Meeting Planner: Terms of Engagement

• Agenda: A list of all the things we're going to do, but probably won't get to.
• APC: Always Present, Always Caffeinated. Our official meeting motto.
• BRB: "Be Right Back." Code for "I'll get to it eventually, but not right now."
• Coffee Break: The only thing that gets done on time.
• Decision: Something we're all agreed on, until someone disagrees.
• Discussion: The art of talking about something for hours, while achieving nothing.
• Minutes: The only things we take seriously, until we lose them.
• Meeting: A gathering of people who all have different opinions, but pretend to care.
• Minutes-taker: The person who actually does the work.
• Note-taker: The person who pretends to do the work.
• Post-Meeting Debrief: When we all go out for drinks to complain about the meeting.
• Pre-Meeting prep: The time spent making sure we're not too hungover for the meeting.
• Progress Report: Something we tell the boss to shut them up.

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Example Agenda:

1. 9:00 - 9:30: Coffee and complaining
2. 9:30 - 10:00: Discuss the importance of discussing the discussion
3. 10:00 - 11:00: Pretend to work on the thing
4. 11:00 - 12:00: Take a break, because we're all tired
5. 12:00 - 1:00: Lunch and complaining
6. 1:00 - 2:00: More pretending to work
7. 2:00 - 3:00: Discuss who ate the last donut

			
				// Meeting planner code snippet
				function meeting() {
					var coffee = new Coffee();
					for (var i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
						coffee.addCup();
						console.log("More discussion, less action.");
					}
					var progress = 0;
					for (var i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
						progress++;
						console.log("Progress report: " + progress + "% complete.");
					}
					return progress;
				}
				meeting();
			
		

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