Would like to have the ability to assign co-hosts when scheduling video meetings, prior to the start of the meeting. There are many situations where someone other than the "main" host may need to start a meeting - e.g., if "main" host is sick/away/late, etc.
This is a significant limitation as it stands now, when comparing RCV to other videoconferencing platforms (e.g., Zoom).

We aren't switching until this is added. It's illogical that it's not avaiable to the video version and is available in the meetings version. If it's not added, we'll have to move on to another platform.

I am surprised that RingCentral doesn't offer the ability to have alternate hosts in meetings. It is a constant issue in our organization where admins set up meetings for others. They need to log in and transfer hosting. This is a scheduling issue for us when meetings are in the evening.

How many votes are needed for a feature to be reviewed for adding? This feature is a need especially for assistants scheduling for their bosses. Many other platforms have this option already. Please update us on the status.

This feature is needed. We use recurring meetings that staff/clients get used to. However, there are always going to be times where the normal host of the recurring meeting is out sick or for some other reason. It's something any company using recurring meetings is going to face, so this is a big need.

This is a big issue. At a school we could have 2-3 people running a weekly meeting which would need multiple host. Also, if someone sets up a re-occurring but wont be in for one of those meetings the other users can't join w/o them, and yes we require a lobby/waiting room due to our corporate compliance rules.

Agreed, we just signed up with RingCentral and this is one of the major drawbacks. GoToMeeting has this feature which is the tool we are moving away from.

Lack of this feature is a big hindrance for us. As someone who owns a lot of meetings it makes any time off I take far more stressful than it needs to be. All other meeting tools offer this functionality - please take it seriously.

This is the most frustrating thing about ring central is this. Please implement!

Please implement this.

Has this yet been implemented? I have our COO's Admin assistant going on FMLA and someone else needs to run these meetings. HELP

The host becomes unavailable and unable to log into the meeting to assign a new host or co-host. The participant who will become a temporary host of an existing meeting cannot grab the hosting of an existing / scheduled meeting. Want a new feature in the future wherein a particular participant (if allowed in the settings via RC App or WebPortal) can grab the hosting of the existing meeting if host becomes unavailable. We also want a feature wherein a meeting creator can assign a multiple co-host in advance (User) when creating/ scheduling a meeting.

It is necessary for our organization to have multiple staff members be able to start many of our weekly and/or monthly reocurring meetings. This feature would help us cover vacations, PTO, and staff being called away for other tasks. Right now, we have to use the "Delegate" feature which is not the most efficient workaround. It requires a bit of forward knowledge of a staff member's changing schedule, which usually is never the case.

The current format forces me to join the meeting, try to quickly assign another person as host, then log off before our potential client signs in. This necessitates another user from our company signing in early in order to transfer the host credentials before the client signs in, or keep our client waiting in the waiting room while we get our act together. This creates meeting confusion and looks unprofessional.We want to be able to assign the host credential to any user within our organization when creating the invite,before the meeting starts.

I facilitate quite a few back to back meetings throughout my days as a Project Manager and it's quite frustrating when not using my Personal Room ID, that even when I assign a co-host, leave, and start my next meeting, it closes out the first meeting. This is irritating when having a team huddle where the team wants to finish discussing an item and I have to hop to another meeting. They then have to rejoin or recreate their own new meeting. It would make sense if using your personal room ID in this manner, but separate room links really shouldn't do this. Other communication programs I've used in the past have not seemed to have this issue.

Please add this feature.

Please add this. We have weekly orientation seminars using RC Meetings and sometimes the scheduled host is unavailable and an alternate needs to be able to start the meeting without rescheduling.

You have zoom as your engine and zoom has this option. It should not be that hard for RC to add this as an option when creating a meeting. Co-Host section for more than one host.Adding a co-host once the meeting has started is no use IF the Host cannot get on to start it. Need the option for Co-host as a backup to the host.

Hey, Jay! Thanks for reaching out! We have merged this idea with an already existing one.

I would like the ability to assign a different person as the meeting host before the meeting begins. I create a series of recurring meetings. I host them. One meeting in the future I am unable to attend but the meeting goes on without me. A surrogate will run the meeting. I need to assign the surrogate as the host without me logging into the meeting and transferring host duties. I need to assign host duties before the meeting starts. This happens with our public city council meetings where the clerk creates all the meetings and publicizes the meeting URL ahead of time but then gets sick and can't run the meeting so has to tell the deputy clerk to run it.