vacations: typography, clarification

Note that this documentation is a convenience guide for TPA

members. The actual, authoritative policy for "Leave" is in thee

employee handbook (currently [TPI Team Handbook v2 - Fall 2025

Update.docx-2.pdf](https://nc.torproject.net/f/777149))), in the "5.1 Leave" section.

Update.docx-2.pdf][handbook])), in the "5.1 Leave" section.

[handbook]: https://nc.torproject.net/f/777149

# Planning your leave

1. plan the leave with your teammates to ensure service continuity and

   delegation

1. for personal time off (as opposed to all-hands holidays):

   1. consult the handbook to see how much of a leave you can take, and

   1. consult the [handbook][] to see how much of a leave you can take, and

      how far in advance you need to notify

   1. for a week or more, send a notice in time to your team

      lead/director for approval, and teammates for information

For all hands holidays:

1. consider sending an email to tor-project@ to ask for last minute

1. consider sending an email to `tor-project@` to ask for last minute

   requests long before the holidays, see [this thread](https://lists.torproject.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/tor-project@lists.torproject.org/message/YJVIJDFTFCQWVZUQTEFLG4KPTCXINFCT/) for a good

   example

   example, especially relevant for all hands holidays

1. remind the team that they should plan their vacations and consider

   which projects they want to complete before then

1. reschedule team meetings

While you're away:

1. stop reading IRC / Matrix / email, except perhaps once a week to

1. stop reading IRC / Matrix / email, except *perhaps* once a week to

   avoid build-up

2. have cake (or pie), enjoy a cold or hot beverage

3. look at the stars, the sky, the sea, the mountains, the trains;

   hangout with your friends, family, pets; write, sing, shout, think,

   sleep, walk, sleepwalk; or whatever it is you planned (or not) for

   your holidays

3. touch grass; look at the stars, the sky, the sea, the mountains,

   the trains; hangout with your friends, family, pets; write, sing,

   shout, think, sleep, walk, sleepwalk; or whatever it is you planned

   (or not) for your holidays

# When you return

2. unset yourself as busy in GitLab

3. say hi on IRC / Matrix

4. catch up with email (this might take multiple days for long leaves,

   it's okay)

   that's okay)

5. check for alerts in monitoring, see if you can help your colleagues

   in case of fire