[SavageBeast]

I think sometimes people may forget that in a lot of cases a person may be put on a meeting invite as a courtesy to inform them a topic is being discussed. This is a form non-repudiation such that the person being invited cant complain later they were left out of any decision making.

[Angostura]

More positively, they are offering you the opportunity to head-off braindead decisions at the pass.