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Retreat RSVP List #392

Closed clone1018 closed 8 years ago

clone1018 commented 9 years ago

What?

The purpose of the Gratipay company retreat is to strategize about the year ahead, sprint on Gratipay and related projects, and to continue to build meaningful relationships.

What's the Goal?

To be determined (#393).

When?

Starts: Friday January 1st, 2016 at 5:00pm Ends: Monday, January 4th, 2016 at 12:00pm

Where?

716 Park Road, Ambridge, PA 15003

Who?

Yes: 3

1 @whit537 1 @kaguillera 1 @timothyfcook

Maybe: 3

1 Miguel 1 @kzisme 1 @jritorto 1 @dmk246

clone1018 commented 8 years ago

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chadwhitacre commented 8 years ago

Alright, the party for tomorrow night is coming together swimmingly, but it looks like that's going to be the extent of the retreat this year. Everyone have a happy new year. Let's see what happens and whether we get together again in 2017! :-)

chadwhitacre commented 8 years ago

it looks like that's going to be the extent of the retreat this year.

Looks were deceiving! @mattbk popped up like a serendipitous Pokémon in Pittsburgh this week, for a DOE conference, while @oakes is also in town for Abstractions (#534). The three of us pulled together a meetup last night on short notice (@kaguillera was unable to attend), which by the end of the night we were ready to declare the 2016 Gratipay Company Retreat! 💃

The evening started with @mattbk and I punching a penny on the roof of a parking garage in Station Square ("How about 8:53 on the roof of the Station Square parking garage?" "Okay. That's pretty sketchy though." The full moon lent atmosphere; we barely dodged security) before joining @oakes and walking way too far down to the South Side. @Gratipay bought the first round, at Acacia ($34.89), followed by a pint at Piper's Pub. Here's a terrible, terrible picture, hastily snapped by @oakes towards the end of the night, while waiting for an Uber:

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l. to r.: @mattbk @whit537 @oakes

We covered a lot of ground, both walking and in conversation. Probably most directly helpful, @mattbk and I were able to go over #432, discussing it in light of the incremental approach to transformational change exhibited in the Center for Open Science's strategic plan (#755).

So there. We did it after all! One implication is that we may have the option of scheduling next year's retreat for August instead of January, if we want to. ;-)

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