A machine readable medium, on which are stored instructions, comprising instructions that when executed by a conferencing endpoint cause the conferencing endpoint to: determine a mesh to bridge conference triggering event has occurred in a mesh conferencing session with a plurality of other conferencing endpoints (610B-E); establish a bridge connection between the conferencing endpoint and a bridge responsive to the determination , the bridge connection configured for two-way audio-video communication between the conferencing endpoint and the bridge ; notify the plurality of other conferencing endpoints (610B-E) that the conferencing endpoint has transitioned to the bridge connection after the establishment of the bridge connection between the conferencing endpoint and the bridge ; listen for a notification from a second conferencing endpoint of the plurality of other conferencing endpoints (610B-E) indicating the second conferencing endpoint has transitioned to a bridge connection responsive to the determination ; receive the notification from the second conferencing endpoint of the plurality of other conferencing endpoints (610B-E); track which of the plurality of other conferencing endpoints (610B-E) have transitioned to bridge connections prior to the establishment of the bridge connection between the conferencing endpoint and the bridge ; tear down a mesh connection between the conferencing endpoint and the second conferencing endpoint responsive to the receipt of the notification after the establishment of the bridge connection between the conferencing endpoint and the bridge ; and tear down any mesh connections for tracked endpoints after the notification of the plurality of other conferencing endpoints (610B-E) that the conferencing endpoint has transitioned to the bridge connection . determine a mesh to bridge conference triggering event has occurred in a mesh conferencing session with a plurality of other conferencing endpoints (610B-E); establish a bridge connection between the conferencing endpoint and a bridge responsive to the determination , the bridge connection configured for two-way audio-video communication between the conferencing endpoint and the bridge ; notify the plurality of other conferencing endpoints (610B-E) that the conferencing endpoint has transitioned to the bridge connection after the establishment of the bridge connection between the conferencing endpoint and the bridge ; listen for a notification from a second conferencing endpoint of the plurality of other conferencing endpoints (610B-E) indicating the second conferencing endpoint has transitioned to a bridge connection responsive to the determination ; receive the notification from the second conferencing endpoint of the plurality of other conferencing endpoints (610B-E); track which of the plurality of other conferencing endpoints (610B-E) have transitioned to bridge connections prior to the establishment of the bridge connection between the conferencing endpoint and the bridge ; tear down a mesh connection between the conferencing endpoint and the second conferencing endpoint responsive to the receipt of the notification after the establishment of the bridge connection between the conferencing endpoint and the bridge ; and tear down any mesh connections for tracked endpoints after the notification of the plurality of other conferencing endpoints (610B-E) that the conferencing endpoint has transitioned to the bridge connection . <EOS>