How Detailed Should Meeting Notes Be

zuótiān昨天de的huìyì会议jìlù记录yǒu有liù六yè页，dàjiā大家shuō说kàn看wán完háishi还是bùzhī不知dào道xiān先zuò做shénme什么。

Yesterday’s meeting notes were six pages long, but people still did not know what to do first after reading them.

wǒ我bǎ把měi每gèrén个人de的yìjian意见dōu都jì记xiàlai下来le了，pà怕lòu漏diào掉zhòngyào重要xìnxī信息。

I recorded everyone’s comments because I was afraid of missing something important.

yìjian意见kěyǐ可以bǎoliú保留，dàn但zuìhǎo最好xiān先bǎ把yǐjīng已经juédìng决定de的shì事fàng放zài在zuì最qiánmian前面。

We can keep the comments, but the decisions should come first.

nǐ你de的yìsi意思shì是xiān先xiě写jiélùn结论，zài再xiě写tǎolùn讨论guòchéng过程？

Do you mean putting the conclusions before the discussion?

duì对。měi每xiàng项juédìng决定hái还yào要yǒu有fùzérén负责人hé和wánchéng完成shíjiān时间，fǒuzé否则dàjiā大家róngyì容易yǐwéi以为biéren别人huì会chǔlǐ处理。

Yes. Each decision also needs an owner and a deadline, or people may assume someone else will handle it.

yǒuxiē有些wèntí问题hái还méiyou没有jiélùn结论，fàng放zài在nǎli哪里bǐjiào比较héshì合适？

Where should we put issues that have not been resolved?

dāndú单独liè列chūlai出来，shuōmíng说明hái还quē缺shénme什么xìnxī信息，yǐjí以及xiàcì下次yóu由shéi谁gēn跟jìn进。

List them separately, with the information still needed and the person who will follow up.

míngbai明白le了。wǒ我bǎ把xíngdòng行动shìxiàng事项zhěnglǐ整理dào到dì第yī一yè页，xiángxì详细tǎolùn讨论liú留zài在hòumian后面gōng供chá查yuè阅。

Got it. I will put the action items on the first page and keep the detailed discussion afterward for reference.