okay, here's an example we could try for size. in our staff meetings we typically have two separate activities going on: 1) the taking of minutes; i.e., the recording of status, ideas, etc; and 2) the recording of action items; i.e., things that need to happen by a specified date in the future. you might have one person recording both, but the second gets some kind of emPHAsis. if we call the first minuting what should we call the second? actioning? actionating?! [ptooey]

I'm afraid we resort to "take an action".