Yes and no. In theory the asynchronous mode is more efficient, but then it might mean you never get the ACKs from all the people. If the async mode works, no n

Yes and no. In theory the asynchronous mode is more efficient, but then it might mean you never get the ACKs from all the people. If the async mode works, no need for the meeting, after all do it over email or in GDocs. The problem with the sync mode is that inevitably you're wasting someone's time, at best only yours as you wait for others to read.