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Minutes should record attendance, votes/actions taken and assignments made, but not all of the detailed discussion - also it is better to have committee chairs submit written reports to be incorporated into the minutes (just like the fiscal officers should be doing) rather than the secretary recording his/her account of what was said regarding events and issues. Minutes should be a history of your business not your organization - each committee/event chair needs to summarize the year's goals, achievements, etc. seperately because your history can be kept more confidential than your minutes and your secretary shouldn't control your history, your historians or past presidents generally have that task.