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Meeting Actions Board for Nextcloud Deck as a free board template.

A meeting board that keeps agenda questions, decisions, and action items apart. Every action gets an owner and a date before the meeting ends.

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Meeting Actions

Agenda2

Capture open questions before the meeting

Move each question to Decisions or Action Items before closing the meeting.

  • Write each agenda item as a question to answer
  • Attach the background people need to read first
  • Drop any item that does not need this group
Owner Needed

Give every item a time budget

An agenda without minutes attached always overruns on the first item.

Follow-up

Decisions1

Record the decision, not the discussion

Six months later nobody needs the debate. They need the decision and its reason.

  • State what was decided in one sentence
  • Name who made the call
  • Record the main reason it went that way
  • Note what would make you revisit it
Decision

Action Items1

Give every action an owner and a date

An action with no name against it belongs to nobody and will not happen.

Owner Neededdue in 1 day

Waiting1

Follow up on actions that went quiet

Check this list before the next meeting so the same item does not reappear untouched.

Follow-updue in 5 days

Done1

Send the summary within a day

Share decisions and owners while people still remember agreeing to them.

Decisiondue in 1 day
DecisionFollow-upOwner Needed
View the portable v1 template JSON
{
  "schema": "deckloud-template-v1",
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "slug": "meeting-actions-nextcloud-deck",
  "locale": "en",
  "title": "Meeting Actions Board for Nextcloud Deck",
  "description": "A board for agenda items, decisions, action items, waiting follow-ups, and completed meeting work.",
  "category": "work-teams",
  "tags": [
    "meetings",
    "actions",
    "decisions"
  ],
  "quickCreateStackKey": "agenda",
  "compatibility": {
    "requiresBoardCreate": true,
    "includesAttachments": false,
    "includesComments": false
  },
  "board": {
    "title": "Meeting Actions",
    "color": "F59E0B"
  },
  "labels": [
    {
      "key": "decision",
      "title": "Decision",
      "color": "10B981"
    },
    {
      "key": "follow-up",
      "title": "Follow-up",
      "color": "F59E0B"
    },
    {
      "key": "owner-needed",
      "title": "Owner Needed",
      "color": "EF4444"
    }
  ],
  "stacks": [
    {
      "key": "agenda",
      "title": "Agenda",
      "order": 1
    },
    {
      "key": "decisions",
      "title": "Decisions",
      "order": 2
    },
    {
      "key": "action-items",
      "title": "Action Items",
      "order": 3
    },
    {
      "key": "waiting",
      "title": "Waiting",
      "order": 4
    },
    {
      "key": "done",
      "title": "Done",
      "order": 5
    }
  ],
  "cards": [
    {
      "stack": "agenda",
      "title": "Capture open questions before the meeting",
      "description": "Move each question to Decisions or Action Items before closing the meeting.\n\n- [ ] Write each agenda item as a question to answer\n- [ ] Attach the background people need to read first\n- [ ] Drop any item that does not need this group",
      "labels": [
        "owner-needed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "stack": "agenda",
      "title": "Give every item a time budget",
      "description": "An agenda without minutes attached always overruns on the first item.",
      "labels": [
        "follow-up"
      ]
    },
    {
      "stack": "decisions",
      "title": "Record the decision, not the discussion",
      "description": "Six months later nobody needs the debate. They need the decision and its reason.\n\n- [ ] State what was decided in one sentence\n- [ ] Name who made the call\n- [ ] Record the main reason it went that way\n- [ ] Note what would make you revisit it",
      "labels": [
        "decision"
      ]
    },
    {
      "stack": "action-items",
      "title": "Give every action an owner and a date",
      "description": "An action with no name against it belongs to nobody and will not happen.",
      "labels": [
        "owner-needed"
      ],
      "dueOffsetDays": 1
    },
    {
      "stack": "waiting",
      "title": "Follow up on actions that went quiet",
      "description": "Check this list before the next meeting so the same item does not reappear untouched.",
      "labels": [
        "follow-up"
      ],
      "dueOffsetDays": 5
    },
    {
      "stack": "done",
      "title": "Send the summary within a day",
      "description": "Share decisions and owners while people still remember agreeing to them.",
      "labels": [
        "decision"
      ],
      "dueOffsetDays": 1
    }
  ]
}

01

When to use this board

For recurring meetings that keep producing actions nobody tracks.

02

How to run this board

  • Write the agenda as questions with time budgets.

    Add each topic to Agenda as a question, with the minutes it gets.

  • Record decisions and assign actions.

    Move each question to Decisions with its reason, or to Action Items with an owner and a due date.

  • Send the summary and follow up.

    Share decisions and owners within a day. Check Waiting before the next meeting.

03

What this creates

5 stacks, 3 labels, and 6 starter cards with 7 checklist steps.

04

Standard Deck objects only

The result is an ordinary Deck board that you edit like any other. With a Nextcloud account, Deckloud writes it straight to your server, with no relay.

05

Safe import rules

The file holds no server IDs. Due dates count from the day you create the board, and checklists are Markdown task lists in card descriptions.

FAQ

Practical questions

Does the template include comments or attachments?

No. Comments need an author, and attachments differ between servers and Deck versions, so v1 templates hold text only.

Why record the decision but not the discussion?

Months later, nobody needs the debate. They need the decision, who made it, and what would reopen it.

Can this replace written minutes?

For informal meetings, usually. Where law or governance requires minutes, keep them and use the board as the working copy.

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