Temporary server crashes were resolved by adjusting settings in WHM, with Bluehost confirming they would follow up on the ticket request. Support also provided database files requiring modification, and plans were made to collaborate with an SQL administrator to implement these changes. Further maintenance tasks included PHP adjustments to ensure the website’s functionality remained stable. A separate conversation with Gavin focused on a specific task, which was worked on in a Google Doc. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase his work for the week.

Yash Shah (Data Analyst and Team Administrator) created a blog for Dev Dynasty and organized the folder for the week’s tasks. He provided feedback to the UI/UX team on queries related to the comments and feedback section for event participants, noting the remaining tasks to be completed. He led the weekly meeting, logged team updates in a document, and assigned work missing from Figma. Yash also added images from Figma to the document and requested the team complete any outstanding feedback items. He made updates to blog entry #605 and moved work to the Social Architecture page, adding missing points and relevant images. This work supports One Community’s mission and reinforces our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The images below showcase his work for the week.

ADMINISTRATION TEAM A-O

The Administration Team’s summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community’s ongoing process for solutioneering a world that works for everyone, was managed by Muhammad Huzaifah (Administrative Assistant) and includes Akilan Kumaran (Data Analyst), Durgeshwari Naikwade (Data Analyst), Jessica Fairbanks (Administrative Assistant), Kishan Sivakumar (Administrative Assistant and Software Team Manager), Jibin Joby (Data Analyst), Vishnu Murali (Data Analyst), Namra Patel (Volunteer Data Analyst), and Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support). This week, Akilan followed up on the weekly summary and joined a Zoom meeting with team members to discuss new tasks focused on improving Google Adwords, with each member presenting ideas for potential website impacts to support solutioneering a world that works for everyone. He also tested bugs in the development environment for functionality checks. Namra researched ChatGPT on GitHub but encountered repeated redirections to documentation and found that available tutorials didn’t fully meet their needs. She eventually located a sales contact link but was unable to connect with a representative and plans to try again. Additionally, Namra researched hosting providers, including Hostinger and Bluehost, for migrating the HGN app from Azure and is seeking further information from a representative. Huzaifah followed up with volunteers for bio registrations and completed weekly administrative tasks, including reviewing other fellows’ work and updating his blog segment. As a deadline administrator, he also addressed task discrepancies among members and forwarded relevant issues to Jae. Durgeshwari updated the LinkedIn analytics report to strategize engagement improvement, collaborated with the Google Analytics team to refine their approach, and developed a plan for “Step 2 – Keyword Research and Rank Math Optimization.” She also created LinkedIn posts and contributed to Binary Brigade for the Highest Good Network Software as part of the One Community Weekly Progress Update #605, solutioneering a world that works for everyone through data-driven insights. Jessica continued her work on integrating Highest Good Food with small-scale organizations, held a meeting with Syahrina to discuss menu implementation tutorials, and developed next-step plans. She completed administrative tasks, including creating a collage and uploading the team summary. Jibin reviewed team assignments, provided feedback, advanced his knowledge of Google Analytics through training videos, and researched MySQL database optimization to improve website performance. In the weekly Google Analytics meeting, he was assigned specific roles and responsibilities and worked on identifying optimal project metrics. Kishan focused on senior admin duties, reviewed volunteer documents, tracked progress, addressed requests, and completed SEO page reviews, finalizing edits based on feedback. He also undertook new admin tasks, revisited optimized pages, and completed the weekly blog for another admin. Ola updated the HGN spreadsheet for accuracy, reviewed PR team compliance, supported team members as needed, monitored PR managers’ work, and organized dedicated folders for each admin team member. Vishnu developed strategies for the Google Analytics team, discussing key metrics like bounce rates and click-through rates. He also engaged in task allocation discussions and watched SEO analytics videos to enhance his knowledge for effective Google Analytics reporting. One Community’s model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone includes developing and maintaining a supportive administration team like this. You can see the work for the team in the image below, showcasing our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone.

