A LAN-based in and out board and centralized email address book. The main fallacy of in and out boards is people forget to change their status. With Roll Call, you only need to remember to change it when you leave your desk, not when you return. When you touch your mouse or keyboard for the first time after being away from your desk, Roll Call will automatically change your status to 'desk'. If you happen to leave your desk and forget to change your status, Roll Call will change it to 'idle' after a given amount of time. This last feature is optional. Roll Call saves you time when you do remember to change your status by defaulting to a reasonable return time. If 'lunch', the current time plus the typical amount of time you take for lunch. If 'home', the next business day at your typical arrival time. The calculation of the next business day considers company holidays that you provide and weekends. Roll Call provides additional information. Associated with each employee record is a notes section, group list, email address and a phone list. The notes section can be used to advise others of your future plans to be out of the office or away from your desk. Groups are useful because Roll Call can be filtered to only show employees associated with a particular group. Therefore, when a potential customer calls, the receptionist can use Roll Call to quickly determine which sales person is available.