Votes

Give preferences [-1,+1] for the diff locations you’d prefer our next offsite, approx. in January

• [i]

  • Japan: 0
  • Istanbul: +1
  • Tahoe:

• [J]

  • Japan: 0
  • Istanbul: +1
  • Lake Tahoe: +1
    • [i] Are you thinking like a ski trip type thing? In January that’d probably be the only thing to do there, along with cross-country skiing/snowshoeing too
      • [J] Ya! Would be less commitment

• [A]

  • Japan: +1
  • Tahoe: 0
  • Istanbul: 0

• [s]

  • Japan: +0.5
  • Tahoe: +0.5
  • Istanbul: +0.25
  • Somewhere else: +5
    • @Stevo anywhere specific you have in mind?

• [d]

  • Will come if it is Istanbul
  • Yosemite climbing trip? 👀
    • [AP] @David Chee I can organize a Yosemite climbing trip once the snow melts in late spring! I’d also be very happy to hike and camp in the snow, but I know that’s not everyone’s idea of fun.
  • Otherwise, will just go to SF in mid Jan - March
    • maybe join tahoe
  • Japan is very high on my list of places to go, but I would want to be full vacay mode and not working when there haha
    • [AP] Could always stay extra days on your own afterward

• [iw]

  • Japan: +1
  • Istanbul: +1
  • Tahoe: -1
    • I am bad at skiing and will die
      • 🤣

• [c]

  • Japan +0.8
  • Istanbul +1
  • Tahoe +0.5
  • also wut is this voting format lol. should be place → people rather than vice versa

• [AP]

  • Japan +1
    • I love the cold! But if we wait till later, we could summit Mount Fuji! (A January ascent would require ice axes 🥶)
  • Turkey +1
  • Tahoe +0.9
    • I am bad at skiing but will try
  • Generally down for anything! Really strong preference for doing something in January or February rather than waiting.

• Tokyo weather

• Istanbul weather

• January seems like an unusually bad time to visit Istanbul or Tokyo.

  • [d] Honestly, Istanbul is still fine to visit in Jan. But it will be cold and slightly wetter than SF.

• Airfare to Tokyo is half the cost of Istanbul $500 versus $1,000