# 4.19. Telephone and Electronic Participation ### 4.19. Telephone and Electronic Participation Any meeting may be held by conference telephone, video conference, or similar communication equipment, as long as all directors participating in the meeting can hear one another and, in the case of video conferences, have some form of access to all materials screen-shared or otherwise presented at such conferences. Such participation constitutes presence in person at such a meeting. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://governance.svgmc.org/governing-documents/svgmc-bylaws/article-4-board-of-directors/4.19.-telephone-and-electronic-participation.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.