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  1. Update from 8/19/2024

    Associated Project(s): 
    Fleet Replacement Plans

    Morgan, Pete, Shawn, Neil, Sarthak, Stacey, and Quinn met on 8/19/2024 to discuss the current status and next steps for the Fleet Replacement Plan. F&S Transportation & Building Services (TBS) team is working on a fleet audit tool, which is expected to roll out (pilot) by the end of fall 2024 semester. Sarthak, Shawn, and Neil will reach out to Prairie Research Institute (PRI) for another discussion about the Fleet Replacement Plan for their fleet. Following the audit tool's roll out, we will begin reaching out to other units on campus.

  2. Weekly Update: Students are back, Build-a-Bike

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    All, I know students are back when bikes start selling without a test ride. You can only lead a horse to water…

    We’ll likely sell out of bikes this week. So, we’ll scramble to get a few more on the sales floor. And of course, always mention our Build-a-Bike program!

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 19
    Sales: $1,178.25
    Bikes (refurb): 4 for $785
    Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $66
    Memberships: 3 for $90
    Tires/tubes: 10 for $59

    Thanks!

    Jacob Benjamin
    Coordinator -- Campus Bike Center
     

  3. Weekly Update

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    All, Slow week. Not a lot of visitors, not a lot of bikes sold. Should be able to get a couple more bikes on the sales floor today, as we’re down to 10 or so bikes available.

    I’ll be out the rest of the week after today, but my staff will cover.

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 13
    Sales: $465.50
    Bikes (refurb): 1 for $190
    Bikes (B-a-B): 1 for $50
    Memberships: 3 for $90
    Tires/tubes: 10 for $74

    Thanks!

    Jacob Benjamin
    Coordinator -- Campus Bike Center

  4. iCAP Portal Admin Meeting - August 9, 2024

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability iCAP Portal

    Agenda

    • Permissions fix for items marked Private (for all Private items, see this listing: Content filtered by visibility: Private)
      • Quinn reported that iCAP Moderators had lost View access to items marked Private
      • This likely happened during a module update Michael made a few months ago
      • It has been fixed; let Michael know if any other permissions appear to be incorrect!
    • Archiving projects (see last week's discussion):
      • Show archival status as part of project title (e.g. Sustainability iCAP Portal [ARCHIVED])
        • " [ARCHIVED]" automatically appended to title for Archived projects
        • " [ARCHIVED]" automatically removed from Active projects
      • Hid archived projects from Sub-Projects listing
      • Hid archived projects from Related Projects listing

    Discussion

    • Archiving projects:
      • How do we feel about directly editing the title rather than appending a tag, like we do with Project Status?
        • Pros:
          • Archival status impossible to ignore - it always appears without Michael having to explicitly include it in a particular display
        • Cons:
          • Archival status always appears as part of the title - would there be times we want to display the title without the archival status?
          • Would we like the archival status to display differently, like the Project Status?
        • Decision: the group liked inserting the archival status directly into the project's title. We do not foresee problems with this approach down the road.
      • How do we feel about hiding the archived projects from Sub-projects and Related Projects listings?
        • Cleans up the listings from archived projects
        • Makes it harder to find archived projects in the hierarchy
        • Decision: this look good for now; we can revisit later if needed
    • Bike Fee funding
      • Morgan, Sarthak, Michael, and Stacey DeLorenzo will meet to discuss further
    • SSC Projects
      • SSC Projects management transferring from Codie to Sheri
      • Students will continue adding SSC Projects in earnest in the coming weeks
    • Finding items created by a specific person:
      • Find the person's profile page
      • Click the "Track" link to see all items they've created (won't show things they've updated that were created by someone else)
    • Morgan: after porting info to SSC Projects, what will happen to the iCAP Portal projects which existed solely to capture SSC funding info?
      • Will handle on a case-by-case basis, but most will likely be archived
    • SSC Project reports before 2012
      • SSC did not require reports on recipients' use of funds before about 2012
      • Some groups did proactively provide reports; may reach out to other groups to inquire whether they have reports to share
      • Morgan collected all the older reports she could find and shared them in Box
      • Other reports may have been uploaded to the iCAP Portal; some sleuthing may be required to find them, e.g.:

    TODOs

    • Michael:
      • Implement archival feature on live site (email iCAP Portal mailing list when ready since next meeting is a month away)
      • Finish SSC Project embed
      • Allow more than 3 photos to be seen on SSC Projects - e.g. link to separate image gallery page like iCAP Portal Projects?