ADMINISTRATION TEAM R-Z

The Administration Team’s summary, covering their work administrating and managing most of One Community’s ongoing process for solutioneering a world that works for everyone was managed by Sneka Vetriappan (Data Analyst) and includes Rachna Malav (Data Analyst), Ratna Meena Shivakumar (Data Analyst and Admin), Riddhisha Chitwadgi (Administrative Assistant), T R Samarth Urs (Data Analyst), and Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst). This week, Rachna handled five interviews and recorded meeting notes in the hiring team spreadsheet. She also responded to emails, addressed requests from comments, and worked on SEO pages and assignments. Ratna prepared the weekly summary, created collages for blog posts featuring members from the Education, Core Team, and Highest Good Society groups, and updated around 130 blogs, focusing on formatting and SEO improvements for One Community’s Avatar Page. She scheduled posts for One Community’s social media and reached Blog #300 for AI Music tasks. Riddhisha transferred content for project #605, focusing on SEO optimization, led the analytics team’s meetings, researched user metrics, and prepared a document for Jae’s review, incorporating his feedback. Sneka reviewed time log entries and provided feedback on new members’ reviews, reviewed weekly blog entries for accuracy, addressed errors, and made SEO page edits. She also added summaries and collages to the webpage, ensuring review criteria were met. Samarth led his PR review team, assessed their work on PRs, and provided feedback. He summarized their efforts in a blog post featuring a collage from the PR review team. Zuqi organized the Graphic Design Team’s weekly summary, assisted Samarth with his SEO blogs, and explored Google Analytics and AdWords to research metrics for blog page performance improvement. One Community’s model for solutioneering a world that works for everyone includes developing and maintaining a supportive administration team like this. You can see the work for the team in the image below, showcasing our commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone.

GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM

The Graphic Design Team’s summary was managed by Zuqi Li (Administrative Assistant and Economic Analyst) and included Anusha Tariq (Graphic Designer), Aurora Juang (Graphic Designer), Junyuan Liu (Graphic Designer, UI/UX Designer), Jaime Yao (Creative Technologist), Pranali Desai (Communication Designer) and Ritu Damani (Graphic Designer), covering their work on graphic designs for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. This week, Anusha selected two distinct post design lines for a social media post based on a provided list. She sourced and downloaded suitable images, using tailored fonts for each post—simple for the first and playful for the second—with minor effects added. Aurora reviewed and analyzed One Community’s branding to unify design decisions across all platforms, focusing on consistent use of the color palette and fonts. She examined HTML and CSS sheets, the online book, and the Highest Good Network app, integrating unified elements into a clear graph using Figma and designing a template for brand guidelines. Jaime created visual designs for themes like “Hands of the Future,” “Hourglass of Time,” and “Wind of Change,” each depicting sustainability and generational responsibility through symbolic visuals like planting trees, transforming green technology, and powering wind turbines to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Junyuan continued work on HGN Phase 3’s Deliverable 1, completing sections on Event Trend, Active Participants, and the Feedback section, while organizing completed sections in Figma. Pranali finished her orientation and setup tasks, installed Adobe Illustrator, and began replacing missing image links, adjusting text box opacity, and generating background images with Adobe Firefly. She focused on graphics for “Best Small and Large-scale Community Recycle Options” and began research for “Most Sustainable Options,” compiling resources into PDFs. Ritu uploaded two volunteer bios to the website, corrected an image error from the previous week, and worked on the ultimate classroom project, modifying the layout by adjusting fonts and overall arrangement. See the Highest Good Society pages for more on how this contributes to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See the collage below to view some of their work.

 

HIGHEST GOOD NETWORK PROGRESS

One Community is solutioneering a world that works for everyone through open source Highest Good Network^® software that is a web-based application for collaboration, time tracking, and objective data collection. The purpose of the Highest Good Network is to provide software for internal operations and external cooperation. It is being designed for global use in support of the different countries and communities replicating the One Community sustainable village models and related components.

• 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 testing, confirming the fixed PRs and resolving several issues. The fixed issues included updating password permissions for the Owner account (PR 2757), resolving the reset password function (PR#1108), stopping the timer upon entering the WBS management page (PR#2649), correcting the email validation failure and success message display (PR2559), addressing tooltip display issues in the Time and Tasks log component (PR2660), and enabling the “Send Emails” function in “Other Links” for users with added permissions (PR2572). Additional fixes addressed link issues within the Quick Setup Tool (PR 2688), adjusted functions within Badges Select Featured and Edit Personal Max (PR2525), and ensured the “Assign Badge” button remains disabled until an entry is made in the input boxes (PR 2539). Outstanding issues include a lack of notifications for managers, admins, and owners when a team member is deactivated (PR1033, PR 1126) and permissions issues with the Assign/Edit/Delete Blue Squares function (PR#1016). Other activities included logging 14 tangible hours for “CoreTeam TesterAgain” for PR958 and creating a new record for the “Fix validation for the Media Folder in the Add New GST form”. We continue to focus on solutioneering a world that works for everyone through iterative improvements and user-centric solutions. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The collage below shows some of their work.

ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Alpha Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software software was managed by Lin Khant Htel (Frontend Software Developer) and includes Anand Seshadri (Software Engineer), Carlos Gomez (Full-Stack Software Developer), and Nanguan Lin (Software Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we will manage and measure our processes for solutioneering a world that works for everyone across our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes, ultimately solutioneering a world that works for everyone. This week, Lin reviewed and suggested improvements for PR #2812, noting that while the UI design was well-executed, there were areas needing refinement. Lin also reviewed the weekly summaries, photos, and videos submitted by his Alpha team members. Anand worked on writing test cases for functions in the UserProfile.jsx component, focusing initially on simpler functions. He began with the handleClose function, creating a test to verify that it is called when the close button is clicked and ensuring that the modal is no longer visible afterward. Next, Anand worked on the handleInputChange function, establishing test cases to confirm that it updates the state with the correct values for each form field, including simulating changes to the first name input and asserting that the state reflects the new value, ultimately solutioneering a world that works for everyone through careful testing and validation of user interactions. He then addressed the validateEmail function, designing tests to verify it returns true for valid email addresses, such as “[email protected],” and false for invalid formats like “invalid-email.” Lastly, Anand developed test cases for the handleFormSubmit function, ensuring it prevents submission when required fields are missing or invalid and displays the appropriate error message. He also verified that the API function is called when all required fields contain valid data. Carlos continued development on a request from Jae to enhance the team hours visualization report page. Key progress included completing the feature allowing manager users to toggle between viewing all members’ values or a single member’s values. Additionally, the UI was improved by centering the toggle button and values around the pie chart. Nanguan joined the development team and began reviewing the documented bugs, contributing to solutioneering a world that works for everyone by ensuring the software functions seamlessly for all users. He identified several issues he wished to address and communicated with Jae to take over those tasks. Nanguan’s primary focus was on resolving linting problems in the badge component on the front end, as well as addressing similar issues in the report component. He concluded the week by uploading pictures and videos along with a summary of his work. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

BINARY BRIGADE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Binary Brigade Team’s summary overseeing advancements in the Highest Good Network software was managed by Anirudh Sampath Kumar (Software Developer) and includes Aaryaneil Nimbalkar (Software Developer), Anirudh Sampath Kumar (Software Developer), Ashay Kalpesh Mehta (Software Engineer), Ashish Nagaraju (Software Engineer), Ashmita Pandey (Software Engineer), Deepthi Kannan (Software Engineer), Huijie Liu (Software Engineer), Sai Venkatesh Voruganti (Volunteer Software Engineer), Sriram Seelamneni (Software Engineer), Xiaolu Li (Software Engineer) and Ziyu Chu (Volunteer Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for solutioneering a world that works for everyone through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.

This week, Aaryaneil resolved an expired token issue in the CircleCI build pipeline. He performed testing for PR #1150, including verification of all pages affected by the updates. Dependabot alert changes in PR #1105 were assessed across application pages, and PR #1106 was implemented in a local environment to confirm no impact on key components. Further tests evaluated PR #1106’s impact on backend processes for each page, with all test suites reviewed both with and without the dependency changes to detect any potential failures. In alignment with our goal of solutioneering a world that works for everyone, Aditya worked on the Highest Good Network project, focusing on software development tasks that included updates and modifications to an existing pull request, making adjustments based on new requests, and addressing a new bug along with other previously identified issues. He ensured that a missing “Status” column header was added to the Team Member Tasks tab. Anirudh worked on an HGN Phase 1 bug related to the Start Date issue in the Add Task modal on the WBS page in projects. After testing, he identified that while the start date issue did not occur in the add modal, the edit modal displayed a flawed error message and had a formatting issue with the start date. Both issues were addressed, and a pull request (PR 2812) has been submitted. Additionally, Anirudh reviewed several pull requests to ensure code quality and adherence to standards, including PRs 2810, 2815, 2799, 2786, 2783, and 2788. Ashay focused on two main tasks: fixing the issue with the “Delete Featured Badge” on profiles when the screen width is below 1000px, and enhancing the “Sort Inventory” button to allow sorting based on the last modified dateTogether, they are committed to solutioneering a world that works for everyone, addressing challenges with effective and inclusive solutions. He implemented a feature for sorting by changes in project names, but is currently facing a challenge with the delayed visibility of modified project names. Additionally, he is experimenting with CSS to resolve the delete feature issue, ultimately contributing to solutioneering a world that works for everyone.

