<P> One can distinguish a meeting from other gatherings, such as a chance, unplanned encounter, a sports game or a concert (verbal interaction is incidental), a party or the company of friends (no common goal is to be achieved) and a demonstration (whose common goal is achieved mainly through the number of demonstrators present, not through verbal interaction). </P> <P> Common types of meeting include: </P> <Ul> <Li> Ad - hoc meeting, a meeting called for a special purpose </Li> <Li> Board meeting, a meeting of the board of directors of an organization </Li> <Li> Breakfast meeting </Li> <Li> Committee meeting, a coming - together of a defined subset of an organization </Li> <Li> Flying meeting (Russian: летучий митинг, translit . letuchij miting), a hastily - called brief meeting </Li> <Li> Investigative meeting, generally when conducting a pre-interview, exit interview or a meeting among the investigator and representative </Li> <Li> Kickoff meeting, the first meeting with a project team and the client of the project to discuss the role of each team - member </Li> <Li> Management meeting, a meeting among managers </Li> <Li> Off - site meeting, also called "offsite retreat" and known as an Awayday meeting in the UK, which takes place off - site and away from the participants' regular office or other surroundings </Li> <Li> One - on - one meeting, between two individuals, such as a manager and an employee </Li> <Li> Pre-Bid Meeting, a meeting of various competitors and or contractors to visually inspect a jobsite for a future project . The meeting is normally hosted by the future customer or engineer who wrote the project specification to ensure all bidders are aware of the details and services expected of them . Attendance at a Pre-Bid Meeting may be mandatory . Failure to attend usually results in a rejected bid . </Li> <Li> Protest meeting, a gathering dedicated to opposing or abolishing something </Li> <Li> Staff meeting, typically a meeting between a manager and those that report to that manager </Li> <Li> Stand - up meeting, a meeting with attendees typically standing . The discomfort of standing for long periods helps to keep the meetings short . </Li> <Li> Team meeting, in project contexts - a meeting among colleagues working on various aspects of a team project </Li> <Li> Town hall meeting, an informal public gathering </Li> <Li> Work meeting, which produces a product or intangible result such as a decision; compare working group </Li> </Ul> <Li> Ad - hoc meeting, a meeting called for a special purpose </Li>

What is a meeting for discussion especially among friends or colleagues
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