A: So how do staff meetings work in this department, then? B: Well, we have them monthly, and everybody is supposed to ________ . If we want to discuss something, we tell the secretary _________ , and she puts it on the ________ . We all receive this about a week before the meeting, along with the _________ of the last meeting. We begin the meeting by ________ a list of the people present, and the chair reads out a list of _________ received from people who can’t come. The first two items are usually to ask the meeting whether everyone _________ of the agenda, and of the minutes of the ________ meeting. If necessary we then discuss matters arising from the minutes. We then go through the ________ on the agenda. The last one is always A.O.B., or Any Other Business, so we can add things that haven’t been ________ on the agenda. For important decisions, if we can’t reach a ________ ; we have a vote. If there’s a tie, if the votes are ______ , the chair has a ________ vote. A: And if you can’t be there, can you ask someone else to vote for you? B: Oh, no. We don’t have _______ votes. You have to be there. Especially as we need 50% of the staff to have a _______ , without which nothing can be voted on and no decisions can be taken.