Consider that making meetings not suck, is all about written artifacts...

Writing things down does not suck!

Carl Segan wrote about how humans started writing things down because survival required holding on to more information than the human mind is capable of retaining. Think of the benefits of a farmers almanac.

Make people scared to waste your time.

Said another way, writing things down does not suck. If you are listening to a friend discuss the pros / cons of their significant other, it would make them very nervious if you started taking notes. Why? I think you get the point... So focus on date, time, name of person and what they said.

Process

Here is a quick visual process that effectively captures written artifacts