Originally Posted by jtee

We have the same problem at MS. The conference rooms are booked solid. Smaller groups have meeting in the various lounge areas (groups 6-7 people). Less formal meetings also get held in the cafeteria. And often when people attend meetings they have their laptop (we have wireless over the entire campus) and they are barely paying attention to what is happening in the meeting because maybe 10% is of interest to them. Half the time when I post messages in this forum, I am in a meeting that I must attend, but most of what is discussed has nothing to do with projects I am working on.