Ashish reviewed two pull requests (PR 2796 for frontend and PR 2778+1131 for both frontend and backend). After completing these reviews, he began working on a bug fix from the project documentation. Though another developer initially handled most of the bug’s development, Ashish focused on resolving remaining issues with this task. Ashmita improved code quality within the src/reducers/ directory for the Highest Good Network App by addressing linting errors and enhancing code maintainability. Using ESLint and formatting tools, she worked across various files, including multiple reducers like actionItemsReducer, badgeReducer, themeReducer, and weeklySummariesReducer, among others, to establish consistent code structure and improve overall readability, all while solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Deepthi resolved a side-scrolling issue on the Teams page by targeting elements exceeding viewport width. She applied flexible table-layout settings and enabled horizontal scrolling at breakpoints 767px, 479px, 575px, and 400px, making adjustments to padding and font sizes for better content visibility on small screens, thereby improving user experience across various devices. This commitment to solutioneering a world that works for everyone is evident in her approach to enhancing accessibility. Huijie focused on enhancing the meeting scheduling feature and bell notification functionality. She redesigned the meeting forms to better handle fields such as start time, duration, participants, and location. In addition, she implemented these form improvements by updating the corresponding parts in the reducer functions and adjusting the database schema accordingly.

Sai focused on enhancing the Profile Team Code feature to improve usability on screens smaller than 778px, specifically for Admin and Owner logins under the Teams tab in user profiles. This update addressed visibility issues previously identified, where codes displayed well on larger screens but became obscured at reduced sizes. Sai reviewed past fixes to confirm their effectiveness while making changes to the dropdown suggestions and input field interactions. The input field now applies any entered code directly to the user profile, and these codes are visible both in the profile section and on the Weekly Summaries Reports page, solutioneering a world that works for everyone by ensuring accessibility across various devices. This feature now includes suggestions for commonly or recently used codes, along with a dropdown listing all active codes. Sriram worked on addressing feedback for a branch previously merged into development and initiated a new task focused on the dashboard view for other users. He also resolved merge conflicts for two previously handled pull requests. In the spirit of solutioneering a world that works for everyone, Xiaolu concentrated on enhancing unit test coverage for the HGN project, specifically targeting the BlueSquaresTable/BlueSquareTable.jsx component. After reviewing test documentation and requirements, Xiaolu developed tests for the component, tracked in the Unit Test HGN sheet. The tests aim to verify component reliability across different scenarios, including rendering, event handling, and data display, using Jest and React Testing Library. Ziyu began unit testing tasks by writing test cases for QuickSetupModal/QuickSetupModal.jsx to verify the component’s features and hooks. While she developed five specific test cases, some issues prevented all tests from passing, and Ziyu plans code modifications to achieve complete pass success. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

BLUE STEEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Blue Steel Team’s summary, presenting their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Jingyi Jia (Software Engineer, Team Manager), and includes Cillian Ren (Software Engineer), Ramakrishna Aruva (Software Engineer), and Vishavdeep Kaur (Full Stack Developer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll be managing and objectively measuring our process for solutioneering a world that works for everyone through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Ramakrishna re-evaluated the PR feedback on his merge request, implementing the necessary adjustments and resubmitted it for further review. He reviewed the bug and functional documentation, examined each issue in detail, identified a specific bug to work on, and requested an assignment with an estimated timeline for resolution. He also began working on a modal popup issue that wasn’t functioning correctly on hover and a hyperlink that was not opening as expected, focusing on pinpointing the root cause of these issues. Vishavdeep reviewed a total of 10 pull requests, providing comments and approvals in the GitHub repository for PRs including PR-2788, PR-2799, PR-2803, PR-2808, and PR-2802, among others, attaching screenshots for reference with each review. Cillian focused on fixing a white screen issue that appeared when deleting a task in the Highest Good Network project, ensuring the user interface remained stable and responsive after task deletion by adding conditional checks to prevent application crashes due to undefined data access, solutioneering a world that works for everyone. He tested multiple task deletion scenarios to confirm that the interface functioned as expected under various conditions. Jingyi addressed a significant bug in the project management system involving a constantly loading icon during project addition with non-unique names. By refining the Redux actions to manage error states effectively, Jingyi ensured that the loading icon now only displays during active API calls and resolves appropriately upon completion.See the Highest Good Society and the Highest Good Network pages to learn more on how their work contributes to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See below to view images of their work.

