Key Concepts
What a committee is in CouncilPapers, what the adopting committee designation means, and why every council must have one.
What a council cycle is, why it is required, and how to create and manage cycles for your council.
How CouncilPapers notifies councillors when an agenda is published, and how to configure notification preferences for each councillor.
How CouncilPapers structures a meeting, what an agenda is, and why items are the fundamental unit of both agendas and minutes.
How minutes move from first draft through to fully published, including the difference between Approval and Adoption.
Ready-made agenda templates based on NALC and One Voice Wales guidance, and the two ways to use them — as default committee content or for a single meeting.
What each of the four rich text editor toolbars (Basic, Introduction, Agenda, Minutes) can do, and what every icon means.
What tags are, how they connect agenda items across meetings, and why they are useful for search and for councillors tracking topics over time.
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