I do not entirely agree with your argument where you say that meeting minutes are not cared for by the people at the meeting. Whenever my capstone group meets with any advisor, we always have some sort of document open, documenting any comments/suggestions given by our advisor. And when it’s time to make revisions, we almost always refer back to the meeting minutes to see what was said. The minutes serve almost like a checklist for us – using it if we had forgotten an essential suggestion that can improve our project.

However, you did mention that meeting minutes is helpful for those that could not make it to the meeting which I completely agree with. I have seen this time and time again where members who could not make a meeting would often refer to the meeting minutes as a way to catch up and update themselves on what is going on. It serves as a great tool to keep everyone updated without the inconvenience of additional meetings.