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Daily Prep: Thursday, June 18, 2026

Last working day before two weeks OOO (out Fri Jun 19 → ~Jul 6: Mammoth, then ISTELive Orlando). Everything with a June deadline has to land today or get deliberately punted. Two work meetings: Josh 1:1 10am (the pre-OOO checkpoint) and SofIA tech 1pm. The day’s real rocks aren’t the meetings — they’re Jessica’s 14 feasibility reviews (folder finally arrived this morning), the Mural OKR vote (due EOD today), and the 6/16–30 timecard (deadline lands while you’re gone).

Open Threads from Yesterday

  • GPS — self-narrative already sent (Jun 3, second tab of the GPS Narrative doc). Forward 2026-27 goals are drafted (prep/2026-05-29-gps-goals-first-draft.md, 4 goals) but not shared. Decide at today’s 1:1: finalize live, or agree to submit after OOO (the Jun 30 deadline lands while you’re out). (You never sent the standalone GPS Slack message — fine, the 1:1 is the venue.)
  • Latvia MOU — you shared the draft with Josh + Gregory last night. Josh: “go with what you have… it’ll run through Karin/Isabelle/others, so you’ll get more feedback to hone it.” Still open: facilitation fee + confirm Latvian signing entity. (Fizzy #139)
  • Kellie — Josh is taking the Kristen ↔ Kellie coordination off your plate (he’ll connect them). You + Josh agree it’s a research partnership, not a charging relationship — so Kellie’s agreement is a different/separate thing from the Latvia MOU. Nothing owed from you right now.
  • Josh’s ask: work with Greg to spot “super champions” from his August Tinkery sessions who’d make good Flash Lab partners. (August-timeframe, not today.)

Today’s Calendar

10:00 AM PT — Josh ↔ Reuben 1:1 ⭐ (last before OOO)

With: Josh Weiss · Zoom: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/94194351840 (pw 588228) Agenda to drive:

  • GPS forward goals — finalize now or agree to submit post-OOO (deadline Jun 30 lands while you’re out).
  • Logic model quarterly review — June ends Q2; fold it in here.
  • Coverage while out — what needs a hand-off for Jun 19 → Jul 6 (MyBook/Wen, SofIA, any seed-grant asks).
  • Latvia MOU — quick confirm on fee posture + who signs; Josh flagged it routes through Karin/Isabelle.
  • Optional: end-of-June Airtable + strategic horizon both land during OOO — knock out early or punt with Josh’s blessing.

1:00 PM PT — SofIA tech w/ Reuben ⭐

With: Micaela Bonilla (organizer), Sergio Arango, Paula Freiría, Guillermina Suárez, Gabriel Inchausti, Francis Silvera · Zoom: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/94572258047 Context: The SofIA login-structure session you’d been scheduling (#132). You’re advising the team’s technical build — auth flow + conversation-persistence DB schema (e5f6a7b8), and the data-setup security doc for Sergio + Micaela (sofia-security-doc). Prompt-Lab-like build advice also on the arc (f6a7b8c9). (1pm “Hold” on your calendar covers this slot.)

Personal (off work file): 9am Les Schwab — car brakes (Hemet).

Calendar Reconciliation

  • Josh 1:1 10am — matches yesterday’s look-ahead. ✓
  • SofIA 1pm — was #132 (proposed Thu 2pm); now firmly on the calendar at 1pm, organizer Micaela. Confirmed, just an hour earlier than the original proposal.
  • No “handbook 2.0 ratification” on the calendar (yesterday’s look-ahead floated it for the 1:1) — raise it with Josh if it still matters, otherwise it’s slipping past OOO.

Email Action Items

Needs Action

  • Jessica Tsang — 14 feasibility reviews (folder “Top 14 Proposals – Narrative and Budgets” shared this morning; she apologized for the delay). Question per applicant: “Is this technologically feasible in the 14-month grant period? Y / N / Need more info” — log answers in her Google Sheet. Due Jun 23, but you’re out tomorrow → do today. (Fizzy #131)

Inbox otherwise newsletters only (Snowflake, Stanford Report) — skipped.

Reminders / Cadence Nudges

  • 6/16–30 timecard — ✅ submitted (Jun 18). Done ahead of the Jun 30 deadline that lands during OOO.
  • Mural OKR vote — due EOD today (Josh’s 3-part ask: review groupings + add questions, vote top 3-4 per category, check the operational board). Last chance before OOO. (Fizzy #136)
  • Logic model quarterly (end of Q2) → fold into the 1:1.
  • Monthly Airtable + strategic horizon — end-June beats land during OOO; do early today or punt deliberately at the 1:1.
  • Fizzy Maybe: 0 cards — nothing to triage. ✓
  • Reminders app: nothing dated/overdue on Claude or Claude-ToDo lists.
  • OOO starts tomorrow (Fri Jun 19). Mammoth Jun 19–21; ISTELive Orlando Jun 28–Jul 3; back ~Jul 6.

From Inbox Processing

Spellar’s capture of yesterday’s Kellie PCOL3888 call (“Flash Lab Design Process”) landed in INBOX. Routed one consolidated advisory item to action-items.md + Fizzy (Kellie’s Flash Lab integration + the wager-vs-comfort logbook, paper-vs-digital test, Cogniti-in-Canvas setup; Aug 1 hard deadline; Kristen advising, Josh coordinating). Updated people/kellie-charles.md with the Jun 17 meeting. INBOX cleared.

Today’s Priorities (Top 5)

  1. Jessica’s 14 feasibility reviews (#131) — folder’s here; must clear before OOO. Biggest single block.
  2. Josh 1:1 10am — GPS goals decision, logic model, coverage-while-out, MOU posture.
  3. Mural OKR vote (#136) — due EOD today.
  4. File the 6/16–30 timecard — ✅ submitted Jun 18.
  5. SofIA 1pm — auth/login structure + security-doc direction for Sergio/Micaela.

Full task queue: see action-items.md (not duplicated here)

Session Notes

(Added through the day.)

  • 6/16–30 timecard submitted (Jun 18) — done ahead of the Jun 30 deadline that lands during OOO.
  • Supriya Bhuwalka (ai4k12 / learning-communities connector, met Josh at the AI Tinkery) — sent the Flash Lab intro + designkit link, offered a July Zoom. Reply sent on the FlashLab thread. New profile at people/supriya-bhuwalka.md.
  • Built the ISTE AI Pavilion Flash Lab table-card scaffold (prep/2026-06-18-iste-flashlab-table-card.md) — answers Isabelle’s DCI feedback (pre-framed theme, 3-per-table, scaffold-as-facilitator).

Generated: 2026-06-18 ~morning. Last working day before two weeks OOO. Two meetings (Josh 1:1 10am, SofIA 1pm); the heavy lift is Jessica’s 14 reviews + Mural vote + timecard, all due before you go dark tomorrow.

Source: daily/2026-06-18.md