In a meeting yesterday, someone said that a document crucial to the project will be released soon. So soon, in fact, that we might miss it: it would come out "hopefully while we are in this meeting". The speaker meant it as reassurance: this is organized. Sure, you may have thought you were waiting for this, but don't worry about it. The office in question will definitely have a product, and not only that, but they will probably have it soon, and not only that, but it's possible to narrow the most likely timeframe to a couple hours. This problem is being taken care of by people other than us, and they are on top of it.
But the problem with being as cynical as I am, or maybe just the problem with going to too many of this kind of meetings, is that it's very easy to see the downside of it. The unspoken implications. For one thing, it means that we discuss in the meeting may be invalidated. It sure is fun to be told that the meeting you're in may be rendered pointless before it's over.
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