@classmethod
def google_drive_track_to_object(cls, trk, exclude=[]):
    """copy over the relevant bits of a sepsis google drive track object, to a package object"""
    obj = {'facility': trk.facility, 'data_type': trk.
        data_type_pre_pilot_pilot_or_main_dataset, 'ticket': trk.
        ccg_jira_ticket}
    for field in ('date_of_transfer', 'taxon_or_organism',
        'strain_or_isolate', 'growth_media', 'folder_name',
        'date_of_transfer_to_archive', 'file_count'):
        if field in exclude:
            continue
        if hasattr(trk, field):
            obj[field] = getattr(trk, field)
    return obj
