Hi Timothy,
How about video conferencing?
No budget at all the only hitch is the time zone thing.
Three months ago I'd have probably not fancied this as I struggle(d) with them so much. Now they're so much part of my daily life working from home I'm much more amenable to giving this a go if Jeff is interested. Though I still find them utterly exhausting. But it would give the chance for a genuine conversation and 'follow ups' to questions rather than a preprepared set.
Time zones we can probably work out evening for me would be afternoon for Jeff which may be doable.
tc