If a meeting starts with most important things, and progresses to least important ones, missing the beginning is more serious. Also a person leaving early is just missing the latest part, but a person coming late may be missing an important context for things discussed later—repeating this context for them is a waste of time for others, but not repeating may cause them to ask or suggest irrelevant things.
If a meeting starts with most important things, and progresses to least important ones, missing the beginning is more serious. Also a person leaving early is just missing the latest part, but a person coming late may be missing an important context for things discussed later—repeating this context for them is a waste of time for others, but not repeating may cause them to ask or suggest irrelevant things.