"Dis, make sure there's plenty of coffee and nosh available for the conferees, eh? It looks like we may have another long day of nit-picking ahead of us.
"Oh, and squawk the other parties who haven't voted on the motion yet. We should at least get the "who's who" out of the way before we decimate these crumpets."
*Done and done, Mal. Shall I update the agenda as well?*
"Leave it for now. Let's leave the update until we actually have something solid to justify the effort."