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Good morning/afternoon, everyone.
If we are all here, let's get started / start the meeting / start.
Please join me in welcoming ( )
We're pleased to welcome ( )
I'd like to extend a warm welcome to ( )
It's a pleasure to welcome ( )
I'd like to introduce ( )
We're here today to ...
I'd like to make sure that we ...
Our main aim today is to ...
I've called this meeting in order to ...
I'm afraid.., ( ) can't be with us today. She is in...
Unfortunately, ( ) ... will not be with us to day because he ...
I have received apologies for absence from ( ), who is in ().
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 ()
Here are the minutes from our last meeting, which was on ()
Jack, can you tell us how the XYZ project is progressing?
Jack, how is the XYZ project coming along?
John, have you completed the report on the new accounting package?
Has everyone received a copy of the Tate Foundation report on current marketing trends?
So, if there is nothing else we need to discuss, let's move on to today's agenda.
Shall we get down to business?
Is there Any Other Business?
If there are no further developments, I'd like to move on to today's topic.
Have you all received a copy of the agenda?
There are X items on the agenda. First, ... second, ... third, ... lastly, ...
Shall we take the points in this order?
If you don't mind, I'd like to go in order today.
skip item 1 and move on to item 3
I suggest we take item 2 last.
(, )
( ) has agreed to take the minutes.
( ), would you mind taking the minutes?
( ) has kindly agreed to give us a report on ...
( ) will lead point 1, ( ) point 2, and ( ) point 3.
( ), would you mind taking notes today?
( , , ..)
We will first hear a short report on each point first, followed by a discussion of ...
I suggest we go round the table first.
Let's make sure we finish by ...
I'd suggest we ...
There will be five minutes for each item.
We'll have to keep each item to 15 minutes. Otherwise we'll never get through.
So, let's start with ...
I'd suggest we start with...
Why don't we start with...
So, the first item on the agenda is
Pete, would you like to kick off?
Shall we start with ...
( ), would you like to introduce this item?
I think that takes care of the first item.
Shall we leave that item?
Why don't we move on to...
If nobody has anything else to add, lets ...
Let's move onto the next item
Now that we've discussed X, let's now ...
The next item on today's agenda is...
Now we come to the question of.
I'd like to hand over to ( ), who is going to lead the next point.
Next, ( ) is going to take us through ...
Now, I'd like to introduce ( ) who is going to ...
Before we close today's meeting, let me just summarize the main points.
Let me quickly go over today's main points.
To sum up, ...,.
OK, why don't we quickly summarize what we've done today.
In brief, ...
Shall I go over the main points?
Right, it looks as though we've covered the main items.
If there are no other comments, I'd like to wrap this meeting up.
Let's bring this to a close for today.
Is there Any Other Business?
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Can we set the date for the next meeting, please?
So, the next meeting will be on ... (), the . . . () of.. . () at ...
Let's next meet on ... (), the . . . () of.. . () at ... What about the following Wednesday? How is that?
I'd like to thank Marianne and Jeremy for coming over from London.
Thank you all for attending.
Thanks for your participation.
The meeting is finished, we'll see each other next ...
The meeting is closed.
I declare the meeting closed.
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