We don't go to face-to-face meeting for papers. We come for live interaction, major release level decision-making etc. We tried video conferencing a few times.

We don't go to face-to-face meeting for papers. We come for live interaction, major release level decision-making etc. We tried video conferencing a few times. It's fun but hard to organize (timezones), too messy, and time-consuming. So are chats.