Start an Instant Meeting

Note Your IBM^(R) Lotus^(R) Sametime^(R) server must have Web conferencing capability in order to use this feature.

To hold an Instant meeting, first start a chat with one person, and then invite others to your chat session.

1. From an instant messaging chat window, click Invite Others.
2. For each person you want to invite, enter a name or click the browse the Directory link and select a name, then click Add.
3. After you have added all the names to the Invitees list, click Send.
4. (Optional) Click Add tools to add online tools to your meeting.

Tip To send a Instant Message to someone in the participants list of an active meeting, double-click a name, enter your message, and press Enter.

Once you are in the meeting, you are in the Lotus Sametime Meeting Room client. Click Help > Help Topics for information about working in meetings.