> It should take no more than a few seconds per person and I find it far more effective than any agile status tool I've used, be that a physical board or an online system.

Isn't that information already on your planning board? Likewise, it should only take a minute to review the planning board updates each day and you should be getting direct notifications for things you're suppose to be helping on.

I can see the value in you all getting together to have a high-level chat on how things are going maybe once a week but every single day is way too much for me.