Participants

All Members List (present or not present)	Members Present	Non-Members Present
Natasha Lilly* (The Equity) J. Nolfo* (BASF) Kristin Nottingham* (SSI) Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)* (AgGateway) Jody Costa (Unlicensed)* (Barcoding, Inc.) Shane Snyder* (Barcoding, Inc.) Meri (AgGateway) Eileen Licitra (Unlicensed) (Iteris, Inc.) Sarah Koehn (CF Industries)

(*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:

Committee Chair: J. Nolfo,919-659-3928, James.Nolfo@BASF.com
Committee Vice-Chair: open

Agenda/Minutes

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Topic / Leader

Desired Outcome
Pre-Meeting Notes and Links to Supporting Resources

Meeting Minutes

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3 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.

2

1 min

Minutes Taker / J. Nolfo

3

1 min

Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes / J. Nolfo

Old Business

4

Review Action Items / J. Nolfo

Action Items to be reviewed:

J. Nolfoto turn in the meeting descriptions for the Mid-Year
J. Nolforeach out to Jody - to see if we can produce some analytics at the Mid-Year
All Social Media Task Force members to add Social Media into their calendars.

No items reviewed

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

7

Newsletter Planning - August / Kristin Nottingham

AgGateway Newsletter Articles	AgGateway Newsletter Articles
Due Date	14 Jul 2017

Title/Subject	Author
Leadership Profile:	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 In Review	Kristin Nottingham
AgGateway to Careers	Kristin Nottingham

New Article Ideas:

For Reference

Articles Removed/Edited

New Business

8

Newsletter Planning - September / Kristin Nottingham

AgGateway Newsletter Articles
Due Date	14 Aug 2017

Title/Subject	Author
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)
Council Updates	Kristin Nottingham

New Article Ideas:

Articles Removed/Edited

9

Council & Working Group Updates / J. Nolfo& Liaisons

Each liaison to provide an update of what is happening in their Councils or Committees and to determine if Communications can provide assistance
Councils:

Seed Council: Natasha Lilly
Ag Retail Council: Natasha Lilly
Crop Nutrition Council: Sarah Koehn
Specialty Chemical Council: J. Nolfo
Crop Protection Council: Eileen Licitra (Unlicensed)
Precision Ag Council: Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)
Allied Providers Council: Jody Costa (Unlicensed), Shane Snyder
Grain & Feed Council: Natasha Lilly

Committees and Working Groups:

Conference Committee: Kristin Nottingham
Membership Committee: Shane Snyder
SPADE Task Force:
SPADE Communications Task Force:

10

Social Media Calendar / J. Nolfo

Listing of who is responsible for what week until next Communication Committee Meeting

Week of 6/19: Natasha Lilly
Week of 6/26: Susan Ruland
Week of 7/3: J. Nolfo

11

Other Discussion Items / J. Nolfo

For other committee members to address topics not covered above.

Social Media Discussion

20

Website Google Analytics / J. Nolfo and Jody Costa

Review of Google Analytics sites and events

21

Social Media insights from Social Media Marketing World 2017 / J. Nolfo

High Level review of relevant topics presented at Social Media Marketing World 2017

22

Guidelines development for Social Media Task Force / TBD

Develop rules guidelines and standards for each primary platform AgGateway uses

Guidelines to be placed on Wiki page when complete

98

Next Meeting / J. Nolfo

You can subscribe to the Communications Calendar for Monthly meeting and Social Media schedules
- https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/subscribe-to-team-calendars-from-microsoft-outlook-251005307.html

Next Meeting is Face to Face at Mid-Year - July 6th @ 3:00- 4:00pm EST

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Adjournment / J. Nolfo

Meeting adjourned at x:xx pm CST

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