OPENING THE MEETING
Thank you for coming…
(It’s ten o’clock). Let’s start…
We’re received apologies from…
Any comments on our previous meeting?

INTRODUCING THE AGENDA
You’ve all seen the agenda…
On the agenda, you’ll see there are three items.
There is one main item to discuss…

STATING OBJECTIVES
We’re here today to hear about plans for.
Our objective is to discuss different ideas…
What we want to do today is to reach a decision…

INTRODUCING DISCUSSION
The background to the problem is…
The issue is about…
The point we have to understand is…

CALLING ON A SPEAKER
I’d like to ask Mary to tell us about…
Can we hear from Mr. Son on this?
I know that you’ve prepared a statement on your Department’s views…

CONTROLLING THE MEETING
Sorry Hans, can we let Charis finish?
Er, Henry, we can’t talk about that.

SUMMARIZING
So, what you’re saying is…
Can I summarize that? You mean…
So, the main point is…

MOVING THE DISCUSSION ON
Can we go on to think about…
Let’s move on the next point.

CLOSING THE MEETING
I think we’ve covered everything.
So, we’ve decided…
I think we can close the meeting now.
That’s it. The next meeting will be…