A Meeting object may be regarded as a Folder with a number of additional functions. These functions support you in planning, preparing and documenting a meeting for a group of invited participants -- be it a traditional face-to-face meeting or a virtual meeting using a computer conferencing program. Selection of participants is not limited to the members of the Workspace in which you create the Meeting object. Sometimes it may be useful, though, that you can turn a Meeting into a shared Workspace of its own.
For details about the Meeting object and the closely related Calendar of your BSCW Meetings, see section 5.1 and section 5.2.