Meeting minutes are important as they serve as a formal record of what was discussed. If a decision is made in a meeting then it needs to be recorded, to avoid confusion in the future. In my job I have weekly one on one meetings with my manager to discuss what I am currently working on as well as anything he needs me to do or any questions I have for him. I take notes, mostly for myself, but I send them to him as well. This allows for both of us to be on the same page as to what I am doing and where we can help each other. It also serves as a reference for me, if he told me to do something small that I may have forgotten about immediately after the meeting, the next morning when I pull up my meeting notes I can quickly see what I need to do.

Meeting notes are definitely important, as they can serve to solve problems without wasting time because something that was said out loud was clearly documented and people cannot dispute it.