As I wrote a while back it is always a good idea to get important agreements in writing – Today I just had to remind myself that – especially in these days of electronic communication – there is always the option to put it writing yourself.
As a last resort – e.g. if an official protocol would be taken as an offense – I take the tangential approach as in “When we agreed on we also mentioned – would it be OK for you to treat these separately?” thus getting a written – and circulated – record of without offending my negotiation partner.
I most cases though it should be quite OK just to communicate openly and agree on putting the agreements in writing just to make sure that there are no misunderstandings.
Notes to self – 005, Get it in writing – even if you have to put it there yourself
