Official Meeting Legitimacy Certification Bureau. Est. 2026. Not affiliated with any government.
Was It a Meeting? operates as an independent certification body providing legitimacy assessments for workplace meetings. We are not affiliated with any HR department, labor board, or management consultancy. We are a website. Our certifications carry no legal weight. They do, however, carry the weight of your feelings about the meeting, which is often heavier.
Meeting Legitimacy Score (MLS) is calculated from eight variables: decision outcomes, action item assignment, follow-up meeting scheduling, corporate language usage, attendee clarity about purpose, screen sharing, deck presence, and late-joiner incidents.
The theoretical maximum score is 95. In practice, most meetings score between 12 and 38. A score above 60 is considered statistically improbable given standard office conditions.
Scores translate to grades: A (80+, Legitimate), B (60-79, Defensible), C (40-59, Questionable), D (20-39, Should Have Been Email), and F (0-19, Truly Unnecessary). The vast majority of meetings assessed through our platform receive a D. We consider this unsurprising.
It doesn't, really. But you are here, which suggests the meeting you just came from was at least questionable enough that you needed to verify externally. That verification is what we provide. The score is secondary to the act of seeking one.