Cohousing-L Mailing List: Video conferencing platforms beyond Zoom? What works for you?

[Leah Halper (LHalper]

Hello, CoHo community. 

Our current use of Zoom is starting to not feel sustainable. We have ten or 
more committees trying to set up meetings, and only one official log-in person; 
we have the $14.99/month Zoom  Pro Plan. It requires two-step authentication, 
as they all seem to, and that is getting to be too much for the one person who 
can authenticate based on the emailed or texted code she is sent.

What do you use? 

We need a way to authenticate/empower more committee chairs with their own 
logins, but our research suggests that depending on the provider, each login 
will cost between $3 and $20/month. Anyone out there using Zoho, Google Meet, 
Teams, or another video conferencing platform? What is working and what is not? 
We are wondering if we should pay for four or five logins, divide them among 
committees, and set up gmail email accounts to receive two-step authentication 
codes for each login. Anyone trying that?! 

Any help much appreciated. 

Leah Halper
Faciliation Committee 
Yulupa CoHousing, Santa Rosa, CA