PRACTICE YOUR KNOWLEDGE

A project leader has made notes about covering the following items at the quarterly budget meeting. Prepare a formal agenda by putting these items into a logical order and rewriting, where necessary, to give phrases a more consistent sound.

Budget Committee Meeting to be held on December $13,2013,$ at $9$:$30$ a$.$m$.$

I will call the meeting to order.

Real estate director$$s report: A closer look at cost overruns on Greentree site.

The group will review and approve the minutes from last quarter$$s meeting.

I will ask the finance director to report on actual versus projected quarterly revenues and expenses.

I will distribute copies of the overall divisional budget and announce the date of the next budget meeting.

Discussion: How can we do a better job of anticipating and preventing cost overruns?

Meeting will take place in Conference Room $3,$ with videoconferencing for remote employees.

What additional budget issues must be considered during this quarter?

Refer to chapter $2$ in the etext, or to the chapter slides for a sample agenda.