Hi Helen There are many different types of teleconferencing. My husband does 3-5 a week, with staff all over the US, the UK and Spain. With anywhere from 4 to 35 people at a time. This system is very functional and VERY cost effective. It does remove some of the social interaction, but the work gets done, and rather effectively. We use Skype all the time, to have the "face to face" interaction with our relatives overseas. I didn't want to try it at first, and now I cant believe I waited this long. I think is worth looking into it, specially when the club is looking at ways to save money. Even if we were to do 1/2 and 1/2. * Ileana * Inquest GSD's, Home of : 2 x Sel EX AM CH & Sel CAN CH Karizma's Cacique of Inquest TC, aka DEXTER Kaleef's Expensive Date (major pointed) aka JACKIE In a message dated 1/29/2011 6:25:58 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, VPREZHMF@xxxxxxx writes: In a message dated 1/28/2011 5:57:06 P.M. Central Standard Time, bnbgsds2000@xxxxxxxxx writes: Maybe now is the time for conferencing calls That works fine for committees and is being used frequently,but for a whole Board with the number of people on it now, it would not be productive. IMPORTANT ISSUES NEED FACE-TO FACE INTERACTION.As I suggested several times before,it may be time to go to a smaller Board of 4 Officers and 9 Directors, Conferences calls very workable with smaller number.. Helen Miller Fisher ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================