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A meeting house on a marae. Many Māori words or phrases that describe Māori culture have become assimilated into English or are used as foreign words, particularly in New Zealand English, and might be used in general (non-Māori) contexts. Some of these are:
Kickoff meeting, the first meeting with a project team and the client of the project to discuss the role of each team-member [5] Town hall meeting, an informal public gathering. Work meeting, which produces a product or intangible result such as a decision; [6] compare working group. Board meeting, a meeting of the board of directors of an ...
A hui is a type of Māori assembly, gathering or meeting. [1] [2] A hui is usually called for a specific cause (Māori: take, lit. 'cause for gathering'), which may relate to the "life crises" of an individual—such as a funeral or twenty-first birthday—or to those events that affect a group—such as opening a marae, or welcoming important guests.
The first known use of "conference" appears in 1527, meaning "a meeting of two or more persons for discussing matters of common concern". [1] It came from the word confer, which means "to compare views or take counsel". [2] However the idea of a conference far predates the word.
The World Social Forum (WSF, Portuguese: Fórum Social Mundial [ˈfɔɾũ sosi'aw mũdʒiˈaw]) is an annual meeting of civil society organizations, first held in Brazil, which offers a self-conscious effort to develop an alternative future through the championing of counter-hegemonic globalization. World-Social-Forum logo
Rubio, who Trump said had been patched in by telephone to his meetings with the Israelis “listening to every single word that we say,” wrote on social media afterward: “The United States ...
A family group conference is a meeting between members of a family and members of their extended related group. At this meeting (or often a series of meetings) the family becomes involved in learning skills for interaction and in making a plan to stop the abuse or other ill-treatment between its members.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere. Earlier Tuesday, Trump’s Middle East ...