call a meeting
convene a meeting

If you call a meeting, they come half an hour late.

Each side, however, has called a meeting today among its own members.

She called the meeting to order and all sat down.

The meeting was called to order and we were going to get serious.

"But why did you want our President to call such a meeting?"

When we see something wrong now, we'll call a meeting to get it out in the open.

On May 10, 1823, the first public meeting was called.

The moment the meeting was called to order she rose.

I'm calling a meeting even if we have to go on into the dark.

The coach said he had not called a meeting like this in six years.