For the organiser of a serious meeting
For an all-hands, a quarterly update or a members' meeting: one page carries the agenda, sign-ups are taken per attendee, and each person gets a private link so the room stays yours.
An all-hands or a members' meeting lives or dies on a different thing than a social gathering: order and trust. People want to know what is on the agenda, how long they will be held, and that the questions they raise reach the right people. They also want to be sure the room is only for those who were meant to be there, because a quarterly update often carries things that should not leak.
So a town hall page does two jobs at once. It publishes the running order so everyone arrives prepared, and it controls the doorway so only registered attendees can enter. Both matter, and neither is a nice-to-have.
Three elements that make a serious online meeting feel run properly.
Each item, who is leading it, and its time on one page. Attendees arrive knowing the shape of the meeting instead of discovering it at minute five.
One name and email claims one seat. You see the count against the capacity you set, and registration closes when the room is full.
Everyone who registers gets their own way in. There is no single link for the meeting to circulate where it was never meant to go.
Order is the reassurance. Lay it out so people can scan it before they commit.
Specific and unadorned. A town hall should read like it has been thought through.
18:00, welcome and apologies, led by Elena. Five minutes, then straight to the report.
18:40, open floor with the committee. Send a question ahead if you would rather it reach us before the session.
How it works
Write the agenda onto the page: each item, who leads it, and the time. Build it in the web app, or describe the meeting to Jitabi and edit the draft.
Turn on sign-up per attendee and set the room's capacity, so the list reflects real members and closes when the space is taken.
As names register, each is issued their own way in, keeping the meeting to invited members rather than anyone holding a forwarded link.
Automated reminders go out ahead of the meeting carrying each link, so members arrive prepared and on time rather than joining mid-item.
Questions
Yes. The agenda and the sign-up button sit on one page, so a member reads the running order and claims a seat in the same visit, without you sending separate messages.
Registration issues a private link per attendee instead of one public link. A forwarded page only opens sign-up; entry stays tied to the person who registered.
Set the number of places and sign-ups count against it, closing when full. That keeps the room to the size you can chair rather than an open flood.
For a webinar or online session like this, genuine name-and-email registration is the product. It is the party invitations that run on simple replies instead; a town hall page uses real sign-up.
No. They register with a name and email, receive a private link, and use that link to enter. Nothing to install between the sign-up and the seat.
Get Started
An agenda everyone can read before they arrive, sign-ups per attendee, and a private link for each registrant: a town hall that feels chaired, not improvised.
