One decision record
Record the decision, authority, rationale and any unresolved disagreement.
Governance reset example
From meeting notes to owned actions.
A small board needs a reliable way to turn discussion into decisions, actions and visible follow-up.
FICTIONAL EXAMPLE · Cedar Community Association
Cedar Community AssociationRelated service
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Decision → action → risk
Select any record to see what makes it traceable. This is a fictional working pattern, not a client record.
D-001Trial one shared action registerApproved for trial
- Owner
- Committee
- Evidence
- Decision record with authority, rationale and retained disagreement.
- Linked record
- A-001, A-002 and R-001
A-001Prepare the registerOpen
- Owner
- Secretary
- Evidence
- Linked output or reason for amendment, pause or closure.
- Linked record
- Decision D-001
A-002Confirm owners and review datesOpen
- Owner
- Chair
- Evidence
- Linked output or reason for amendment, pause or closure.
- Linked record
- Decision D-001
R-001Register creates duplicate workMonitor
- Owner
- Secretary
- Evidence
- Named control, review point and escalation route.
- Linked record
- Decision D-001
The challenge.
Decisions were repeated, actions had no clear owner, and the secretary had to reconstruct the previous meeting from several email threads.
The response.
Use one decision log linked to an action register. Give each action an owner, a review point and evidence of completion. Keep disagreement in the decision record.
An owner for every action
Use a named responsible role and a due or review date, rather than assigning work to “the committee”.
Close with evidence
Link the completed output or record why an action was amended, paused or cancelled.
The handover.
The fictional download contains a worked decision record, three linked actions and a short meeting-to-action operating guide.
This is a fictional worked example. Any dates, decisions and outputs in the sample are illustrative.
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