Thanks Sam for your deep explanations!
Dave
Samuel Morales wrote:
>
> Dear David,
>
> All roll call means: you check off a list to see who is present at a
> meeting/function or who is not present.
>
> For example:
>
> " Ladies and gentleman in the room, please state your name and where you are
> from, we are taking a roll call to see who is present...before the meeting
> begins...
>
> Normally in a roll call, you read a name from a list and a respondent
> responds the words "here" or "present", usually from a name list as it's
> being read, unless you have a remarkable memory like Napoleon.
>
> I heard the term " roll call" was officially adopted in the act of war.
> After a battle, names were called out to see who survived a battle. It was
> later adopted in meetings to establish a quorum, etc....whether this is
> true, I don't know....
>
> Sam...
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