This is a business writing discussion about meeting minutes. It is not a letter to a friend. You are joining an argument about what the page should keep. One side records only the decision, the owner, and the date. The other also records who argued what. Your first sentence must be a position a stranger can quote. Then add a reason neither student used, and one example with a meeting and a result. Do not agree with both and stop. Write the rule you want the next minutes to follow, not a transcript of a meeting you imagine.
Take a side on what minutes should keep. Open with a position a stranger can quote. Add a reason neither student used, and one example with a meeting and a result. Do not agree with both.
Professor
Our team is deciding what meeting minutes should contain. Some people say the page should record only the decision, the owner, and the date. Others say it should also record who argued what, so a disagreement is not lost. What should the minutes keep?
Nia
Only the decision. Last quarter a long argument in the minutes made the next meeting fight a choice that was already closed. The page should say what was decided, who owns it, and by when.
Elias
Also the argument. If the minutes only say approved, the person who was absent cannot see why, and they raise the same objection the next week. A short note of the two positions is part of the record.
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Before you check the quiz
The first sentence is a position a stranger can quote: decisions only, or decisions plus the arguments.
Your reason is not Nia's next fight and not Elias's absent colleague.