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#+TITLE: 2021-01-19 - Tuesday

* Work
** DONE Work on Strength hashtags for [[id:a5eb8b66-c81d-4516-b368-f67772da5f0f][Hackathon - Jan 2021]]
CLOSED: [2021-01-19 Tue 23:51]
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** DONE Open PR for [[id:74a57e06-50c6-4ecb-9b13-4b4ef4bbe49c][Re-invite inactive user with public API]]
CLOSED: [2021-01-19 Tue 23:44]
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** DONE [[file:../pages/pull_requests_that_need_reviews.org][Pull Requests that need reviews]] - https://github.com/15five/fifteen5/pull/32901/files
CLOSED: [2021-01-19 Tue 14:16]
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** DONE Open a PR for [[id:48885a6a-80ce-42a0-9086-906d3d3243fb][Add is_active flag for users list endpoint]]
CLOSED: [2021-01-19 Tue 10:21]
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** [[id:ac376401-a8b9-45c5-ab1a-4a77837bd03c][Partnership Squad Engineering Stand-up]]
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** [[id:0125c8ca-75e4-4b0e-9708-44d0093900aa][Winning with David and Shane]]
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** [[id:943b4356-6a9d-438d-ab61-a4bc5cf1f2d2][2020 Department Lookback]]
<2021-01-19 Tue 12:10-12:30>
** [[id:fc054859-b8c5-4c46-b46c-e3d463bbe137][Escape from Antarctica]]
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* Town
** DONE Pick up my board packet for [[id:b65e138c-6942-4c26-8c90-48a8b8e808b6][Selectboard meeting]]
CLOSED: [2021-01-19 Tue 16:14]
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** [[id:b65e138c-6942-4c26-8c90-48a8b8e808b6][Selectboard meeting]]
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- https://zoom.us/j/2042208848?pwd=SEVuR3pvSlZ6ZHAvNTBKR1pldW45dz09
*** Agenda [11/11]
+ [X] Call to Order
+ [X] Sign Warrant(s) and Abatements; review Budget v Actual, Trial Balance Sheets, Bank Reconciliations and Excise Tax Collections
+ [X] Sign warrants in amounts:
  - General Fund - ?
  - Water - ?
+ [X] Approve minutes of previous meetings
  - Monday, ?
+ [X] Business [2/2]
  1. [X] Town Manager's report
  2. [X] Other business as required
+ [X] Communications
+ [X] Acknowledge members of the public and address their requests if any
+ [X] Past Actions
+ [X] Selectboard Comments
+ [X] Schedule next meetings, ?
+ [X] Adjourn
* Timeline
- Note taken on [2021-01-19 Tue 23:44]

Today timed  out nicely. I managed to get myself worked up about trying to get a run in, but once I put that idea aside, the day opened up. Emma managed to get the mutton stew done after my selectboard meeting and we took the stuffed duck breast from the other night and English muffins down to mom and Sarah. Mom seemed pretty excited about the duck. I will also say, that while [[id:96946aa1-cf42-4930-9424-d00f8bcb3aae][Mom]] was initially pretty deferential about our coming down with food on Tuesdays, it's become a nice tradition.

Given all the ways we can't see each other, having this to look forward to is pretty great. I'm proud of Emma for coming up with this idea. It's hard to remember when things are going well, but Mom was in a pretty dark place a few months ago. Hopefully she feels better now.
- Note taken on [2021-01-19 Tue 16:14]

In between the last retreat session and the Selectboard meeting, I managed to turn out ten [[roam:Sourdough English Muffins]]! We'll be bringing them down to Mom's house this afternoon when Emma's got dinner underway.

During the selectboard meeting this evening [[id:81b49039-0700-451d-9f45-1f0880e4ca76][Johanna Sweet]] informed the board that the CAA will be hosting a fireside walk in town on Valentine's Day from 16:00 to 18:00. The idea is to set a firepit near the road on your driveway and for folks to enjoy taking a walk through town to say hi to neighbors.

I also kinda put my foot in my mouth trying to announce the re-convening of our [[id:d4dd073c-0fed-40c1-97a2-450c2e528ba5][Maine 200 Celebration]] committee on Thursday. I should have said nothing about it being public or not and just made the announcement.
- Note taken on [2021-01-19 Tue 13:58]
  Task is to re-write Shackleton's ad for 15Five:

#+begin_quote
  Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success.1
  #+end_quote

#+begin_quote
  Humans wanted for difficult task. Reasonable wages, remote work, periods of dubious results. Vulnerabilities likely exposed. Transformation of the world's work force in event of success.
  #+end_quote
- Note taken on [2021-01-19 Tue 12:54]
  Spent a little time poking around the [[id:74a57e06-50c6-4ecb-9b13-4b4ef4bbe49c][issue]] with re-activating invited users via the [[id:b5d8b975-90bd-49d3-94c4-c3d1e14ccfac][15Five Public API]] and discovered it will be a litte harder than I thought to get invitations resent. Perhaps that should be left for another ticket?
- Note taken on [2021-01-19 Tue 12:52]
  Got an idea during the 2020 look back presentation: highfive.voyage ... put in your 15Five API key and we do some fun visualizations with all the high fives [[id:dff0c7c9-5c9b-4c86-877f-7bef7eb898bc][High Five Zone]]
- Note taken on [2021-01-19 Tue 12:32]
  Been kind of a crazy day with the [[id:fe63c14b-490b-40e0-b6ce-599ae3c9eb21][15Five Virtual Retreat 2021]] going on now. I still managed to start some dough for English muffins to take down to mom later today.

Interestingly, one thing that keeps coming up for me watching the virtual retreat presentations is the extent to which Engineering does not do many of the best-practices found in our other departments. There's a sense, I think, that R&D is how we communicate with others in the company, but the product and design parts have a much louder voice. I would love to spend more time talking about an [[id:44e5c8bf-85e8-4f47-a9f6-35dfe673e054][Engineering Culture Working Group]] with [[id:1f09725f-224b-42eb-986a-046863a1398e][Krystian Cybulski]] later this month. A few ideas kicking around right now are a newsletter, more pair programming, more sharing stories.
- Note taken on [2021-01-19 Tue 08:31]
  I slept in again, but aside from that, I'm feeling good about today. When I came downstairs I was reflecting on how things like the flickering lights and water pressure have slowly gotten better. Hopefully they continue that trend, but if you avoid the pits of despair over things, life generally seems to plod on.

After catching up with [[id:f9a1a25f-aecc-493d-97d3-357e1eb25289][Emma Sweet]] about my day and making some coffee, I headed downstairs for a [[id:7355c5b2-2577-47ce-ace3-c7f7bc26c0f6][Stand-up]] with [[id:d2fc1f50-b020-4f19-a882-2434f80ca378][Partnership Squad]]. Everyone's been working a light schedule due to this being retreat week.