The example used in that article was an organization that conducts business through the use of a Listserv. Since that article was published, Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 10th edition, has been released and adds very specific information on the conducting of nonsynchronistic meetings. The stand taken by the 10th edition is not supportive of nonsynchronistic meetings, but it does make reference to them and gives very specific guidance to an organization that conducts business nonsynchronistically. The reference to nonsynchronistic meetings can be found in a footnote on page 2. The 10th edition has a far more positive slant on synchronistic meetings.
Synchronistic meetings occur with participants in different places at the same time.
The reference to synchronistic meetings can be found on pages 482-483. It is advisable to adopt special rules of order and standing rules, as appropriate, to specify precisely how recognition is to be sought and the floor obtained during videoconferences and teleconferences. Synchronistic meetings have been conducted using both teleconferencing and videoconferencing for years. What is different now is that the parliamentary authority for the vast majority of the organizations in the United States in its newest edition addresses those methods of conducting meetings. What is also different is that technology has made the conducting of synchronistic meetings far more reasonable and affordable.