County I.T. moving out of Zoom hosting

COLFAX -- Whitman County Information Technology Director Lance Bishop announced Monday that the county will get out of hosting all of its Zoom meetings. Instead, he will set up individual administrators in each department to host their own meetings.

The change is being made to avoid time limitations and mix-ups in which a Zoom meeting is scheduled, with the expectation that the I.T. Department will host it, but the department has not been told about it.

The time issue is that, although anyone can host a meeting with a free account, without a licensed host, it cuts off at 45 minutes.

Bishop has...