Inserting a File into a table

[bolivartech]

I am fairly new to database design so correct me if the entire way I am wanting to do this is flawed.
I am working on a very specific cms for meeting managment. The main table consists looks like this:

CREATE TABLE `meetings` (
`ID` int(6) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment COMMENT 'The unique ID of the meeting',
`date` date NOT NULL COMMENT 'The date of the meeting',
`agenda` text NOT NULL COMMENT 'The meeting agenda',
PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
);

I am also needing to upload minutes for each meeting but I cannot figure out which way would be best.

CREATE TABLE `meetings` (
`ID` int(6) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment COMMENT 'The unique ID of the meeting',
`date` date NOT NULL COMMENT 'The date of the meeting',
`agenda` text NOT NULL COMMENT 'The meeting agenda',
`open_minutes` MEDIUMBLOB NULL COMMENT 'The open meeting minutes'
PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
);

or use the first table and have a second table

CREATE TABLE `open_minutes` (
`ID` int(6) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment COMMENT 'The unique ID',
`date` date NOT NULL COMMENT 'The date of the meeting',
`open_minutes` MEDIUMBLOB NULL COMMENT 'The open meeting minutes',
PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
FOREIGN KEY (`date`) REFERENCE meetings(date)
);

[bolivartech]

I've been doing some more research and I'm not sure if this is at all what I want to do now. Is it safer/faster/better to upload the file to the server and just store the location in the database?
In the end I am wanting to have certain files be protected from users that are not authenticated and that is more important than any other requirement.
Thanks!