>Sometimes the Amazon protocol comes up (before a meeting, the organizer submits the topic in writing, everybody has to read it before), and I always cringe - in my experience most people just can't write a clear 2 page document [or can't be bothered]. I would love it tough.

At Amazon the protocol is to read during the start of the meeting. Typically this can be the first 30 mins of a 60 min meeting.