Requested more time to manage the transition from Nation Builder to a new platform [Source: Meeting Summary, 2026-05-27].
Shared insights from a philanthropy event where he represented UBI Works and Commonwealth [Source: Meeting Summary, 2026-05-27].
Collaborating with UBI Works on defining metrics and a scorecard for the Perspective Initiative/political outreach role [Source: Meeting Summary, 2026-05-27].
Noted UBI Works’ operating budget at approximately 75,000versusCommonwealth′s300,000 [Source: Meeting Summary, 2026-05-27].
Timeline
2026-05-27 | Directed Hugh (via Slack commonwealth) to write a progress.org article about a Harvard study on Philadelphia’s wage tax and LVT counterfactual. Iterated on draft v1→v2→v3: key requests: exec summary at top, bury the lead fix, remove Canadian context, add direct paper quotes and author interview questions. Notion card created, pending Floyd review. Referenced in 2026-05-27-philadelphia-wage-tax-lvt-harvard-article. [Source: User (Floyd), Slack commonwealth, Hugh session 6a4f08b9, 2026-05-27]
2026-05-27 | Requested more time for the Nation Builder platform transition. Shared insights from a philanthropy event. Collaborated with UBI Works on a political engagement scorecard. Noted budget allocation for UBI Works and Commonwealth. Referenced in 2026-05-27-ubi-works-commonwealth-fundraising. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, gmail_id 19e6a165baf480b9, 2026-05-27]
2026-05-17 | Asked Hugh to update progress.org article title to “The 18.6 Year Real Estate Cycle and Market Crash” (was “18.6-Year Real Estate Cycle & Market Crash”). Updated and published via Webflow API (CMS item 6a039702f9d09957cd4c1534). [Source: Hugh session 4f47ee62, 2026-05-17]
2026-05-14 | Worked with Hugh on 18.6-year real estate cycle article: clarified 1989–90 end-of-cycle figure (~−20%), confirmed 2000–02 as mid-cycle correction (not end-of-cycle in Anderson framework), rewrote opening paragraph. Directed Hugh to sync Notion article → Webflow → progress.org. Also fixed image to full-width. [Source: Hugh session dc620ddc, 2026-05-14]
2026-05-14 | Notched Webflow API token into Hugh’s 1Password vault for future progress.org CMS operations. [Source: Hugh session dc620ddc, 2026-05-14]
2026-05-24 | Proposed migrating progress.org from Webflow to Ghost CMS + using Hugh/Claude for all design and publishing via API: “With agents and Claude design I don’t know that a visual site hosting platform matters anymore.” Referenced in 2026-05-24-ghost-agents-no-visual-platform-needed and progress-org. [Source: User, Hugh session 6d44221a, 2026-05-24]