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A gathering where minutes are kept and hours are lost.
means A planned gathering of people who come together to discuss, decide, or share information.
from From the verb 'meet,' which traces back to Old English 'mētan,' meaning to come upon or encounter, itself from a Germanic root tied to 'mōt'—a coming-together. That same root gives us 'moot,' as in a 'moot' assembly where early peoples gathered to argue and decide, so the modern conference room is a direct descendant of the open-air council.
- could've been
- An email, agree most attendees afterward
- parkinson's law
- Work expands to fill the scheduled time
- oldest form
- Tribal councils predate written language entirely
- silent killer
- Unproductive meetings cost billions yearly in lost output
- standing trick
- Stand-up meetings end faster, fatigue forces brevity
yalta conference — roosevelt, churchill, and stalin met in february 1945 to plan the post-wwii world
treaty of westphalia — representatives of european powers convened in 1648 to end the thirty years' war
bretton woods conference — 730 delegates from 44 nations met in new hampshire in 1944 to establish the imf and world bank
band aid recording session — 32 major artists gathered at sarm studios london on november 25 1984 to record "do they know it's christmas"