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Action items template

One named owner and a real due date — plus an overdue section where the reason is written down, not the blame.

Each template downloads as Word to fill in and PDF to print. And what you see on this page is exactly what lands in the file.

The template as it downloads

Action items

Organisation:

Committee or team:

Last updated:

Two rules that make or break this list

One named owner per item. "The department" is not an owner, and an item owned by two people is owned by nobody.
A due date, not a phrase. "Soon" and "next week" are deadlines that expire without anyone noticing.

Open items

#	Item	Owner	Source (meeting / decision)	Due	Status

Overdue items

Whatever passes its date moves here, with the reason for the delay written down — not to hold anyone to account, but because a recurring reason is a fault in the process rather than in the person.

Item	Owner	Original due	Reason for delay	New due

Completed this period

Item	Owner	Completed on

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And when the sheet runs out

A template solves the single session and nothing after it: a Word file lives in one person's inbox, answers no question about where an item got to, reminds nobody of a deadline, and cannot be found by whoever joins a year later.

That is what Diwan was built for: the item written in the minutes becomes a task with an owner, a date and a status, and stays linked to its minutes. Use the template today; if it runs out on you, the next step is known.

Questions about the templates

Is the download really free with no email?

Yes. You click and the file downloads — no sign-up, no email, no pop-up. If we asked for your email in exchange for a sheet of paper, the sheet would be bait rather than help.

Can I edit the template and reuse it?

Yes, the Word file is fully editable. Put your organisation's name and logo on it and keep your own copy.

Why is the Arabic template different from the English one?

Because the ordering of sections in minutes is a convention, not a translation. Each template was written to its own language's convention rather than translated literally into a sheet nobody uses.

Does the template work with Google Docs?

Yes, upload the Word file to Google Docs and it opens with its tables and direction intact.

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