Virtual Meeting Site

I Am Trying To Set Up A Magazine With Some Friends Who Have Scattered About. They Are People I Feel Would Be Best To Start This Thing With, So I Want To Keep Them Apart. However, Some Of Them Live Several Hours Away. What Is The Best Way That I Could Have A Virtual Meeting With Them, Preferably Without Web Cameras, Where We Could Chat About Ideas, Have A Whiteboard And Easily Store Shareable Files?