The phrase "because of meeting" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are expressing the cause of a certain action. For example: "I couldn't finish my essay on time because of the meeting I had to attend."
"He was always very good to me, and I've been blessed in my career because I've had so many guys like that because of my dad, because of meeting them when I was a little kid".
UPDATE: Per Rick Klein: "RNC spokesperson says Steele did cancel because of meeting at RNC at noon.
It was because of meeting with Magee and others who had resorted to violence during the 'Troubles' and listening to their perspectives that brought Jo to one of her most difficult moments.
Eight screened patients had to be excluded from the analysis because of meeting one or more of the exclusion criteria.
Regardless of why patients discontinued treatment (because of meeting a stopping rule, meeting RGT criteria, or completing 48 weeks of treatment), the patient-reported outcome data were consistent with these problems being determined primarily by duration of PegIFN/RBV treatment.
The White House said Mr. Bush had to cancel another fishing trip scheduled for Saturday because of meetings with his advisers on Iraq.
And that's not including all the mergers that were made, factories that were built and investments that came about because of meetings at Davos.
This is based on observations of absenteeism in offices because of meetings outside the office, sickness, vacation leaves and so on, which is observed in the statistics on the office work in the Netherlands.
Afghan officials told the BBC that in addition to his criticisms of the president, Mr Rohrabacher was being shunned because of meetings he had held in Berlin with Afghan politicians about the creation of a decentralised form of government.
Business travelers, for example, are more likely to miss a flight because of meetings that run late or other scheduling problems.
They're not really in the meeting, but they exist because of the meeting.
