The simplest way to achieve this would be to create a catalog/director merge
of just the information you require (the name list) to a new document, then
include that document in the minutes merge as an includetext field.

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> I have a list of board members that updates regularly in
> excel spreadsheet. I do my monthly mintes from the meeting
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> the names in one place & have them auto update on all of
> the documents that are connected to that spreadsheet?