Meeting Minutes Formats

Action minutes or decision-only minutes exclude any discussions that went into making the decision and capture the conclusion and/or action for a topic to be taken. The action minutes provide an executive overview of decisions within a meeting. Action minutes are often required in meetings such as board, councils or hearing meetings. If you are running committee meetings, management meetings, staff meetings or similar you should look at discussion minutes below. Here are some FREE action minutes templates:

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Discussion minutes or anecdotal minutes are records of the consensus of the discussions that lead to the decisions and decisions/actions required. Discussion minutes are recommended in most cases. The note taker should include significant points made by the group and refrain from recording personal comments. The chair of the meeting can help the note taker by summarizing discussions before moving to the next topic. Alternatively, the note taker can display notes on a projector to ensure people consent with the records. Here are some FREE discussion minutes templates:

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