Chat during a meeting

Send a concise chat during the meeting to confirm the deadline change with Maria and copy Tom in finance; keep it short — 'Maria, confirming new delivery date is July 22. Tom, please confirm budget OK' — and post it before we move to the next agenda item at 11:30.

Before I post in the meeting chat, make the message easy to scan for reviewers — surface the decision and owner on the first line, highlight any numbers like dates or amounts, and warn me if the chat will ping people outside the meeting so I don’t accidentally widen the audience.

I typed a decision in the meeting chat asking Maria to confirm a deadline and included Tom, but it was buried under rapid messages and got no reply. I’m worried this will delay the project and make me look reactive. Should I call out Maria verbally, re-post the chat as an action item, or follow up after the meeting by email? Which is most likely to get a timely confirmation?

In recurring status meetings the chat fills with side conversations and action confirmations that later disappear; that means missed decisions and constant back-and-forth afterward. I need a reliable way to keep actions visible and assigned during the meeting. What simple change to how I use chat will preserve decisions without adding overhead?