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Daily Prep: Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Two-meeting day — AS:DE 11am (first on the new Tue slot), Lane Young Flash Lab scoping 2:30pm. Josh DM’d yesterday “anything to know about the lane meeting tomorrow?” → that’s the first thing to handle. He also closed the InnovateED loop (vote no). Real work today: get a first pass on the Reach/Robust doc — Thu 1:1 is in 2 days.

Carried Forward from May 4

Resolved overnight

✅ InnovateED 2026 — Josh on Slack May 4: “i agree. it cost money and we didnt get much back for our effort. my vote is no, unless those two factors change.” → Skip. Reply to Loren Pamo declining.
✅ Apr 30 ISTE 150-word to Nadia — confirmed sent (logged May 4).

Critical / verify ASAP

Brief Josh on Lane Young meeting (today 2:30pm) — Josh asked on Slack May 4: “is there anything to know about the lane meeting tomorrow?” Send a quick DM before 2:30pm with: scope of call (paid Flash Lab pilot at Alexander Dawson School, 15-20 high-flier teachers), what we want out of it, who’s leading.
Reach/Robust doc for Josh — due before Thu May 7 1:1. Today is the realistic write window. Carry forward Apr 30 Josh 1:1 framing: “what’s in our control + my talents + year-end story → inputs”; brainstorm a third leg of the theme rotation (Robust + Reach + ?).

Open carryover (still active)

Waiting On Others

Christian Haake (NLQ) — German Build-a-Bot translation. Ball in his court.
Marily / Caitlin — IRB feedback on Health Coach Bot
Brooke (OTL) — Geoff Cox + YouCubed contract precedent
Alissa (ISTE) — scheduling meeting with Jessica Rami + Isabelle
Reply to Loren Pamo (InnovateED) — Josh decided no; send polite decline

Cyan DeVeaux intro chain (3 weeks rolled, pick at least one this week)

Intro Cyan to Kathy Kerns (Stanford lead librarian)
Find/share Tech Interactive (San Jose) contact card
Connect Cyan with Brian Brown + HCI devs (Unity captioning)
Connect Cyan with Tim/Tammin (Joyful Learning)
Connect Cyan with Cathy Chase
Schedule recurring 4–6 week Cyan check-ins

Today’s Calendar

11:00–11:45 AM PT — AS:DE Meeting (Stanford, recurring — first on new Tue slot)

With: Josh Weiss, Joe Sherman Zoom: Join Context: Standard around-the-horn. No prep needed beyond a quick mental skim of project status. Topics likely to surface: Lane meeting (later today), Flash Lab website refresh (Josh’s Apr 30 question), end-of-month wrap, Cyan rolled-forward intros.

2:30–3:15 PM PT — Lane Young | Accelerator Studio [AI Flash Lab]

With: Lane Young (Alexander Dawson School, Las Vegas), Reuben (organizer), Josh Zoom: Join Context: Sales/scoping call — explore partnering on a paid AI Flash Lab at Lane’s school for 15-20 high-flier teachers. Christine surfaced this in mid-April; Josh replied with interest. First sit-down with Lane. Prep needed: Light. Send Josh a 2-line briefing DM before the call answering his “anything to know?” question.

Recurring / personal (don’t surface in summary)

10:30 AM — Outpouring prayer (River Leadership, recurring)
6:30 PM — Civil Air Patrol (Tue evenings)
All-day: Cinco de Mayo, Cameron Akrami’s birthday, Diane Ferguson’s birthday

Calendar Reconciliation

May 4’s look-ahead table didn’t preview Tue in detail — only listed AS:DE moved to Tue 11am and the Lane scoping. Both confirmed on today’s calendar. No discrepancies.

Email Action Items

Needs Response

Loren Pamo (Stanford CME) — InnovateED 2026 — Josh said no. Send a polite decline. Close out.

Needs Action

Egencia “Your trip receipts are now available” (May 1) — Dev Day receipts pile finally available. Forward to Moraima with Mosser hotel receipt to close the carry-forward expense item.
Joe Sherman — “Quoted Impact Reminder” (May 1) — Joe’s monthly nudge. Already on the action list (sofIA, Dan/Josh Q2, Shaping the Narrative). Not new — just a calendar reminder.

