1.2 Explain The Legal Requirements Of Formal Meeting Minutes

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The purpose of formal meeting minutes is to make permanent, official, detailed notes on all major and minor decisions made, and what actions are proposed regarding those decisions. Formal meeting minutes also act as evidence that proper actions were taken in keeping with procedures against any challenge put against any actions. This also inadvertently (or not) acts as protection for the organisation and the people who participated in the meeting because it gives the absolute truth on what was said during the meeting. Stakeholders in the organisation can request meeting minutes, and these would provide them with information on the direction the people want to take the organisation, and gives them ideas on what they want to do with the stakes …show more content…

In regards to content, there is a legal requirement to produce the title or number of the meeting, the date time and location that the meeting occurs and the number and names of attendees present along with any absentees/apologies. There needs to be a confirmation of quorum, details of all decisions made and all actions taken on the back of them. The names of the nominator and seconder should be detailed in the minutes and also the outcome of any voting procedure. Any other significant matter needs to be detailed in formal meeting minutes.
The legal requirements regarding the circulation of minutes are stringent, before going out they need to be approved timely by the meeting chairperson, and they need to be circulated only to those with permission to view them. Most formal meeting minutes must be requested before circulation to people that were not in attendance of the …show more content…

They would also have to clarify any points with the meeting chairperson; record the proposer and seconder of all motions brought up, and record all outcomes of any voting that took place in the meeting. It is also the responsibility of the minute taker to record the numbers and names of all in attendance, any late arrivals/early departures and any apologies. They need to check that each item on the agenda is being covered and help spark conversations/decisions by doing so. Alerting the attendees at the meeting to confidential items is important to keep in accordance with all procedures regarding confidential items at the

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