Meeting minutes — Meeting minutes are written records of discussions, decisions, and action items from a meeting.
In plain English
Meeting minutes are the official memory of a meeting.
They capture:
what was discussed
what was decided
and what’s supposed to happen next
In theory.
What they actually mean
Meeting minutes exist because nobody remembers the same meeting the same way.
They are often:
written late
read once
and ignored until someone needs proof
If you need minutes to prove a decision, trust is already thin.
Example
“According to the meeting minutes, the decision was approved — even though no one remembers agreeing.”
Does it actually matter?
✅ Yes — defensively.
Meeting minutes protect organizations from confusion and revisionist history.
They don’t drive action.
They document it — when someone bothers to.
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