CODE CRAFTERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

This week, the Code Crafters Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Akilan Kumaran (Software Engineer) and includes Dhrumil Dhimantkumar Shah (Software Engineer), Pavan Swaroop Lebakula (Software Engineer), Summit Kaushal (Backend Software Developer), Swaroop Udgaonkar (Software Engineer), Muzammil Moahmmed (Software Engineer) and Denish Kalariya (Software Engineer). This week, Swaroop discussed merge conflicts in pull request #2784 with Jae and Hritvik, awaiting Jae’s approval on the proposed changes, and continued working on project layout alignment for smaller screens with new ideas and file modifications. He also reviewed his team’s weekly summaries, images, and videos. Dhrumil addressed a bug with the “Export Featured” button that caused the page to go blank upon saving, consulted with his manager and Jae for clarification due to an inaccurate issue description, resolved the bug, and plans to submit a pull request next week. Pavan tested Jae’s suggestions, made adjustments to the vertical spacing and button alignment in the task edit format, and submitted a pull request for review. He also identified a duplicate function of the bell icon and timelog button and sought guidance from Jae. Together, the team is committed to solutioneering a world that works for everyone through their collaborative efforts and innovative solutions. Muzammil worked on issue 104, addressing a color inconsistency in a pie chart that displayed sections in a single color when navigating from the Dashboard to the Reports page, reviewed past pull requests, and is close to resolving the issue, with a pull request expected soon. Summit drafted a report documenting identified bugs, progressed on the Badge Categories action plan, analyzed necessary modifications for a specific badge, and continued refining action items to address streak badge functionality issues. Denish refined the volunteer hour reporting system by categorizing hours into specified ranges (10-19, 20-29, 30-34, 35-39, and 40+), adjusted the code to ensure accurate data output representation, created an endpoint for team access, and tested it in Postman to confirm accuracy and improve the reporting system’s usability. This work helps One Community’s mission of solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The collage below shows the work for this week.

DEV DYNASTY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Dev Dynasty Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Harsh Bodgal (Software Engineer) and includes Ajay Kumar Reddy (Software Engineer), Crystal Low (Software Engineer), Lucy Xi (Software Engineer), Howie Miao (Software Engineer), Jatin Agrawal (Software Engineer), Manikrishna Sanganabatla (Software Engineer), Mrinalini Raghavendran (Software Engineer), Nandini Yelmela (Software Engineer), Sailavanya Narthu (Software Engineer), Shreya Vithala (Software Engineer), Nikita Kolla (Full Stack Developer) and Nishita Gudiniye (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for solutioneering a world that works for everyone through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Harsh worked on testing the TotalOrgSummary API, enhancing the chart design using Strallia, and refactoring the existing chart structure. The project is currently 90% complete, with only final adjustments and fixes remaining to ensure optimal functionality and presentation of the data visualizations. Ajay added tab preview names for the application, using useLocation and document.title to dynamically update tab titles based on the route, modifying various components, and updating test files with MemoryRouter to support useLocation changes. Nishita concentrated on completing the “Help finish Lint fixing” task, troubleshooting an Airbnb configuration issue with ESLint, collaborating with team members to reinstall configurations, and began working on “TotalOrgSummary” backend tasks to compare Team Stats. Nikita addressed Git errors to complete creating React components for different input methods, then focused on solving an issue with incomplete members list display when the ALL-TIME button is selected. Together, they embody ‘Solutioneering a World that Works for Everyone’ through their collective efforts and innovative contributions. Mrinalini updated the Application Page document with new mockups, addressed a timer reset issue, debugged a Timelog issue, and incorporated feedback on frontend PR #2807, adding analytics options and finalizing wireframes and action items for frontend and backend teams. Crystal worked on displaying weekly reports for deactivated users, debugging report generation and backend code structure for filtering deactivated users. Fangle (Lucy) joined the team, reviewed project requirements, joined discussions, focused on unit testing in Redux, and explored content areas needing unit tests. Howie applied hotfixes, made adjustments to prior solutions, reduced view height for a scrollbar fix, added a double confirmation step for task submission links, and reviewed the system date bug. Jatin worked on improving Total Team Report loading time, handled PR reviews, and backend development for custom forms and permissions, and addressed an issue with profile images. Nandini resolved merge conflicts in CSS and JSX components, reviewing layout and styling in light and dark modes, while Sreehari handled a merge conflict in EffortBar.jsx, troubleshooting “Limit See-All” functionality, and enhancing “Pie Charts” title color adaptation across modes. Together, we are Solutioneering a World that Works for Everyone. Shreya addressed volunteer commitment tracking by correcting additional hours handling in the Highest Good Network application, updating userHelper.js to ensure penalty hours are carried over after five missed entries. And Manikrishna resolved merge conflicts in a PR, encountered Git errors, and created a new PR to continue addressing these issues. Together, they are solutioneering a world that works for everyone, combining their expertise to build impactful solutions. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. View some of the team’s work in the collage below.

