UCLA Social Software — Technical Documentation (2026 cycle) #

Paid gig via UCLA Design Media Arts / Social Software program (sosoft.arts.ucla.edu). Tied to the existing "Author In Residence Engagement" thread with Jin Park (Reas + McCarthy CC'd).

PO #

• PO #: 04250000559418, rev 0, dated May 5, 2026
• Amount: $1,200.00 USD flat fee — Net 30 — not taxable — services only
• Owner: Jin Park · jinwoopark@arts.ucla.edu · +1 310-825-1866
• Buyer (named contact): Kamaurah Hogan · kamaurahh@gmail.com · "Buyer III"
• Deliver to: Attn Lauren McCarthy, Broad Building Rm 2275, UCLA
• Scope: author + deliver written technical documentation for the Social Software program over the 2026 academic cycle (specs, reference material, architectural descriptions, production-use analysis, stack survey); published at sosoft.arts.ucla.edu

Legitimacy check (done 2026-05-18) #

• PO arrived through UCLA's real SciQuest/Jaggaer system: support@sciquest.com, reply-to bruinbuy@finance.ucla.edu (May 5).
• Aesthetic Inc. vendor registration confirmed May 8 by vendmgmt@finance.ucla.edu — Vendor Control Key (VCK): 344091.
• Minor oddity: the buyer's listed contact is a Gmail, not @ucla.edu. Not alarming given the PO came through the official system, but verify with Jin Park if any payment-routing instruction ever changes.

Engagement chain #

Quote AE-2026-001 ($1,200, issued 2026-04-22, quotes/AE-2026-001-ucla-social-software/) → UCLA PO #04250000559418 ($1,200) → Invoice AC-UCLA-2026-0518-001 ($1,200, bills/invoices/).

Status correction (2026-05-18) #

@jeffrey believed an invoice PDF had been made + sent to Casey Reas. Not so. What actually went out (2026-05-18 11:59 AM) was a one-line status question to vip@finance.ucla.edu in the "WELCOME TO PAYMENT PLUS UCLA" thread — no invoice, nothing to Reas. UCLA (Rosy Wellborn) replied 5:05 PM with the authoritative invoice procedure (see below). The Reas item in the inbox is an unrelated incoming group email.

Actions #

1. PO receipt confirmed — sent 2026-05-18 from mail@aesthetic.computer to the named Buyer (Kamaurah Hogan, kamaurahh@gmail.com). No CC.
2. Invoice created — AC-UCLA-2026-0518-001 ($1,200, references PO + quote), single-page letter PDF in bills/invoices/ (copy here).
3. Invoice submitted — sent 2026-05-18 from mail@aesthetic.computer to noreply@invoices.ucla.edu, PDF attached, minimal body, no other recipients.
4. Payment method — Virtual Card confirmed by @jeffrey (keeping it; accepts the ~2–3% / ~$25–35 processor fee). No ACH request.
5. Await — virtual-card remittance email from UCLA Payment Plus; invoice-status questions (if needed) go to ap@finance.ucla.edu (subject "Invoicing Issue").

Files #

• PO_04250000559418.pdf — the purchase order
• AC-UCLA-2026-0518-001.pdf — the invoice (source: bills/invoices/)
• po-04250000559418-receipt-confirmation.txt — drafted confirmation email
• invoice-submission-email.txt — drafted invoice-submission email