FYI / Watch

Oracle remittance advice (May 4, payment ref 3877738) — Reuben got reimbursed for something. File mentally; no action.
GSE 2026 Winter Close Schedule (Apr 28) — file mentally.
Newsletters skipped: TLDR AI ×2, Hechinger ×3, Stanford Report, Cardinal at Work, GSE HR, ASU+GSV, XQ, SSIR, Ulrich Boser, Microsoft ×2, Family Giving Tree ×2, Short Answer, Airtable, DeepLearning Day-1/Day-2 recaps, Data Points ×2, CrashPlan, Ontario Airport.

Today’s inbox load

0 new today. Carrying ~30 unread from late April; only Loren reply + Egencia/Moraima action are real.

Slack Catch-Up

Closed loops

✅ InnovateED 2026 — Josh said skip (May 4)
✅ AI Flash Lab Toolkit website — Josh asked Apr 30 about new interest; question still open (see action item above)

From Josh DMs (May 4–5)

May 5, 9:00am — Josh on Codex thread: “Interesting. Heard varying reports on Codex… GPT-5.5 seems a big step.” Casual; light reply when there’s a moment.
May 4, 11:12am — Josh asking if Reuben/Joe have used Codex; considering attending OpenAI Forum event (link). Worth a thoughtful 2-line answer.
May 4, 10:56am — “is there anything to know about the lane meeting tomorrow?” → handle this first thing.

No DM scan results for Joe / others — quiet week.

Apple Reminders

Reminders MCP still down (chronic — same error pattern as Apr 23, Apr 24, Apr 30). Check the Reminders app manually if anything was added via mobile.

From Inbox Processing

INBOX.md is empty. Nothing to route.

Cadence Checks

Timecard: Next deadline May 15 (10 days). Not in 3-day reminder window.
End-of-month Airtable: ✅ Done Apr 27. Next pass end of May.
Strategic Horizon: Still overdue from April. Push a quick update this week.
Quarterly logic model review: May is mid-Q2; not yet due (next: end of June).
qmd re-index: stale check skipped — run as needed.
Meeting prep needed (next 3 days):
- Wed 2pm — Studio Services + Jaylen/Roy (“Learning through Creation with GenAI”; Cathy, Roy, Jaylen, Joe, Josh, Moraima, Reuben). Worth a /meeting-prep pass — first time meeting Jaylen, and it’s a Studio Services scoping for a new direction.
- Wed 3pm — EdTech + Accelerator Studio CCT Sync (Peter Nguyen scoping a learning-design + research project from SoM). New thread; lighter prep but skim the email chain.
Travel: None in 4–6 week window.
Fizzy Maybe: 14 cards. Triage on the board this week — most are Cyan intros + Brandon Middleton + a few others.

This Week + Next Look-Ahead

Day	Date	Events
Tue	May 5	AS:DE 11am, Lane Young 2:30pm, CAP 6:30pm
Wed	May 6	Chiropractor 8am, Catch-up: Seed Grant (Jacob Ramirez) 10am, Studio Services + Jaylen/Roy 2pm, EdTech CCT Sync 3pm
Thu	May 7	Josh 1:1 10am (Reach/Robust due), Scott 11am, VFT seed grantee monthly 1pm, SofIA Coding session 2pm
Fri	May 8	Weekly Personal Review 2pm
Mon	May 11	Dentist 9am, 100x AI Roadmap 12pm
Tue	May 12	AS:DE 11am, Accelerator Studio Strategy Huddle 2pm

Today’s Priorities

Brief Josh on Lane Young meeting (Slack DM, before 2:30pm) — answer his “anything to know?” question.
Reach/Robust doc for Josh — get a first pass down. Thu 1:1 is in 2 days.
Reply to Loren Pamo — polite decline on InnovateED 2026.
One Cyan intro — chain has rolled 3 weeks. Pick whichever feels easiest to send today (probably Kathy Kerns).
Forward Egencia receipts to Moraima — close that carry-forward.

Session Notes

(Added throughout the day as significant work sessions occur)

Generated: 2026-05-05 morning.

Verse of the day: Ephesians 2:8 — “For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.”

Source: daily/2026-05-05.md

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