Form with which the board of directors of a corporation records the contents of its first meeting.
Form with which the board of directors of a corporation records the contents of its first meeting.
Robert's Rules (Section -16) state that “the minutes should contain mainly a record of what was done at the meeting, not what was said by the members.” Minutes are not transcripts of meetings; rather, the document contains a record of actions taken by the body, organized by the meeting's order of business (agenda).
2. What should be excluded in the meeting minutes? Avoid switching tenses in your writing. Avoid recording the debate; just record the outcome. Avoid making personal observations or opinions. Avoid verbatim quotes. Avoid letting the meeting move on if you're confused.
To take effective meeting minutes, the secretary should include: Date of the meeting. Time the meeting was called to order. Names of the meeting participants and absentees. Corrections and amendments to previous meeting minutes. Additions to the current agenda. Whether a quorum is present. Motions taken or rejected.
Do not record each actual question asked and each answer given. The fact that questions and answers were exchanged satisfactorily on a topic is enough. No matter what happens in a meeting never write a sentence in your minutes that you would not like to see quoted on the front page of a national newspaper.
Here they are. Things that didn't happen don't belong in the minutes. Discussion doesn't belong in the minutes. Personal remarks don't belong in the minutes. Putting something “on the record” doesn't belong in the minutes. Details of amendments don't belong in the minutes. Minor procedural motions don't belong in the minutes.
Personal observations or judgmental comments should not be included in meeting minutes. All statements should be as neutral as possible. Avoid writing down everything everyone said.
“RESOLVED THAT a Current Account in the name of the Company be opened with ____________ Bank, _____________ , for the operations of the activities of the Company and the said Bank be and is hereby authorized to honour all cheques, drafts, bills of exchange, promissory notes and other negotiable instrument, signed drawn ...
Take minutes of the meeting, including the date, time, location, attendees, and agenda items. Include the authorization to open a bank account and the signers' names and titles. Specify the bank account information, such as the account type and account number. Sign and date the meeting minutes.
In most cases, the meeting secretary will sign the approved copy of the minutes, while some boards require all present board members to sign the approved minutes.
Yes, as the organization must approve minutes of what happened at the last meeting. Only the approved version of meeting minutes is considered the legal record.