[Board] Virtual Meeting options was(Quincy Farm Committee)

[Darcy Beard]

Webex has a free level that I will be using on Wednesday- I will let you know  how it works.

Darcy Beard CPA
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> On Mar 23, 2020, at 7:04 PM, Keith Bierman <khbkhb at gmail.com> wrote:
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> My corporate overlords have recently selected M$Teams, which (as configured) doesn't really allow for call ins (just team members and there's a way to wedge in guests ... but that makes them essentially members...which I think is a bad set up for our purposes.).
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> I have a "legacy" skype corporate account which probably still works (I'd make sure before we announced it; but I'm pretty sure it's still live, unlike our Team instance, it is "plumbed" to the phone system, so people can just call in). 
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> For large meetings, there exists some corporate Zoom hosting account, but I don't have access to it as a host. https://zoom.us/pricing details the free level ... other than a limit of 40min per meeting it would seem to suffice. Alternatively it might make sense for us to authorize Darcy to spend the $15/mo to buy us a host code.  
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> Or if Marcus's firm has already purchased a host code and wouldn't mind us using their "meeting room" that would be  great.
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> Google Hangouts are also a possibility, but the free tier looks a bit suboptimal, and signing up for Gsuite just to get better hangouts seems like the "long way round" to me.
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> I've long had a free uberconf account https://www.uberconference.com
> It's been a very long time since I used it, but I just tested ... and it's still live. I'd have to dig out the details, but I recall it being a solid choice at the time. If paid is necessary/desirable it's $20/mo (but there's an annual discount)
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> I'd rather not bug our outside counsel for such a mundane matter (unless others think it wise), about whether we are on firmer grounds establishing a permanent, BOD owned resource or if we're OK with free tier and/or borrowed facility.
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> If we're OK with free, I'd be happy to host via uber or skype. If others want to volunteer the services they've already signed up for, that's great ;>
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> Of course, I'm still stuck on the "do we *need* to have a meeting just to sign the extension ... I believe the answer is no ... and thus is just fodder for some future decision point (assuming that matters don't return to normal quickly ;<).
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