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Daily Prep: Tuesday, April 7, 2026

First real work day of Q2. Out sick Monday. AS:DE canceled — prep for tomorrow’s Quarterly Planning instead.

Carried Forward from Yesterday

Incomplete from Monday

  • Reply to Leon Furze — confirm reschedule (quick)
  • Forward Egencia receipts to Moraima — flight + hotel PDFs
  • Reply to Anthony Pollina — review his AI lesson plan
  • Reply to Sergio Arango — availability for SofIA Zoom (new email today, still needs response)
  • Weigh in on Efface/Privacy Office thread — contract/vendor question
  • Draft CRM survey questions — Josh waiting
  • Write tag analysis plan — 3-month rollout
  • Register for ISTE Live 2026
  • Follow up with Vanessa Monterosa re: Flash Lab partnership
  • Send Rachel AI + learning-by-creating tool recommendations
  • Respond to Isabelle re: DCI Celebration June 5
  • Cat Nostrand follow-up (no reply since Mar 16)
  • Create Flash Lab inventory document (basic vs deluxe)

Open Questions/Blockers

  • Marily/Caitlin: IRB feedback on Health Coach Bot
  • Brooke (OTL): Geoff Cox + YouCubed contract precedent
  • ISTE: Alissa scheduling meeting with Jessica Rami + Isabelle — watch for invite

Today’s Calendar

11:00 AM — AS:DE Meeting CANCELED

Josh canceled last night. Quarterly Planning is Wednesday — he’s asking the team to think about how they want to contribute. Joe is taking: retrospective on closed projects + brainstorm sharing opportunities. ACTION: Reply to Josh — what do you want to lead/facilitate at tomorrow’s quarterly?

3:30 PM — AI Education Workshop (AI Collective)

Virtual. “Application Developer to Agent Builder” — 90 min workshop via Luma. Context: External professional development. Good for staying current on AI agent tooling.

6:30 PM — Civil Air Patrol

Location: Hope in the Valley Baptist Church, Hemet With: Jonathan (recurring)

Email Action Items

Needs Response

  • Josh Weiss (today, 9:48am): “Is there anything you would like to lead/facilitate?” at tomorrow’s AS Quarterly Planning. Joe claimed closed projects retro + brainstorm sharing. Reply with your section — consider: tag analysis/trends, capacity check, or current projects status.
  • Sergio Arango (today, 7:41am): “sofIA - Tech & AI related questions” — new email (body was empty/calendar invite). Confirm meeting setup or reply with availability.
  • Anthony Pollina (carried): Lake Forest STEM teacher’s AI lesson plan — still needs review.
  • Leon Furze (carried): Confirm reschedule — quick reply.

Needs Action

  • Forward Egencia receipts to Moraima — still pending from yesterday
  • Camryn Franke (carried): AI Comic Studio parsing fix — colons, missing spaces, non-period endings
  • Efface/Privacy Office (carried): Weigh in on contract/vendor question

FYI

  • Joe Sherman (today): “Shaping the Narrative” workshop reminder — Apr 16, 1-2pm. SAL workshop on communicating research for external audiences. Seed grantees + GSE students. RSVP if attending.
  • ISTE: No new action — Alissa is scheduling the next meeting. Just watch for the invite.

Newsletters (skipped)

ASU+GSV, Stanford Report

Slack Catch-Up (Past 7 Days)

No new urgent items since yesterday’s scan. Same stale unreads from older channels.

Reminders

Personal (Claude list)

  • Ask Chris at Ascendant Aviation re: tax questions
  • Buy echinacea herb for cold

Claude-ToDo (mobile capture)

  • New: “Let’s make sure I’m not paying for Amazon business somehow” — personal finance check

From Inbox Processing

INBOX.md is empty.

Cadence Checks

  • TIMECARD: Submitted. PTO Thu-Fri (Apr 2-3), sick Mon (Apr 6).
  • AS QUARTERLY PLANNING (tomorrow 10am): Reply to Josh about what you’ll lead. Prep data: Q1 wins, tag analysis, capacity (20 active threads as of Mar 1). Consider running /meeting-prep AS Quarterly Planning today.
  • CRISPRkit (tomorrow 1:30pm): First meeting with Belinda Yeung. Review CRISPRkit project context.
  • GPS SELF-NARRATIVE: Workshop Thu Apr 9 12pm. Review cycle open, due Jun 30.
  • SHAPING THE NARRATIVE WORKSHOP: Apr 16 — consider attending or recommending to seed grantees.

This Week’s Key Dates

Day Date Key Events
Tue Apr 7 AS:DE canceled, AI Collective workshop 3:30pm, CAP 6:30pm
Wed Apr 8 AS Quarterly Planning 10am, CRISPRkit 1:30pm
Thu Apr 9 Josh 1:1 10am, GPS Workshop 12pm, VFT Seed Grantee Monthly 1pm
Fri Apr 10 Tinker Time Planning (Christine) 1pm, Weekly Review 2pm
Sat Apr 11 [HOLD] AI Show, ClaudeStanford Buildathon at Tinkery 10am

Today’s Priorities

Tuesday — AS:DE canceled frees up the morning. Use it for quarterly planning prep and email catch-up.

  1. Reply to Josh — claim your section for tomorrow’s quarterly planning (tag analysis/trends + capacity check would be natural fits)
  2. Prep for AS Quarterly Planning — Q1 retro data: wins, challenges, tag trends, capacity. This is the big one.
  3. Reply to Leon Furze — quick reschedule confirmation
  4. Forward Egencia receipts to Moraima — overdue
  5. Reply to Anthony Pollina — Lake Forest STEM lesson review
  6. AI Collective workshop 3:30pm — App Dev to Agent Builder
  7. CAP 6:30pm — with Jonathan

Session Notes

(Added throughout the day as significant work sessions occur)

Generated: 2026-04-07 11:10 AM PDT (Tuesday — first real Q2 work day)

Source: daily/2026-04-07.md