Getting the best from meetings 4
Minutes
Minutes are a record of what happened in a meeting. They are usually typed up by the secretary after the meeting and circulated to all group members.
Minutes should have the following things included:
- name of group or committee
- date of meeting
- time of meeting
- place of meeting
- people present
- people who gave apologies (for not being able to come)
- items discussed from agenda
- what action was decided and who is to carry it out
- any other business (anything else that was talked about)
- time the meeting finished
- date of next meeting.