Everything you've described here is something that can be achieved through the regular/more frequent use of teamspeak. If you like the meetings then you'll also like the feeling of interaction from being on at a normal point in the day
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Regardless, that is somewhat of an offtopic pet peeve of mine, and not really all that relevant, but I still think at the end of the day a recap is much more clear than a meeting. From what you described, you've been logging on for friendliness, not information
