Role of meeting chair and minute taker

It is essential to begin your meeting on time. Someone needs to act as the meeting chair and another person needs to act as the minute taker. The chair directs the meeting and ensures that it is being run on schedule. The minute taker's role is to take away key points from the meeting and put them in a written or typed format. 

It is the chair's duty to ensure that everyone in the meeting is heard and stays on topic. Different points of view are normal during meetings, and it's important for the chair to make sure that conflict is kept at a minimum.