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Meeting Records

Board meetings, partner discussions, investor meetings, and significant business conversations.


Overview

Records of significant meetings—these are immutable snapshots of what was discussed and decided.


File Naming Convention

Format: YYYY-MM-DD-meeting-type.md

Examples: - 2024-12-15-partner-strategy.md - 2025-01-10-board-meeting.md - 2024-11-20-investor-update.md - 2024-10-05-attorney-consultation.md


Meeting Record Template

---
title: "Meeting Title"
date: YYYY-MM-DD
attendees: [Name1, Name2, Name3]
type: [board|partner|investor|vendor|advisor]
---

# Meeting Title

**Date:** YYYY-MM-DD
**Attendees:** Name1, Name2, Name3
**Location/Format:** In-person / Video / Phone

## Agenda
1. Topic 1
2. Topic 2
3. Topic 3

## Discussion

### Topic 1
Summary of discussion...

### Topic 2
Summary of discussion...

## Decisions Made
- Decision 1
- Decision 2

## Action Items
- [ ] Person: Action item 1
- [ ] Person: Action item 2

## Next Meeting
Date and tentative agenda

Meeting Types

Board Meetings

  • If you have a board of directors/advisors
  • Formal governance meetings
  • Decision-making sessions

Partner Meetings

  • Owner/partner strategy sessions
  • Major business discussions
  • Partnership matters

Investor Meetings

  • Investor updates
  • Fundraising discussions
  • Investor relations

Advisory Meetings

  • Attorney consultations
  • CPA meetings
  • Business consultant sessions
  • Significant vendor negotiations

Privacy

Meeting records may contain highly sensitive information: - Financial performance - Strategic plans - Personnel matters - Legal matters

Protect appropriately.


Action Item Tracking

Action items from meetings can be tracked: - In this document - Cross-referenced to active work in other domains - Moved to project management tools if needed


Meetings often lead to: - Decision records (90_records/decisions/) - Strategic plans (10_strategy/planning/) - Action items in operational domains