[lenary]

It seems you still want to micro-manage your remote team, which at the same time isn't that remote as you want to meet them once a week.

Come back when you have some sensible suggestions for a truly remote team.

[barce]

If I wasn't being four hour work-week'd, then github's model for remote management is great: http://opensoul.org/blog/archives/2012/06/05/whats-it-like-t... .

My advice is for a team from an old school ad agency where folks aren't really interested in working to begin with.