Meeting terms and definitions

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Terms and definitions

Terms and definitions


Terms Definitions
Agenda An agenda is a list of meeting activities (agenda item) in the order in which they are to be taken up.
Committee In this application, the term committee is used to refer to TC and SC
Committee meeting A committee meeting is a meeting for a TC or SC with its child structures
Delegate A person representing a Member in a TC/SC meeting.
Delegation All delegates participating in a meeting for a TC/SC for a particular member
Expert A person representing his/her expertise in a WG meeting.
Guests Person accompanying a participant. The accompanying person can participate to social events but cannot participate to the meeting
Head of delegation (HoD) The delegate that leads the delegation and that is holding the national position in a TC/SC meeting. 
Liaison Representative (LR) A person representing an International Organization (IO) or another committee in a TC/SC meeting.
Meeting A meeting is a gathering of experts/delegates of one structure at a specific date/time. The gathering may be physical or virtual. Example: Meeting of ISO/TC 3
Social event A social event is an activity associated to a meeting and usually organized by the NSB hosting the meeting. For example dinner and/or an organised visit
Sessions A session is a "sub-meeting" or a duration within the overall meeting period dedicated to a particular topic. For instance, it may be a time dedicated to discuss one of the agenda items. Sessions may also be organized to include the various timezones across which members are spread.

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