12.1 Agendas

1. Attending Meetings

1.1. John Gates can´t make it. He sends his apologies.

1.2. John´s asked me to chair the meeting, so I´m in the hot seat.

1.3. Ok, first, has everyone got an agenda? John told me copies were circulated on Monday.

1.4. I got the agenda, but I didn´t get a copy of the minutes from the meeting last week.

1.5. You all met last week to talk about the conference. I didn´t attend. I wasn´t here last week.

1.6. No, we didn´t hold a meeting. We didn´take minutes or anything.

1.7. So, we´ve called this meeting to talk about the sales conference.

1.8. So, let´s look at the first item on the agenda.

2. Agenda

2.1. Meeting Agenda

2.2. Date

2.3. Time

2.4. Partipants

2.5. Chairperson

2.6. Item

3. Time Clauses

3.1. I´ll call you whwn I get to the station.

3.2. I´ll phone you as soon as I arrive.

3.3. We won´t start before you arrive.

3.4. We´ll wait untill everyone is here.

4. Vocabulary

4.1. Meetings

4.2. Agenda

4.3. Apologies

4.4. Attend

4.5. Called

4.6. Chair

4.7. Circulated

4.8. Hold

4.9. Item

4.10. Minutes

4.11. Take