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Week of June 28 - July 4, 2026

ISTELive Orlando week — and the whole week is OOO. You fly SAN→MCO today (Sun Jun 28), the conference runs Mon–Wed, the marquee is the AI Flash Lab session Wed Jul 1, then Thu–Fri are PTO (KSC + Florida) and you fly home Fri night (MCO→SAN, arrives 8:55pm PT). Independence Day observed Fri Jul 3 (federal holiday); July 4 Saturday. Back in the saddle ~Mon Jul 6. The only work touchpoints are the Wed session and a remote AS:DE on Tue — everything else is deliberately parked until you’re back.

Weekly Focus

From Q2/Q3 goals and the OOO/ISTE context

  • Deliver the ISTE AI Flash Lab session well (Wed Jul 1). This is the Goal-3 showcase moment the whole spring pointed at — formats traveling on a national stage with Josh. Table-card scaffold is built (prep/2026-06-18-iste-flashlab-table-card.md); the job this week is execution, not prep.
  • Work the room while you’re at ISTE. Joseph South (ISTE CEO, 33 days cooling) and Jessica Garner/Nadia Selim (ISTE partnership leads) are all on-site — this is the face-to-face that moves the licensing/TTT conversation further than any email. Capture names + quotes for Airtable.
  • Actually take the PTO. Thu (Kennedy Space Center) and Fri (Florida) are personal days you booked on purpose. Don’t let post-conference momentum eat them.
  • Nothing else is due this week. GPS forward goals, Latvia MOU, monthly Airtable, strategic horizon — all consciously parked until ~Jul 6. This is a coast-and-deliver week, not a catch-up week.

Daily Log

Sunday, June 28

  • Travel day → Orlando. SW 4162 SAN→MCO, departs 8:40am PT, arrives 4:45pm ET (conf ARKR63). Check in at Westgate Lakes Resort (3 nights). OOO begins for real.

Monday, June 29

  • ISTE Orlando — Day 1 (conference floor / sessions). No Stanford meetings.

Tuesday, June 30

  • ISTE Orlando — Day 2. AS:DE Meeting 11am PT (2pm ET) — Josh, Joe, Reuben, Stanford Zoom. Falls mid-conference; join remotely from Orlando or coordinate with Josh to skip. (End of June + end of Q2 — but monthly Airtable and the logic-model quarterly are parked to early July by design.)

Wednesday, July 1

  • ISTE AI Flash Lab session ⭐ (Reuben + Josh), AI Pavilion / OCCC. The marquee. (Calendar shows 12pm ET / 9am PT; the ISTE program / prior planning says 9–10:30am ET — confirm the actual slot on arrival, the event time looks stale.) Check out of Westgate; move to Holiday Inn Intl Dr.

Thursday, July 2

  • PTO — Kennedy Space Center. Personal day.

Friday, July 3

  • PTO — Florida, then fly home: SW 2696 MCO→SAN, departs 6:50pm ET, arrives 8:55pm PT. Independence Day (observed) — federal holiday.

Saturday, July 4

  • Independence Day. Home.

This Week’s Calendar

Stanford work calendar + real external commitments. Personal-calendar items (River, birthdays, the personal-calendar copies of flights/hotels) intentionally omitted. Travel + PTO surfaced because they’re the week’s whole shape.

Day Time (PT) Event Notes
Sun 8:40 AM Flight SAN→MCO (SW 4162, ARKR63) Arrives 4:45pm ET. OOO begins.
Mon — ISTE Orlando — Day 1 Conference. No Stanford meetings.
Tue 11:00 AM AS:DE Meeting (remote) Josh (organizer), Joe, Reuben. Stanford Zoom. Mid-conference — join from Orlando or skip w/ Josh.
Wed ~9:00 AM ET ISTE AI Flash Lab Session ⭐ Reuben + Josh. AI Pavilion / OCCC. Marquee deliverable. Confirm exact time — calendar event looks off.
Thu — PTO — Kennedy Space Center Personal day.
Fri 6:50 PM ET PTO + Flight MCO→SAN (SW 2696) Arrives 8:55pm PT. Independence Day (observed) — federal holiday.

The week’s one work rock is Wednesday. Everything else is travel, conference floor, or PTO.

Key Upcoming (Beyond This Week)

Date Event Prep Needed?
~Mon Jul 6 Back from OOO Re-entry: GPS forward goals, monthly Airtable (June), strategic-horizon refresh, Latvia MOU all waiting.
Jun 30 (lands during OOO) GPS retrospective / forward-goals submission deadline Forward goals drafted (prep/2026-05-29-gps-goals-first-draft.md); decided with Josh whether to submit post-OOO. Confirm on return.
End of June (parked) Monthly Airtable (June) + Logic Model quarterly (Q2 close) Both deliberately punted to early July. First thing back.
Aug 1 Kellie / PCOL3888 Flash Lab integration + measurement Cogniti-in-Canvas, wager-vs-comfort logbook (Fizzy #142). Kristen advising, Josh coordinating.
October Latvia Flash Lab (Riga) — Josh + Reuben MOU to finalize (fee + signing entity), Riga travel to book, 2-day Flash Lab to design (Fizzy #138–141).

