Meeting minutes are very often forgotten, or even worst, not considered to be important and therefore not taken.

This document is crucial for project success and for the work that should be carried on after the meeting has taken place.
It is an important document where all the outcomes of the meeting should be recorded for future consultation.
Also, every good meeting should be arranged only when a clear agenda is in place and when everybody has clear WHY the meeting is arranged and WHAT decisions should be made during the meeting. All this should be recorded in the minutes.

Moreover, every participant should have clear what are the next steps and what tasks these involve; these tasks should have a clear owner and deadline recorded in the meeting minutes.

Just as an example, here you will find the template I use for meeting minutes, which takes many inputs from the PRINCE2 standard methodology.