EXPRESSERS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Expressers Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Christy Guo (Software Engineer) and includes Faye Lyu (Software Engineer), Mohammad Abbas (Software Engineer), Rahul Trivedi (Software Developer), and Strallia Chao (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is how we’ll manage and objectively measure our process for solutioneering a world that works for everyone through our social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Christy completed various tasks centered on unit testing and data visualization, including work on a project task chart visualization using D3.js with sorting and filtering capabilities. Faye focused on gathering and validating volunteer metrics, aligning frontend and database keyword mapping, and preparing for her upcoming leave. Rahul reviewed ten pull requests, resolving issues like infinite loading and calendar cropping. Strallia worked on the backend of the Total Org Summary page, identifying missing fields, resolving server errors, and designing a new chart component in Figma. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See the collage below to view the team’s work this week.

LUCKY STAR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Lucky Star Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Anne Zhang (Software Engineer) includes contributions from Chetan Sunku (Software Engineer), Shefali Mittal (Volunteer Software Engineer), Yashwanth Pokala (Software Engineer) and Ziyan Wang (Software Engineer). This week, Chetan continued working on the task related to time updates on the dashboard. He also resumed investigating the issue where logged time is not reflected without a page reload and is still working on identifying a solution. In his approach, he is committed to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Shefali developed unit tests for the ‘UserProfileEdit/UserProfileEdit.jsx’ component, starting with a review of the existing code. She encountered several errors during testing, researched potential causes, explored solutions, and debugged the issues, with most tests now running properly. Additionally, Shefali worked on PR 2817 and PR 2820. Yashwanth focused on completing a feature and addressing several bugs. As part of his tasks, he explored methods to optimize loading speeds, though the ideal solution is still in progress. Ziyan continued working on the “146 Optimize the app for Safari” task by reviewing console logs, elements, and compatibility issues. Ziyan completed checks for Dashboard, Profile, Task, and Password update sections in Safari. Anne continued fixing UI issues and merging planned functions that overlapped with another teammate’s work. She also investigated ways to improve member column filters and managed responsibilities within the Lucky Star team, including reviewing photos, videos, and summaries submitted by teammates. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See the collage below to view the team’s work this week.

MOONFALL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Moonfall Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Satya Shanthi Tadiparthi (Team Manager), and includes Calvin Liu (PR Team), Newell Yin (Software Engineer), Nikhil Giri (Software Engineer), Saurabh Shetty (Software Engineer), Swathi Dharma Sankaran (Software Engineer), Vedant Gandhi (Software Engineer), and Yili Sun (Software Engineer). This week, Calvin has worked on Bug 14 and troubleshooted an issue with the “Quantity” field in the Material List modal showing “undefined.” He reviewed several files, including `MaterialListView.jsx`, and ran multiple tests on both frontend and backend data transmission to identify the root cause, though the bug remains unresolved. Newell has reimplemented dashboard list features with a virtual list and updated tasks. Also he modified backend Mongoose data aggregation, as well as frontend search and filter displays. Nikhil has tested multiple pull requests (PRs) for functionality, UI compatibility, and responsiveness across both dark and light modes. He has covered areas like date input validation, auto-save, and responsive design adjustments, all while solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Saurabh has worked on resolving hour count update discrepancies across sections, with debugging focused on the task progress section for real-time alignment. Satya has reviewed PRs related to calendar cropping, WeeklySummariesReport, VolunteeringTimeTab, and TimelogNavbar and validated dark mode functionality. Additionally, he managed end-of-week team summaries. Swathi has implemented a new filter button on the WBS page for paused tasks and added a dynamic project name display for Members and WBS pages using a useEffect hook. Vedant has completed a multi-select option and table design bug fix. He started working on a project delete modal bug in dark mode. Yili has implemented permissions for user password resets excluding Owner or Admin roles. She confirmed related bugs on the development branch and finalized a solution. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Below is a collage for the team’s work:

REACTONAUTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Reactonauts Team’s summary, covering their work on the Highest Good Network software, was managed by Vijeth Venkatesha (Software Engineer). It included Aishwarya Ramesh (Software Engineer), Dhairya Mehta (Software Engineer), Gmon Kuzhiyanikkal (Software Engineer), Haoyue Wen (Software Engineer), Jinxiong You (Software Developer), Khushi Jain (Software Engineer), Mohan Gadde (Software Engineer), Nikhil Pittala (Software Engineer), Pallavi Thorat (Software Engineer), Peterson Rodrigues dos Santos (Full-Stack MERN Stack Developer), Rishitha Mamidala (Software Engineer) and Saniya Farheen (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is solutioneering a world that works for everyone across social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes.

