What do the minutes contain?
Before each meeting an agenda should be drawn up, detailing the matters to be discussed at the meeting. A set of minutes should normally include the following information:
-time, date and place of meeting;
-list of people attending;
-list of absent members of the group;
-approval of the previous meeting’s minutes, and any matters arising from those minutes;
-for each item in the agenda, a record of the principal points discussed and decisions taken;
-time, date and place of next meeting;
-name of person taking the minutes.