Using Editorial Notes

Using Editorial Notes

Editorial notes are one-time instructions you can add when regenerating minutes. They let you tell the MuniMins to emphasize, expand, or adjust specific parts of the minutes without manually editing the output.

How to use them:

When you click Regenerate on the minutes view page, you'll see an Editorial Notes field. Type your guidance and click Regenerate Minutes. 

The decision to directly edit the minutes to make a correction versus regenerating the minutes with editorial notes depends on the amount of data changing.  For quick corrections - like spelling - it is easier to directly apply the changes.

However, if a certain part of a meeting needs more or less focus, you can direct MuniMins to spend more time on it.  For hearings you can also ask MuniMins to include a list of Public Commenters at the top of the minutes.  

What editorial notes aren't

Editorial notes are not saved with the minutes in any way.  They are a one-time instruction for a single regeneration. Think of them as a note you'd give a human minute-taker: "Make sure you get this part right."