Scenery 2 Setting the agenda
2. Background information
(1) The people Andrew Carter : is Export Sales Manager for Okus IT. He is ready to make his opening presentation. Karen Black: is a Project Manager at Okus IT. She is expecting Francoise to set out the agenda for the meeting. Francoise Quantin: is the current IT Manager at Levin. She is very anxious about protecting the jobs of her IT team. Sean Morrissey: is from Levien’s Chicago office. He wants to establish a clear and strong position for Levien.
Francoise: There’s no need to hurry. Karen? Sean: Andrew, you’ll have another one? Andrew: Please. Milk, three sugars. Francoise : Sit down, please. Andrew: Are you missing the States, Sean? Sean : Yeah, I’m missing the kids and my wife. Andrew and I negotiated a deal in Dallas two years ago. Andrew: Yes, quite a marathon—thirty-six hours, wasn’t it? Sean : Andrew, if a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well. Francoise : Perhaps we had better start now. (Over)