BarTalk February 2004
Volume 16, Number 1

Eli Mina, MSc, PRP is a professional meeting chairman, seminar leader and Registered Parliamentarian, based in Vancouver. His latest book is Mina’s Guide to Minute Taking, a compilation of principles, standards and practical tools for recording minutes at informal, formal, and in-camera (closed) meetings. Topics include how to convert discussions into objective and concise summaries, what to record in minutes, how to preserve confidentiality of in-camera meetings, how to address freedom of information issues, how to establish minute taking standards and thereby avoid arguments about minutes, and how to handle the minutes approval process.

Mina’s Guide to Minute Taking can be purchased at www.elimina.com.

This article was published in the February 2004 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2004, all rights reserved.