Minor counterpoint to the bit about meetings being boring: As a QA person, it is incredibly valuable to us to all be together so we can discuss things with the

Minor counterpoint to the bit about meetings being boring: As a QA person, it is incredibly valuable to us to all be together so we can discuss things with the devs that are otherwise getting overlooked in bugtracking software or even in our chat. It makes it so that those orphaned problems can find a home. But our meetings are short. 5 or 10 minutes max. If you're getting bored than, to quote another commenter here, you're doing it wrong. Quick summaries, major problems, then get out the door.