1. Remember that minutes should capture the three points below – nothing more nothing less: o What was decided o What was accomplished o What was agreed and actions for the attendees 2. The format for your minutes should be consistent and ideally you should be working from one template. If your company does not have a branded template you should suggest this to your manager and design something for them, a simple word template with the following information will suffice: o The name of the Committee meeting o The date, time and location of the meeting o The attendees o The apologies o The name of the minute taker o Each of the agenda items underlined and listed with details on what was decided, what was accomplished and the action points to take forward (with the initials of the person responsible for the action). o Any other business o The date of the next meeting 3.List of words that can be used while drafting minutes Acknowledged Agreed On Listed Maintained
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