Agenda and Minutes Vocabulary

What is a list of items to be discussed or acted upon at a meeting?

• Agenda

• Minutes

What is the body of the agenda?

• time slots, topics, speakers/presenters

• margins, topics, alignment

• alignment, spacing, margins

What is the formal declaration that the meeting has officially begun?

• adjournment

• call to order

• committee reports

What it the review of previous minutes by board members?

• committee reports

• approval of minutes

• call to order

What are the reports presented by sub-committee chairpersons?

• old business

• new business

• committee reports

What is unresolved discussions from a previous meeting?

• new business

• old business

• committee reports

What are new topics and issues that are discussed?

• old business

• new business

• committee reports

What is the notation of who adjourned the meeting and the meeting has officially ended?

• closing

• call to order

• adjournment

What includes the keyed name of the recording secretary and a signature?

• adjournment

• signature line

• handwriting

The organization name, date, location, and time of the meeting centered at top

• body

• call to order

• adjournment

• heading