Three-day in-person offsite for the Formation team (12 people, distributed across the US). Goal: align on H2 priorities, run a couple of working sessions together, and get the team in the same room after a stretch of fully-remote work. New York City chosen because it's well-connected and easy to plan around.
Three days in mid-October 2026 (exact dates TBD).
- The whole team together in person for the full offsite.
- A booked working space for the core sessions.
- A set of offsite team events, for example:
- A working session to align on H2 priorities.
- A reflection / retro on the last couple of quarters.
- A team dinner with everyone together.
- A team-building activity — fun, not forced.
- Inclusive dining that covers the team's dietary needs (details live in the people files).
- Everything walkable and close together where possible.
Per-person preferences (cabin, dietary, loyalty, hard nos) live in the companion people files the session installs.
- Me
- Sophie Novati
- Alex Rivera
- Priya Shah
- Tom Bächler
- Elena Duarte
- Jamal Woods
- Aiko Tanaka
- Ben Carter
- Sofia Rossi
- Raj Patel
- Hannah Kim
Business-travel offsite; the EA books and expenses.
- Flights: economy default, up to $550 round-trip per traveler.
- Lodging: block of rooms, ≤ $375/night, 3 nights.
- Team dinner: up to $150/person.
- Team activity: up to $75/person.
- Ground transport: budget for airport transfers + local moves.
- Rough all-in target: $28–32k.