Meeting minutes become history of the association's business affairs. Minutes are presented by the secretary to the board for their review. Edits are possible, to clarify motivation, perfect grammar and so forth, but not to change what happened at the meeting.
Once presented, a director calls for a motion to approve the minutes. The board votes and the minutes are either approved or not.
A quorum must be present in order to vote on any business, and the meeting properly called in order that any business conducted therein be valid.
To ratify approved board meeting minutes, the chairman will ask, "all those in favor of approving the minutes, say aye". Then the chairman might ask "anyone opposed?". If no objections, the chairman might say "motion carried" and the minutes are then ratified.
Read your governing documents, or refer to the state law under which your association is incorporated to determine your legal requirements. Meeting minutes are best approved at the next board meeting. Best practices dictate that transparency and frequent communication are both key elements to successful communities. The board can decide when to ratify or approve minutes, and decide when to publish them to owners. In the reviewing process, once all board members have reviewed the draft minutes and the minutes are eligible for approval at the next board meeting, the board can circulate 'draft' board minutes, so long as they are clearly labeled as unapproved. As well, several states are working on legislation to enable boards to approve annual meeting minutes at the next board meeting, and not wait until the next annual meeting to approve them.
are the minutes of the meeting ...
"Minutes of the meeting were" is the correct phrase to use. "Minutes" in this context refers to a record of what was discussed or decided upon during a meeting, which is considered a plural noun requiring the plural verb "were."
Board meeting minutes are available to owners and prospective owners. They are legal documents, and may be used in courts of law. There is no freedom-of-information-type access to them by the general public, but an interested person could gain access to them through an owner.
The "MINUTES" of the meeting are plural therefore they WERE adopted.
The noun "minutes of a meeting" takes a singular verb when referring to the document itself (e.g. "The minutes of the meeting was distributed"), but a plural verb when referring to the contents or details within the document (e.g. "The minutes of the meeting were thorough").
It is not required for meeting minutes to be signed, but having a designated person responsible for taking and approving the minutes adds credibility to the document. Signing the minutes can serve as a form of validation and confirmation that the information in the document is accurate.
Secretary
Meeting minutes contain opinions and commentary from the note-taker. Correct :)
Every Individual who was part of the meeting must receive the meeting minutes. Some senior members of the team who need to be made aware of the meeting updates too should receive them minutes
Minutes of board meeting capture the decisions made at that meeting. Minutes are approved at the meeting that follows and most organizations keep a board minutes book by year to document board decisions.