diff --git a/app/Models/Note.php b/app/Models/Note.php
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+++ b/app/Models/Note.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Models;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\MorphTo;
+
+class Note extends Model
+{
+    use HasFactory;
+
+    protected $fillable = [
+        'notable_type',
+        'notable_id',
+        'content',
+        'author_user_id',
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * Get the parent notable model (Member, etc.)
+     */
+    public function notable(): MorphTo
+    {
+        return $this->morphTo();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the user who authored this note
+     */
+    public function author(): BelongsTo
+    {
+        return $this->belongsTo(User::class, 'author_user_id');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/database/migrations/2026_02_13_120230_create_notes_table.php b/database/migrations/2026_02_13_120230_create_notes_table.php
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+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     */
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::create('notes', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->id();
+            $table->morphs('notable'); // Creates notable_type, notable_id with composite index
+            $table->longText('content');
+            $table->foreignId('author_user_id')->constrained('users')->cascadeOnDelete();
+            $table->timestamps();
+            $table->index('created_at'); // For chronological sorting
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     */
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::dropIfExists('notes');
+    }
+};