This week, Aishwarya focused on completing the “show trophy icon for anniversaries” functionality for the project. This involved implementing both frontend and backend logic to ensure smooth integration with the existing system. She primarily worked on resolving issues with the trophy icon display on the weekly report summaries page and the dashboard, solutioneering a world that works for everyone by enhancing user engagement and recognition within the platform. Dhairya focused on the “Fix Projects Find User Function” task, demonstrating strong problem-solving skills. Through careful analysis, he identified the root cause of the issue affecting user discovery within the projects section. Building on this understanding, he proactively developed a comprehensive sort and search function aimed at optimizing user assignment processes, improving operational efficiency, and enhancing the overall user experience.

Gmon worked on adding active/inactive team member counts to the team page and created a new pull request branch titled “Gmon-Active-NonActive-team.” He also completed his bio for the main page. While running the code locally, encountered issues causing the code base to crash, so he reached out to the group for assistance. Relevant screenshots and a video highlighting the specific issues were organized and uploaded to Dropbox for easy reference. Additionally, he spent time understanding the project’s architecture and existing features to prepare for upcoming tasks and contributions, solutioneering a world that works for everyone.

Haoyue focused on resolving complex merge conflicts, streamlining the development workflow. She refined several pull requests based on detailed reviewer feedback and participated in meetings to clarify necessary adjustments. Additionally, Haoyue began work on the FAQ feature, conducting research and planning its structure to enhance user support within the application. Jinxiong focused on identifying and fixing bugs in the HGN Apps, aiming to improve both functionality and performance. He completed last week’s bug fixes, published the relevant branch, and submitted a Pull Request. Khushi continued developing the mockup design for the “New Position Setup Page,” focusing on refining key sections and interactive elements. She added sections for the Header, Fixed Fields, General Questionnaire, Customizable Fields, Ads Link, and Review & Save. Additionally, Khushi introduced buttons for preview, save, and cancel options, updated the add and edit buttons for customizable fields, and rearranged the Ads Link buttons for clarity. Together, the team is solutioneering a world that works for everyone.

Mohan’s worked on a display issue in the team code functionality, specifically targeting how the code appears across various screen sizes to ensure consistent visibility and proper alignment regardless of device or window dimensions. Additionally, attention was given to a UI problem affecting the team name display in dark mode, where the text was not visible due to color contrast issues. Both tasks involved adjustments to the code and interface design aimed at enhancing usability and maintaining visual clarity across different viewing modes and environments, ultimately solutioneering a world that works for everyone.

Nikhil completed 12 PR reviews across front-end and back-end tasks, ensuring alignment with project requirements. His work involved evaluating code changes, identifying potential issues, and verifying functionality through unit testing. The reviews focused on maintaining code quality, consistency, and adherence to best practices across various project components. Through these efforts, he contributed to seamless update integration and helped resolve issues encountered during development. The tasks spanned multiple areas, requiring attention to both functionality and design elements. By addressing each review, he was dedicated to solutioneering a world that works for everyone, ensuring that the software met the highest standards for all users.

Pallavi began working on development tasks, selecting a bug from the Highest Good Network (HGN) bug document to address. She focused on PR #2197, aiming to improve the search functionality on the User Management page by allowing spaces to act as exact match indicators. Previously, when a user entered a search term like “test ” with a trailing space, the search would return results containing “test” in any part of the name, rather than limiting it to an exact match. To resolve this, Pallavi revised the code, replacing the previous filtering logic with a refined approach that trims and standardizes the search input. This solution now compares search terms directly with user first and last names to ensure exact matches when a space is included. Filters on user role, email, weekly committed hours, and conditions for active and paused status remain unchanged. In her work, Pallavi embodies the principle of solutioneering a world that works for everyone by creating user-friendly features. She also reviewed backend concepts, focusing on Node.js, to support her development work.

Peterson fixed a bug on the “Dashboard” page that occurred when an admin or owner viewed the account of a volunteer without tasks. The fix adjusted the “Team Member Tasks” table so that, in such cases, it now starts on the “Current Week Timelog” tab instead of opening directly on the “Tasks” tab, improving navigation and user experience. Rishitha focused on lint fixing within the user management folder, addressing code style issues to improve consistency and maintainability. She refactored test files to enhance the structure and readability of the codebase, removing unused imports, updating outdated syntax, and clarifying functions without altering functionality. Additionally, she worked on the backend for the material purchase approval process, completing routing and controllers and testing the functionality using Postman, all while solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Saniya addressed the assigned bug and ensured that the functionality was stable before submitting it for review. During testing, she encountered an intermittent issue where the dashboard did not consistently provide access to team member details. And Vijeth focused on team management and bug hunting across Phases 1 and 2, identifying a new bug and providing a video for reference. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

