[peterevans]

I agree with you that the name itself (kanban) does not preclude one from having those regular times to get together.

People joke that nobody actually follows "Scrum" or "Kanban"; it's interpreted differently everywhere. I personally think that's a good thing, if it is done so in a directed fashion. (E.g.—don't estimate hours if that's not a useful thing to do for your team.)

Kanban and Scrum are themselves starting points, and perhaps a statement of where you align philosophically; in the end you are either using an agile process, where you kept what was useful or added what was needed, or you are in a muddle, where inefficient processes have crept in that are frustrating to the team.