Leave Minutes Approval Authority Open

Context

The direct route checks its permission but does not establish chair identity. A meeting tally can default to declared carried, and the recorded meetings scope stops at circulation.

Decision

Circulated minutes can be approved by a carried approval decision or an authorized direct caller under a no-vote rule, while Product still needs to choose direct authority and required voting evidence.

Alternatives Considered

Require chair identity and explicit voting evidence. This is a product option awaiting an answer.

Allow authorized staff to declare approval for the committee. Product has not yet chosen this authority or evidence standard.

Require a governance decision for every approval. The product choice between direct and decision-based approval remains open.

Consequences

Staff approval preparation depends on an explicit authority and evidence decision. The cited milestone decision places approval and correction after the circulation scope.