When I used to work at a research lab on campus, I didn’t really pay much attention to the meeting minutes sent to me. This is because it had the information (tasks and decisions) for all the members in that meeting. I already took notes on my tasks for my project and so I didn’t worry about what was in the minutes. But now at my internship, I do care about the minutes, because I do care about the decisions everyone makes and the tasks that they are on. This is because in a company almost everyone in the team is involved in each other’s tasks. First of all, the minutes lets us know which part of this one big project is shared among whom, secondly, it shows us who is accountable/responsible for certain changes and alterations, and thirdly, the minutes provides traceability to when things go wrong. We can find out the root of the cause of issues when they rise up. So I think that the main reason that minutes are so important is because in industry, we all are working together on one big project or goal and we need to progress and document our steps so that we are in accordance and in sync with one another.