Introductions
Introductions
• Good morning everyone.
• Good afternoon, let’s start the meeting.
• Thank you all for coming at such short notice.
• I think we'll begin now. First I'd like to welcome you all.
• If we're all here, let's get started.
• Well, since everyone is here, we should get started.
Welcoming and introducing
• Please join me in welcoming Jane Smith.
• We're pleased to welcome Roderick James from our trading desk in Tokyo.
• I'd like to extend a warm welcome to Dr. Jennings.
• It's a pleasure to welcome our new Vice President of Human Resources, Mrs. Janet Reed.
• I'd like to introduce Mr. Michael Green.
Giving apologies for someone
who is absent
• I'm afraid Jane can't be with us today. She is in our Boston branch.
• I have received apologies for absence from Mr. Harris, who is in New York with one of our clients.
• Unfortunately, Ken cannot join us today. He has been called away on business
• I'm afraid.., (name of participant) can't be with us today.
• She is in... I have received apologies for the absence of (name of participant), who is in (place).
Stating the principal objectives
of the meeting
• We're here today to evaluate financing options for our new plant.
• Our main goal today is to make a decision on whether or not to build a new oil processing plant.
Reviewing Past Business
Reviewing notes of the last meeting
• To begin with, I'd like to quickly go through the minutes of our last meeting.
• First, let's go over the report from the last meeting, which was held on January 5th.
• Here are the minutes from our last meeting, which was on July 6th.
Dealing with recent developments
• Jack, can you tell us how the new network project is progressing?
• James, how is the integration project coming along?
• John, have you completed the report on the new transportation legislation?
• Has everyone received a copy of the financial statements?