How Do You Prepare For Corporate Meetings?
It is generally the corporate secretary who is charged with recording the events and actions of a corporate meeting. This duty should be exercised with forethought, planning and an understanding of the purpose and use of corporate meeting minutes. A good corporate secretary will understand that resolutions in minutes have been compared to a contract between the corporation and the directors and shareholders. Like any contract, the language in the resolution and minutes should be unambiguous and simple. Words should be used in their ordinary sense as generally accepted. Keep-it-simple-stupid (KISS) is useful to remember and apply here since the minutes are legal evidence of an action taken by board of directors or shareholders. Step 1 The corporate secretary can prepare in advance for a corporate meeting (either a meeting of the directors or shareholders). The secretary may be differently prepared depending upon the meeting type: regular, special or annual. To prepare, it is good to con
