On a personal level, I think it's important for teams to get together
in-person as often as they feel is necessary - and I do not think this
number is a constant.
I think the first question to answer is "what's the purpose of the
offsite(s)?" The answer(s) + budgetary constraints should inform the
On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Gilles Dubuc wrote:
> Not to beat a dead horse, but please never be tempted by the crazy idea of
> organizing a very short offsite that has people flying transatlantic. I've
> already been flown for work from France to LA and back to spend only 24
> hours in LA. It
Not to beat a dead horse, but please never be tempted by the crazy idea of
organizing a very short offsite that has people flying transatlantic. I've
already been flown for work from France to LA and back to spend only 24
hours in LA. It was wasteful on so many levels.
On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 5:46
> Personally I think having an "offsite" in SF is not really an offsite
> since the portion of the team that lives in/near SF will probably head
> home at the end of the day instead of hanging out with the remoties
> who are trapped in a hotel.
This. It's not an offsite and doesn't follow best pr
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Grace Gellerman
wrote:
> I would check with Rachel Farrand to see if it's an option to book a
> location for less than a day.
>
> Then if there is a substantial agenda, I'd book a pilot offsite for a full
> day.
>
> If the team found it useful, ask when they'd like
I would check with Rachel Farrand to see if it's an option to book a
location for less than a day.
Then if there is a substantial agenda, I'd book a pilot offsite for a full
day.
If the team found it useful, ask when they'd like to meet offsite again and
for how long.
Craft some options, iterate
I have been asked to make some recommendations about frequency and
duration of offsite gatherings for the teams I am coaching. That topic
seems highly intertwined with the WMF culture, which I'm still just
starting to learn.
What would be the best way for me to get to the point of putting
together