SKYE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

The Skye Team’s summary covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Deepthi Arcot Subramanyam (Data Analyst) and Luis Arevalo (Software Engineer) and the team includes Abi Liu (Software Developer), Sai Preetham Dongari (Full Stack Developer), Snehal Dilip Patare (Software Engineer) and Yao Wang (Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software supports the solutioneering a world that works for everyone, social architecture, construction, production, and maintenance processes. This week, Luis focused on creating new warnings, and addressing issues in connecting the frontend to the backend. Initially, he stored the data locally and sent it via a post request, but after brainstorming and consulting ChatGPT, he determined it was more effective to retrieve users’ warnings through a get request, all while solutioneering a world that works for everyone. He then implemented this approach, adding backend logic to filter the warnings and flag specific ones as needed, ultimately solutioneering a world that works for everyone. Abi worked on updating a query, developing a rough draft of the new version, and planning to begin testing and refining it next week. They continued to refactor the query and set up the parameters required for the route, ensuring alignment with project needs. Additionally, they researched MongoDB aggregation techniques to refine the query process and enhance data retrieval accuracy.Yao worked on replacing the auto post page with a primary focus on backend code. During development, an issue emerged where post requests were not functioning as expected, leading to extensive debugging. Jae provided an updated layout for the page, requiring Yao to adapt by creating a sample page using HTML to translate the design from Figma to code. This work involved aligning the new layout with backend processes and ensuring consistency with overall system functionality, all while solutioneering a world that works for everyone. The debugging process revealed discrepancies in data handling, which were systematically addressed to progress toward stable integration. Snehal concentrated on fixing a bug related to deleting project members from the member list. She made adjustments to the Member.jsx and Members.jsx files, with Members.jsx defining the layout of the member table. Previously, the table lacked a designated name for its content, which she resolved by adding a table content label in the Members.jsx file. Additionally, she implemented a delete member button in Member.jsx next to each member in the table. Sai focused on restoring missing search functionality on the Team Member Page within the Reports section by implementing the necessary logic to ensure proper search bar operation. He also addressed test case errors and raised a pull request to improve the search functionality in the application. See the Highest Good Society and Highest Good Network pages for more on how this relates to solutioneering a world that works for everyone. See below for some of the team’s work.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM A-K

The PR Review Team’s summaries for team members’ names starting with A-K and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Anoushka Hazari (Data Analyst). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results for solutioneering a world that works for everyone. This week’s active members of this team were: Abdelmounaim Lallouache (Software Developer), Anoushka (Software Engineer), Bhavya Prakash (Software Engineer), Carl Bebli (Software Engineer), Geeta Matkar (Software Engineer), Koushica Bosadi Ulaganathan (Software Engineer) and Kurtis Ivey (Full Stack Developer). They reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network will measure and assist in solutioneering a world that works for everyone in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM L-Sg

The PR Review Team’s summary for team members’ names starting with L-Sg and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Saumit Chinchkhandi (Administrative Assistant and Software Engineer). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of solutioneering a world that works for everyone. This week’s active members of this team were: Muhideen Mustapha (Software Engineer), Nahiyan Ahmed (Full Stack Software Developer), Nathan Hoffman (Software Engineer), Nikhitha Kalinga (Software Engineer), Rachana Rizhkant Zha (Software Engineer), Riu Liu (Software Engineer), Rupa Bhatia (Software Engineer), and Samarth Bhadane (Software Engineer). They reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network measures and assists in solutioneering a world that works for everyone in the Highest Good Network open source hub. The collage below shows a compilation of the work from this team.

SOFTWARE PR REVIEW TEAM Sh-Z

The PR Review Team’s summary for team members’ names starting with Sh-Z and covering their work on the Highest Good Network software was managed by Olawunmi “Ola” Ijisesan (Administrative and Management Support) and Samarth Urs (Administrative Assistant and Data Analyst). The Highest Good Network software is a foundation of what we’ll be using to measure our results of solutioneering a world that works for everyone. This week’s active members of this team were: Sharadha Shivakumar (Software Engineer), Shashank Halanur Veeresh Kumar (Software Engineer), Sheetal Mangate (Software Engineer), Shengwei “Peter” Peng (Software Engineer), Shivansh Nathani (Software Engineer), Shreya Laheri (Software Developer), Vaibhavi Madhav Deshpande (Software Engineer), Neeharika Koniki (Software Engineer, Developer), Yiyun Tan (Software Engineer), and Zhimin Liang (Full Stack Developer). They reviewed all the Highest Good Network PRs (Pull Requests) shared in this week’s update. Learn more about how the Highest Good Network will measure and assist in solutioneering a world that works for everyone in the Highest Good Network open source hub. c

 

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