We don't have a good tool for people in remote locations to participate. They should be able to participate in creating the agenda. Gil points out that people like him in remote locations perceive these meetings to be closed. Gil points out there's also the problem of time differences, but that it should be possible for people not local to contribute to the agenda and participate in some meaningful way. Eugene mentions the possibility of audio conferencing.
Most work is done online.
So this issue is important in future, when we have code base, requirements, etc. Once we reach the point of design implementation we will shift to being online. Eugene talks to Doug the night before and asks him what he wants discussed in the meeting. Rod and John request Eugene post a reminder calling for agenda items and including the URL every week. Eugene talks about our Bootstrapping strategy - doing bottom up things while top down stuff is being discussed.