Type straight into this page. It saves in your browser as you go, so you can close it and come back. Nothing is sent anywhere.
The one rule: write what the record says, and write what you think it means in a separate sentence. Keep the claim smaller than the evidence.
This fills in what it can and leaves the rest to you. Everything it writes is a guess made from the agenda text, so read it before you trust it. You can skip this entirely and just type.
Works for boards on CivicClerk. If yours is on something else, use option 2, which works everywhere.
Open your agenda, select all of it, copy, and paste it here. This works for every board on any system, and nothing leaves your device.
One line per item a normal person would care about. Skip recognitions and routine finance unless something looks off.
Usually where the substance is. The minutes will name none of it.
| Consent item | What the attachment says |
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Questions, not accusations. If someone speaks at public comment, these are what they read.
Item number, what was decided, the vote if there was one.
| Item | What was decided | Vote |
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Who pulled it, and why. If nothing was pulled, write "nothing pulled" so the next reader knows you checked.
Time on the clock plus one sentence on why. A timestamp on its own is a real citation.
| Time | Why it matters | Link |
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Three sentences. What happened, what it changes, what to watch next time.
Documents not posted, a vote you couldn't hear. Worth as much as what you learned.