Once the team arrives at the conference, gets checked in, and if necessary opens its rooms, delegates are sent to find their committee rooms. Once found, delegates have until the first tap of the gavel to walk around, introduce themselves to fellow delegates or just relax. After the gavel though, the conference starts in earnest. The first order of business is the roll call, where delegates state their status as either present, not present, or present and voting. Although in larger sessions roll calls can take a while making a good first impression is always worth doing.
|