meeting w/group for online discussion

Connecting with new colleagues in the online environment was a hard thing to do because of time. Finding the right time that will suit all of the group members was the toughest. When a contact was made and a time was set, I couldn't make it because I was driving on the highway and traffic was slow because of an accident! Naturally, it wasn't the best feeling that I had. I was thinking that it would have been better if there was an exchange of phone numbers to avoid such situation.