Our team of expert minute takers and editors saves you time and improves the effectiveness of your meetings. Corporate minutes are used to record actual happenings during directors' or shareholders' meetings, such as decisions on tax, legal, and financial matters.What Are Meeting Minutes? The California Corporations Code requires each corporation to keep adequate and correct written minutes of shareholder and board of directors proceedings. Simply put, if there is no quorum at a meeting, it cannot lawfully proceed. Any purported votes or action taken will be null and void. To view documents for past meetings, find the meeting date and click on the links below the calendar. Only published agendas will appear. Meeting minutes are comprehensive notes recorded during a company meeting. These notes document planned actions, decisions, and actions during the meeting.