Makes me wonder what the opposite point of view is. I've been in many set of ongoing meetings where the point of the meeting is to herd cats: us insiders know what the work is, but there's new incoming people who need to be brought up to speed, and there's a constant struggle to make sure that key people continuously recognize the priority of what we're doing.

We also all need to know what the current blockers are and whether they are being dealt with effectively and whether we need to drop to plan B.