  12. iCAP Portal Admin Meeting - July 22, 2024

    Associated Project(s): 
    Sustainability iCAP Portal

    Agenda

    • SSC interns starting to enter SSC Projects
    • iCAP Teams starting to use Pending Tasks

    Discussion

    • Archiving projects
      • Example using a "Record Status" field with "Active" and "Archived" options
      • Questions:
        • How to display archived projects on associated Project Update & Metric pages:
          • Show project name w/o link? - No, we want people to still be able to reach archived information
          • Show a second listing of "Associated Archived Projects"? - No
          • ✔️ Show archival status next to linked project name?
        • Should we hide archived projects from being listed in other projects' Child/Related Project listings?
          • Yes, for now. We can find a way to make that information available later on if desired.
      • Thoughts:
        • Include "[ARCHIVED]" status in project title most places it's listed
        • Should remove project from most listings to keep information up-to-date, but keep it listed when tied to specific other information, e.g. Project Updates and Metrics (may want to demote it in Metrics may collect many associated archived projects over time)
    • Revisit Bike Fee funding discussion - Morgan recommends sharing broad funding details

    TODOs

    • Michael will keep working on the archived projects feature to show in more depth at next meeting
    • Next meeting needs to be rescheduled; Quinn is on it!

  14. Photos from Energy Farm

    Associated Project(s): 
    Agrivoltaic Research Solar Array at Energy Farm

    Please see attached photos from the Energy Farm. These photos show approximately 1 month old plants which are growing under the array as part of agrivoltaic research. During the 2024 season, tomatoes and kale are being tested. Future plantings will include more consumer crops like carrots. 

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  16. Weekly Update: Slow week

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    All, Slow week, except for the full family that brought in 4 bikes over 2 days so everyone could get riding. One of the kids was extra inquisitive on what bikes parts were and their function. Genuine interest is always appreciated!

    Worked through most of our donations of the last few weeks and now have to parse out the build-a-bikes from the for-sale builds to hopefully make the process easier for my staff.

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 12
    Sales: $424.50

    Bikes (refurb): 1 for $175
    Memberships: 6 for $180
    Tires/tubes: 3 for $20

    Thanks!

    Jacob Benjamin
    Coordinator -- Campus Bike Center

  19. Weekly Update

    Associated Project(s): 
    Campus Bike Center

    All, Had a visit from someone who works at the Idea Store in Urbana. We were able to donate an old junky wheel to them for an art project—always happy to repurpose bike parts we can’t use! Even more so to an organization that helps recycle as many things as they do.

    This week we’ll still be working through the donations we’ve accrued in the last few weeks.

    The numbers:

    Visitors: 17
    Sales: $514.25
    Bikes (refurb): 1 for $180
    Membership: 4 for $120
    Tires/tubes: 11 for $88

    Thanks!

    Jacob Benjamin
    Coordinator -- Campus Bike Center

  20. Funding Addressing Urban Climate Threats

    Associated Project(s): 
    Research Supported through iSEE

    An interdisciplinary proposal to address urban climate threats and make cities more sustainable has been awarded a two-year, $50,000 planning grant from the Institute for iSEE. Additionally, iSEE has awarded $30,000 in seed funding for an interdisciplinary proposal to examine the economic and human health effects of exposure to wildfire smoke on a broad scale, to help inform climate policy.

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