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Participants


All Members List
(present or not present)
Members Present
Non-Members Present

  1. Natasha Lilly* (The Equity)

  2. J. Nolfo* (BASF)

  3. Kristin Nottingham* (SSI)

  4. Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)* (AgGateway)

  5. Jody Costa (Unlicensed)* (Barcoding, Inc.)

  6. Shane Snyder* (Barcoding, Inc.)

  7. Meri (AgGateway)

  8. Eileen Licitra (Unlicensed) (Iteris, Inc.)

  1. J. Nolfo
  2. Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)
  3. Kristin Nottingham
Meri
  1. Mary Enriquez
  2. Natasha Lilly




(*Voting companies/** alternates)

Time

3:00-4:00 PM ET / 2:00 - 3:00 PM CT

Web (Screen Sharing)

https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/914234637

Audio (VOIP/Phone)

1 (872) 240-3212

Access Code

914-234-637


Contact:


Agenda/Minutes

#

Time

Topic / Leader

Desired Outcome
Pre-Meeting Notes and Links to Supporting Resources

Meeting Minutes

03 min

Welcome & Roll Call / J. Nolfo


Attendees are listed above.

1

2 min
Antitrust / J. Nolfo

Everybody agreeing to the Antitrust Guidelines.

AgGateway Antritrust Guidelines

All agree to the Antitrust Guidelines.
21 minMinutes Taker / J. Nolfo

Natasha Lilly agrees to take minutes.

31 min
Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes / J. Nolfo

Kristin Nottingham moves to approve the minutes.  Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) seconds.  Motion passes.



 Old Business  
4

Review Action Items /  J. Nolfo

Action Items to be reviewed:

  • Susan to speak with Josh Wall about On-boarding process and New Membership article.

Member Services is adding some questions to their On-Boarding procedures and word of mouth. Natasha Lilly is doing three interviews this month and should have content for the next three Newsletters.

5

Committee Plan / J. Nolfo

  • Establish Goals for the new year
    • Operations
      • Get a Vice-Chair
      • Fill all Council/Working Group/Committee Liaisons
      • Increase membership size of Communications Committee
    • Social Media
      • Increase interaction with social media platforms, especially LinkedIn Group and Twitter
    • Newsletter
      • Leadership Profile in each newsletter
      • Each Council have at least two significant update article
      • Each Committee have at least 1 significant update article
  • Included for reference.
6

Marketing Plan / Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)

  • Updates regarding AgGateway Strategic Plan
  • Updates regarding quarterly focus and press releases 

The committee plan is moving along on target for the year so far. Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) plans to continue to attend one call for every council int he first quarter of each new year.

Newsletter article has a new look and feel to it. It no longer has two columns in it and this is due to the website platform change that makes the article ready for mobility.

Marketing: Press release on CART was very successful. They are making progress and should have standards finished and ready by mid-year meeting.

Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) has done some work to ensure that the mailing list is going to all the appropriate parties.

Press release that the ARA is endorsing the implementation of the ADAPT model. Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) plans to spread this press release out for spacing and is releasing the article on March 6th.

March newsletter has not been sent out due to Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) wanted to add the two press releases to the Newsletter - it is planned for March 7th or 8th.

 7
 Newsletter Planning - April / Kristin Nottingham
AgGateway Newsletter Articles
Due Date
 


Title/SubjectAuthor
eConnectivity Matters
Wendy Smith (Unlicensed)
New Member Article:
Natasha Lilly
AgGateway in the News
Kristin Nottingham
Leadership Profile:
J. Nolfo
AIDC Working Group
Jody Costa (Unlicensed)
AGIIS
Chris Crutchfield / Former user (Deleted)
Precision Ag
Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)
PAIL: Core Documents for Field Operations
Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)
Mid Year Meeting PreviewKristin Nottingham
Council UpdatesKristin Nottingham 
The Equity Drone ArticleNatasha Lilly 


 New Article Ideas:

  • Reference to past articles
    • Ag Industry trends
    • Company Articles

Articles Removed/Edited



 New Business  
8

Newsletter Planning - May/ Kristin Nottingham

AgGateway Newsletter Articles 
Due Date
 


Title/SubjectAuthor
Leadership Profile: Randy Kasparbauer
J. Nolfo
New Member Article
Natasha Lilly
AgGateway In The News
Kristin Nottingham
AIDC Working Group
Jody Costa (Unlicensed)
AGIIS
Chris Crutchfield/ Former user (Deleted)
AgGateway Resources and Testimonial Video
Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)
Mid Year Meeting
Kristin Nottingham
AgGateway to CareersKristin Nottingham


New Article Ideas:


Articles Removed/Edited:


We need more articles like The Equity Drone article. Maybe something on Precision Ag or Big Data.

9

Council & Working Group Updates / J. Nolfo& Liaisons

Natasha Lilly

  • Ag Retail is spinning up a large meeting for Mid-year with a panel to discuss eConnectivity
  • Seed council is still working on the value calculator to have ready for the Mid_year

J. Nolfo

  • Spec Chem is moving right on target for the year.

Kristin Nottingham

  • Conference committee is still deciding on the 2018 annual meeting place
  • Reworking the surveys that they send out and have a task force to handle the editing
  • Would also like to send out more communication on sponsorship opportunities for Mid-Year and Annual conferences this year

Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)

  • Precision Ag - CART press release
  • PAIL - is coming out with a new standard
  • Andres - heading a project for Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) to make an "application notes" this will be a project flyer that is a template for other projects.










10

Other Discussion Items / J. Nolfo

  • For other committee members to address topics not covered above.
Kristin Nottingham will update the group when she finds out when the Registration is open for Mid-Year.
11
Next Meeting / J. Nolfo
  • Next meeting will be moved to either April 4th or 7th. J. Nolfowill edit the meeting and send out notification within the next week.
  • Next Communications Committee meeting on April XX from 3:00 - 4:00 ET/2:00-3:00 CT.
    • Screen Share: htpps://global.gotomeeting.com/join/914234637
    • Audio: (872) 240-3212
    • Access Code: 914-234-637
99
Adjournment / J. Nolfo

  • Meeting adjourned at 3:43 pm ET


Active Action Items as of 3/2/2017

Date AssignedAction ItemDue DateComments/Status