Meeting minutes are important. You possibly can’t remember everything in the meeting and your personal notes will only show the thoughts you had in your head during the meeting. The minutes are important because it’ll allow you to go back to and remember important parts of the meeting and find out if you were assigned anything from the meeting.

Minutes are also legal documents that can be used as evidence in case of audits. They contain relevant information about the meeting such as who is there and what they said during meetings. When taking meeting minutes, there are also rules based on Robert’s Rule of Conduct. With this, you are able to structurally go through the meeting.

It can also be used to keep other members of the team in track by showing their schedules and assignments.