Block Max's calendar — don't schedule anything for the time being

Situation

In a DM (4/17 11:10 AM Pacific), Peter directed Sarah (assistant) to stop scheduling anything for Max Spevack for the time being. This operationalizes the indefinite-leave posture triggered by Christina's 4/16 7:45 PM call telling Peter that Max needs time away. Rather than letting Max's calendar keep generating missed-meeting signals to the org (like the 4/16 1:1 and interview no-shows), Peter chose to block new scheduling entirely until further notice.

Reasoning

Protects Max and his family during crisis. Also protects the org from the thrash of Max-owned meetings quietly failing. Treating the leave as indefinite (not a fixed return date) avoids a false commitment Peter can't back. Calendar-blocking is a low-cost, reversible operational move that signals to the EA team without requiring a company-wide announcement — consistent with Peter's existing posture of handling Max personally via Christina and #distinguished-leaders.

Additional Context

Christina (Max's partner) called Peter 4/16 7:45 PM saying Max needs time away. Peter notified #distinguished-leaders the same night. On 4/17 11:10 AM — before his packed Friday schedule — Peter made the calendar call to Sarah by DM. Nathan's 1:1 context on 4/16 had already flagged ~2 weeks of Max unresponsiveness, so Peter has organizational awareness that this absence is not routine.

Observed Evidence

Slack DM 4/17 11:10 AM Pacific (surfaced only after fixing the slack_search_public → slack_search_public_and_private tool bug). Exact quote: yes. don't schedule anything for max for the time being...

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