WASHINGTON (AP) — Backing away from Senator John McCain's challenge for several Lincoln-Douglas-style debates, Senator Barack Obama agreed Saturday to the three standard meetings proposed by the Commission on Presidential Debates.
As the vice marshal proceeded through the standard meetings in Beijing with two senior Communist Party leaders, the usual conduit for relations between the two countries, and then a meeting with a senior Chinese military commander, it had been unclear whether he would even be accorded an audience with Mr. Xi, the Chinese president.
That's the standard meeting.
A standard meeting of senior managers would generate thick wads of papers and lengthy minutes.
Similarly, if you can, set a standard meeting location and agenda — for instance, "First we discuss projects in Asia, and then South America, and then Europe". Having that template in place lessens the risk of decision fatigue setting in before the gathering starts.
Her tips go beyond the standard meeting advice, which pretty much comes down to start and end on time, set an agenda and stick to it.
Microsoft denies the allegation: "Microsoft has consistently said that the 1995 meeting was a standard meeting between two companies exploring the possibility of forging a strategic partnership in some areas of their businesses, while continuing to compete in many others".
These standard meeting forums were further supplemented by additional educational workshops, interactive 'meet-the-expert' sessions at the beginning of each day and panel discussions approaching more general interest topics, such as the relationship of media, science and consumers.
At the standards meetings the Rambus group continued to cover up the existence of its patents, the FTC found, undercutting the group's agreed-on goal of limiting patent-holders' power.
For the most part Kocher has avoided political battles, sitting through the endless, heated standards meetings and tapping on his Treo from the side of the room, interrupting quietly now and then to endorse his fix.
S. Eventually is already here, and unless the incumbent telcos get with the program, and fast, they are likely to see themselves outflanked by a loose consortium of business data service providers and gear makers who refuse to be slowed by endless standards meetings.
