# Board Meeting Minutes Template

This is the Layer 2 output — the founder-approved record of what was decided.
Written by Chief of Staff after Phase 5 (founder approval).
Appended to `memory/board-meetings/decisions.md`.

Do NOT include raw agent debate here. That lives in `YYYY-MM-DD-raw.md` (Layer 1).

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## Board Meeting — [DATE]

**Agenda:** [Topic or meeting title]
**Participants (roles activated):** [e.g., CEO, CFO, CMO, COO, Executive Mentor]
**Facilitator:** Chief of Staff
**Status:** ✅ Approved by founder / ⏸️ Pending review

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## Decisions Made

### Decision 1: [Title]
**Agenda item:** [Item this decision resolves]
**Decision:** [Exactly what was decided — one clear statement]
**Rationale:** [Why this was chosen over alternatives, in 1-3 sentences]
**Owner:** [Who is accountable for execution]
**Deadline:** [Date]
**Review date:** [When to check progress]
**User override:** [If founder overrode agent consensus — what and why. Leave blank if not applicable.]

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### Decision 2: [Title]
**Agenda item:**
**Decision:**
**Rationale:**
**Owner:**
**Deadline:**
**Review date:**
**User override:**

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## Action Items

| # | Action | Owner | Deadline | Review Date | Status |
|---|--------|-------|----------|-------------|--------|
| 1 | [action] | [name/role] | [date] | [date] | Open |
| 2 | [action] | [name/role] | [date] | [date] | Open |
| 3 | [action] | [name/role] | [date] | [date] | Open |

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## Explicitly Rejected Proposals

These were considered and rejected. Do not resurface without new information.

| Proposal | Rejected by | Reason | Flag |
|----------|-------------|--------|------|
| [Proposal text] | Founder | [reason] | [DO_NOT_RESURFACE] |
| [Proposal text] | Consensus | [reason] | [DO_NOT_RESURFACE] |

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## Open Questions (unresolved, deferred)

These were not resolved in this meeting. They carry forward.

1. [Question] — Owner: [who will research] — Due: [date]
2. [Question] — Owner: — Due:

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## Risk Register Updates

| Risk | Probability | Impact | Owner | Mitigation | Status |
|------|-------------|--------|-------|-----------|--------|
| [risk] | H/M/L | H/M/L | [name] | [action] | Open |

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## Next Meeting

**Suggested date:** [DATE]
**Trigger items:** [Action items with review dates that will need board discussion]
**Pre-read:** [What to prepare]

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*Minutes approved by: [Founder name] on [DATE]*
*Raw transcript: `memory/board-meetings/[DATE]-raw.md`*