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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast Number 184, “Running a Meeting.”

This is English as a Second Language Podcast Episode 184. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

On today’s podcast, we’re going to talk about the vocabulary you use when you are running or taking charge of a meeting. Remember you can get the complete Learning Guide for this podcast that goes with this podcast, has all the vocabulary, additional information, and the complete transcript on our website. Now let’s begin.

Good morning, everyone. I believe we are all here. Please be seated and let’s get started.

Please join me in welcoming Olivia Dansk, from Garland Corporation. I’m afraid that Lionel Wu from Manatect can’t be with us today, but I’m pleased to welcome representatives from both Danforth and Boyent.

We’re here today to discuss the progress of our joint venture project. Have you all received a copy of the agenda? Good. As you can see, there are six items on the agenda. If there are no objections, I suggest we take the items in order. Let’s start with number 1.