A pre-meeting meeting is an Annapolis staple.

Before the public meeting where votes are cast, the committee leadership meets in the back room (usually the Chairman’s office) to decide the fate of every bill on the voting list.

On some committees, a voting list is then distributed with up or down arrows next to each bill.

This morning, I attended a post-meeting meeting.

After a negotiating session, some of us regrouped for a post-mortem in a much smaller office.

Someone knocked on the door before opening it.

I welcomed my colleague, “Want to join us in Groucho’s state room?”

(If you don’t know the reference, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZvugebaT6Q
If you don’t know the reference, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZvugebaT6Q)