When is a meeting not a meeting, or a meeting is a waste of time?

Do you ever sit in a meeting, and you ponder, “Am I sitting in the wrong movie?”

Seth Godin published a very concise list of meetings, and what they are supposed to result in:
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/03/three-kinds-of-meetings.html

If you are in a meeting where none of this is happening, or you just see no result, maybe it is time to get up and have a coffee.

At least if you are using Microsoft Office Communication Server R2, you can turn it off or mute it and get back to doing your real work.