This is a meeting which takes place between individuals or parties in lieu of bringing the participants into a physical meeting place. It can consist in as few as two, and as many as the technical infrastructure can handle.

For visibility of from two to four locales (which may equate to more than one person per locale, I have used Skype quite successfully. It has the advantage of being large, well-developed (continual), inexpensive and having global reach.

Other infrastructures have been employed as well.

The advantages of this type of meeting
* Does not require the interruption that a trip to a central site by many participants causes and the costs involved.
* Can be called to order almost immediately (allowing for decisions and directions to be changed to meet fast-changing scenarios).
* Provides visibility through face-to-face interaction as well as chat (instant messaging) for all to be heard.
* Gives an ability to relate links and transfer files during sessions.
* Can also serve, via the historical archiving of the chat sessions, review of content.
* Can be recorded as video/audio, or as audio, to make the session(s) reviewable. And also so that each participant can have in effect "minutes" of the meeting as soon as it is over.
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