> This is the Markdown of a Backed Help Centre page, https://admin.backed.giving/help/administrator/applications/committee-records.md. Every page is listed at https://admin.backed.giving/help/llms.txt.

> This page uses Backed's default terms, such as Funding Round and Application Template. An organisation may rename them, so read each as your organisation's own term if you've renamed it.

The `Committee` panel at the foot of an application's page holds what your committee decided about
it and what it discussed. Every administrator who can open the application sees it. Assessors and
applicants never do. `Application` is your organisation's own term if you've renamed it.

The panel appears only when Assessments is turned on for your organisation and you can access
applications. To record or correct anything you also need `Can access Assessments`.

## What the panel shows

Each record shows its kind, `Committee outcome` or `Meeting note`, and who recorded it and when.

- A committee outcome shows the outcome (`Recommended`, `Not recommended` or `Deferred`), the
  `Rationale` and, if anyone disagreed, the `Dissent`.
- A meeting note shows the note.
- Either shows `Meeting on` and the date, when one was given.

The newest records come first. If nothing has been recorded, the panel says
`No committee outcomes or meeting notes yet.`

## Record a committee outcome

1. On the application's page, go to the `Committee` panel and select `Record committee outcome`.
2. Choose the `Outcome`.
3. Enter the `Rationale`: why the committee reached it. It is required.
4. If anyone disagreed, enter who and why in `Dissent`. Leave it empty otherwise.
5. Enter the `Meeting date` if you want to, then select `Record outcome`.

## Add a meeting note

1. In the `Committee` panel, select `Add meeting note`.
2. Write the `Note`, add the `Meeting date` if you want to, and select `Add note`.

## Correct a record

Records are never edited or deleted. A correction is a new record that replaces the old one.

1. Select `Correct` on the record. The form opens with its current values.
2. Change what was wrong and select `Save correction`.

The correction takes the record's place. The original sits under it in `Earlier versions`, marked
`Corrected`, so you can always see what was recorded first and who recorded it.

If someone else corrected the record first, Backed says
`This committee record has already been corrected.` and the panel shows the latest version. Correct
that one instead.

## See also

- [An application](an-application.md)
- [Assessment rounds](../assessments/assessment-rounds.md)