How to run a meeting like Google? What lessons for tobacco control in Africa?

I just found this article published in Business Week in September 2006 about the way Marissa Mayer manages her meetings. I read it because I have developed a certain skepticism (to say the least) about the many international meetings that are taking place, moving a lot of people at a high cost for what seems (to me) most often very little output.

One big advantage of the internet and tools like skype is that they allow for virtual meetings with almost no carbon footprint and very little cost. One of the lesson (obvious) from the business article is the taking of notes: how many meetings take place and there are no real notes available. Could it be there was so little content that no notes were taken?