You read through the Terms of Reference and previous Minutes, to get an overview of what the Committee has been working on. Then you look through the Agenda - which now makes more sense, having read the background papers. 

When you read through the papers, you see there is no mention of sitting fees. You know the Consumer Coalition only nominates to committees that pay sitting fees but you feel awkward about asking. 

• You phone the Secretariat to ask about the sitting fees.
• You phone the Consumer Coalition for advice about committee sitting fees. 
• You hold off asking until the meeting.