Meetings

MEETINGS Vocabulary
A.G.M.	Annual General Meeting
Absentee	Person not at the meeting, not present
Agenda	Written list of points to be discussed at a meeting
Alternative	Choice of two or more possibilities
Attendee	Participant; person attending a meeting
Ballot	System of secret voting;  voters place their ballot-papers in a ballot-box
Casting vote	Deciding vote, usually by the Chairman, when votes are in equal number.
Chairman/chairperson	The person who conducts the meeting.
Clarify	Make something clearer by giving more information.
Conference	Formal meeting for discussion or exchange of views
Conference call	Telephone call between three or more people in different places
Consensus	General agreement
Deadline	Future date at which something must be done
Decision	Reach a conclusion or resolution concerning future action
I-conference	A meeting or discussion between two or more people via the Internet.
Interrupt	Stop a person who is speaking in order to say or do something.
Item	A separate point for discussion on an agenda
Main point	What is most essential
Minutes	A written summary of the proceedings at a meeting
Objective	What is aimed at, what one wants to achieve or obtain.
Point out	Draw attention to something e.g. point out an increase in demand
Proposal	A course of action put forward for consideration; to make a proposal.
Proxy vote	A vote cast by one person for another
Recommend	Advise a course of action;  make a recommendation
Show of hands	Raised hands to express disagreement or disagreement in a vote
Summary	A brief statement of the main points
Task	A piece of work to be done; to assign a task to somebody
Unanimous	In complete agreement
Videoconference	Conference linking people in different locations by satellite, TV etc.
Vote	Express one's agreement or disagreement;  to cast a vote