End the meetings nobody needs
A recurring meeting is a decision made once and then paid for every week. Hourari lists every series with what it costs a month, scores it for waste, and brings it back for review so someone decides whether it still earns its slot.
Sample data. Your numbers come from your own calendar.
The waste score
Four signals, one number from 0 to 100
Every meeting is scored on the things that usually mean it is bigger, longer or looser than it needs to be: how many people are invited, whether it has an agenda, how long it runs, and whether anyone has rated the series.
Up to 30 is low waste, up to 60 is medium, and anything above is high. It is a prompt to look, not a verdict.
30
More than 8 people invited
25
No agenda
0
Longer than an hour
10
A series nobody has rated
65
High waste
Points for each signal: 30 for more than 8 people, 25 for no agenda, 20 for over an hour, and 10 for a series nobody has rated. A short standup can still score high.
Your series, scored
- StandupHigh waste
- Q4 PlanningMedium waste
- Weekly SyncLow waste
- Design ReviewLow waste
- 1:1 SarahLow waste
Low up to 30, medium up to 60, high above that.
Where the money goes
Nothing on a calendar expires
The person who booked a standing sync had a reason, and it may have been settled a year ago. The invite renews anyway. Meeting health adds each series up over a year, so five ordinary meetings show up as the $63,076 they really are.
Recurring meetings · the next twelve months
$63,076
- Q4 Planning$24,960
- Standup$17,680
- Weekly Sync$9,724
- Design Review$7,904
- 1:1 Sarah$2,808
Reviews
Every series comes back for a decision
Each recurring meeting is due for review on a cycle your owner sets, every 90 days unless changed. The organizer, an owner or an admin answers, with one line on why, and the answer is recorded with who gave it.
1
It comes up for review
The series is marked Review due on the Meeting health page.
2
The organizer is asked
By email, and in a Slack direct message when Slack is connected, with the person-hours it took over the last three months.
3
Someone decides
Keep it, cut it back, pause it or end it. Recording an answer changes nothing on the calendar by itself.
Flagged before anyone asks
A series is flagged when it costs over $500 a month, has 5 or more people, or is over 30 days old and has never been reviewed.
End meetings nobody re-approves
Optional, and off until an owner or admin turns it on. If the organizer does not answer in time, the series gets an end date in their calendar and they are told.
What else is on the page
A yearly figure on every series
Each series shows its monthly run-rate and what it costs over twelve months if nobody changes it.
Renewal on the record
Who reviewed a series, when, and their note, shared with the whole company, along with when it comes up again.
Pause and come back
Choosing Pause it opens the series’ controls to pick when it returns. Pausing is on the Business and Enterprise plans.
Built for organizers
Organizers are asked about their own series. Owners and admins can answer for any of them.
Works without costs on show
For someone who cannot see costs, the review prompt leaves the money out and still gives the person-hours.
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