I agree that meeting minutes are highly useful. During my internship, I took minutes during meetings without being asked to. I found that directors liked that and complimented me to taking part in that. Sometimes you think you will remember everything that was discussed during meetings but it is not the case. I like to record the important points of the discussion, next steps to take and who was taking action, attendees, etc. Whenever I was asked something about that meeting I was able to answer without hesitation. If I could not recall, I just needed to check my notebook and found the answer. After taking minutes, I would email them to all attendees and people who for some reason could not make it so that they could be aware of what the meeting was about. The documentation is very useful to other people as well, they can get the idea of how the meetings usually go, and the different ideas that come up regarding similar projects.