Apologies for absence. People who can't make it to the meeting send their apologies for not being there, usually along with the reason.
At one group I attend regularly, one particular stickler for protocol maintains that if only four people turn up, but 10 send apologies, that's as good as 14 people being there because at least they made the effort. It doesn't seem to matter if it's the same people apologising and not turning up every meeting.
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