Meeting Agenda Template
Creating a meeting agenda serves two main purposes. First, when you create the agenda, you are creating the road map of the meeting and planning the outcome. The second main purpose is to let participants know what the meeting is about and what is expected from them.
Simple agenda template
Every agenda has two main sections and should list the following:
Meeting header
The meeting header contains general meeting information
- Meeting date
- Meeting start time
- Meeting end time
- Meeting location
- Meeting purpose
- List of participants (including guests)
- List of meeting reference documents (if applicable)
Agenda items
For each item list the following:
- Title or topic
- Short description of the topic
- Person responsible for the item (lead)
- Time allotted
- List of reference documents related to the item (if applicable)
The meeting agenda for recurring meetings
For recurring meetings, the agenda items section is typically further divided into four sub-sections:
1. Standing items
Standing items are items that are always on the agenda of a regular scheduled meeting.
Examples of standing items are:
- Review Agenda
- Approve the minutes of the previous meeting
- Budget status update
- Etc.
2. Business Arising (old business)
Items that were not discussed or not completed in a previous meeting or action items that are due are listed in this section.
3. New Business
These are the new agenda topics for this meeting
4. Ending Items
Ending items are basically also standing items for a regular scheduled meeting but are used to conclude the meeting. Examples are:
- Announcements
- Meeting summary
- Review of actions
- Date of the next meeting
- Etc.
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Example of a recurring meeting agenda
Finance Committee
Meeting Date: Tuesday March 20, 2007 Start time: 10:00 AM End time: 11:15 AM
Location: Room 4011
Purpose: Regular scheduled meeting
Attendance
Accepted: Dave Carter, Cathy Ray, Trevor Ward
Regrets: Carol Philps
Guests
Angela Mull
Meeting Documents
(none)
1. Standing Items
|
1.1 Review agenda
|
Trevor Ward / 5 min |
1.2 Approve minutes of previous meeting
|
Trevor Ward / 5 min |
1.3 Budget status update
|
Cathy Ray / 10 min |
2. Business Arising
|
2.1 Fundraising Plan
Please review the updated version of the plan and be prepared to approve.
Documents:
- Fundraising plan 2008.pdf
|
Cathy Ray / 10 min |
3. New Business
|
3.1 Review 2007 Operating budget
Please review and comment the draft version of the new budget.
Documents:
- 2007 Operating Budget.xls
|
Dave Carter / 20 min |
3.2 Request for funding: JOHSC
The Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee submitted a request for funding of new equipment.
See requisition# A452237 for details |
Cathy Ray / 10 min |
4. Ending Items
|
4.1 Review action items
|
Trevor Ward / 5 min |
4.2 Date next meeting
|
Trevor Ward / 5 min |