Free initial meeting minutes template for a corporation with only one director instead of a more common board of directors. Corporate minutes are used to record actual happenings during directors' or shareholders' meetings, such as decisions on tax, legal, and financial matters.In California, Section 600(b) of the Corporations Code requires the shareholders of the corporation to hold an annual meeting to elect corporate directors. The forms constitute the bulk of those necessary for the day to day keeping of the corporate formalities in a California corporation. Enjoy our free minutes template for your corporation's first board of directors meeting. Like all our forms, this template is intended for individual use. Minutes are the official records of the proceedings of an organization (Corp. Code § 8320) and prima facie evidence of the board's actions. In California, all corporations must hold valid corporate meetings and keep corporate minutes in a minute book as a record of those meetings.