Re: This, exactly this...
This isn't a new complaint.
There's even a professional body we can join... the Institute of Meetings Engineers (which I first heard of in the 1970s) whose motto is "Circuitus Verborum"*
The first Google (or Bing) hit on the term lead to a nice description of the Institute and it's membership levels. I, myself, am an A.M.I.Meet.E. (I do not Chair enough meetings to qualify for full Member status).
*loosely translates as a circumlocution
Biting the hand that feeds IT
