It's funny how people have to a large extent "forgotten" the deep organisational knowledge around meetings which used to - and still does in more formal context

It's funny how people have to a large extent "forgotten" the deep organisational knowledge around meetings which used to - and still does in more formal context - ensure there's someone present whose role it is to take notes, and often to start meetings by reviewing notes and actions from the previous meeting. I guess it's in large part due to a reduction in the number of secretaries and assistant roles in most companies, but while many part of those roles became redundant with word processing etc., producing good quality notes did not, exactly because meeting participants that need to focus on the meeting make really lousy note-takers. Heck, I've been in meetings more than once where we referred back to the notes in the same meeting, and having good notes is amazing in those situations.