Action Items Status

Critical This Week

  • Nothing due. You’re OOO all week. The only commitment is showing up well for the Wed Flash Lab session, and the prep for that is already done.

In Progress / Parked Until ~Jul 6

  • GPS forward goals — finalize/submit (drafted; Jun 30 deadline landed during OOO) (80eacc95, b4acd418)
  • Monthly Airtable (June) + Logic Model quarterly review (Q2 close) — both parked to early July
  • Strategic Horizon refresh — overdue since April; knock out on return
  • Latvia MOU — fee posture + signing entity + OTL review (Fizzy #139); design Oct 2-day Flash Lab (#138); book Riga travel (#140); define research-collaboration contribution (#141)
  • Jaylen Pittman / Roy Pea offline AI playground — Pi 5 mirror, Firebase logging, student audit log, UI tweaks (Fizzy #121)
  • SofIA security doc → Sergio + Micaela; auth flow + DB schema (sofia-security-doc, e5f6a7b8)
  • AS one-pager + services tear sheet w/ Darcy (f8953e6f, 8f13265e)
  • Add Quoted Impact entries to Airtable (sofIA, Dan/Josh Q2, DCI thank-yous, ISTE moments to capture this week)
  • Workshops Google Sheet sync (Fizzy #119) — SMCOE + DCI rows still not pushed to the shared Sheet

Waiting On Others

  • Marily / Caitlin: IRB feedback on Health Coach Bot (still owed; 96 days cooling)
  • Josh: Latvia MOU routing (Karin/Isabelle), Darcy one-pager feedback
  • Brooke (OTL): Geoff Cox + YouCubed contract precedent
  • Nadia (ISTE): post-session next steps — you’ll likely see her in person this week

Carried From Last Week (Jun 14–20)

  • 6/16–30 timecard — ✅ submitted Jun 18 (ahead of the Jun 30 deadline that lands during OOO)
  • Jessica Tsang’s 14 feasibility reviews (#131) — cleared Jun 18 before OOO (verify on return)
  • Mural OKR vote (#136) — due EOD Jun 18 (verify on return)
  • Reply to Cathy Chase (3 comments) + Paige Teamey on interview_data_processed sheet (Fizzy #128)
  • Cyan DeVeaux — commit (Kerns + Tech Interactive intros) or formally pause. Still rolling.
  • Date the four undated headings in running-notes.md so the ETL parser stops dropping them

Week’s Accomplishments

Cumulative list, updated as the week progresses

  • Deliver ISTE AI Flash Lab session (Wed Jul 1)

Decisions Made

(Updated as the week progresses)

Cooling Connections

Auto-surfaced from etl_cooling at 21-day threshold. OOO week — most aren’t actionable until ~Jul 6; flagged for re-entry.

On-site this week (act in person, not by email):

  • Joseph South — 33 days. ISTE CEO; he’s at ISTELive. Best possible re-engagement is a hallway conversation this week. [BRIDGE-BUILD]
  • (Jessica Garner / Nadia Selim — ISTE partnership leads, on-site; not in the cooling list but the same opportunity applies.)

Re-engage on return (~Jul 6):

  • Marily Oppezzo / Michele Patel — 96 days. Health Coach Bot; IRB feedback owed from their side. A one-line nudge once you’re back.
  • Christine Bywater — 31 days. Active (SMCOE / Tinkery / Lake Forest). Not dormant — just past threshold; a normal check-in when back.
  • Preetha Krishnan Menon — 32 days. Confirm context before reaching out.

Likely clean dormant / drop unless surfaced:

  • Wen Profiri — 33 days by the ETL clock, but the MyBook Firebase thread was active Jun 9–15. Treat as resolved.
  • Victor Lee — 129 days by the clock; re-touched in person at the DCI panel Jun 5. Resolved.
  • Rachel Wolf (104d), Ana Saavedra (138d), Vanessa Monterosa (150d), Anna-Lena Neurohr (151d), Bernardo Silveira / Victoria Delaney (129d) — drop unless something concrete surfaces.

Stories/Impact to Capture

Candidates for Airtable or quoted-impact.md

  • ISTE AI Flash Lab session (Wed Jul 1) — national-stage delivery of the Flash Lab format with Josh. Whatever lands (attendee reactions, ISTE-leadership quotes, follow-on interest) is the headline June/July impact story. [SCALE-MOMENT] / [VALUE-VISIBLE]
  • ISTE relationship-building — any movement with Joseph South / Jessica Garner / Nadia on licensing or TTT next steps. [BRIDGE-BUILD]
  • June deliveries still owed in Airtable (SMCOE PD, DCI Flash Lab, DCI thank-yous) — capture in the early-July monthly entry.

Carried to Next Week

(Updated at end of week — the whole “Parked Until ~Jul 6” list above is the re-entry queue.)

Created: 2026-06-28 (Sunday). ISTELive Orlando week, entirely OOO: travel out today, conference Mon–Wed, AI Flash Lab session Wed Jul 1 (the marquee), PTO Thu–Fri (KSC + FL), fly home Fri night. July 3 is the observed Independence Day holiday. Back ~Jul 6 to a parked re-entry queue (GPS goals, monthly Airtable, logic-model quarterly, Latvia MOU). No work is due this week — deliver Wednesday and take the days off.

Source: week-of-2026-06-28.md