0 | 3 min | Welcome & Roll Call / J. Nolfo |
| Attendees are listed above. |
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1 | 2 min | | Everybody agreeing to the Antitrust Guidelines.
AgGateway Antritrust Guidelines | All agree to the Antitrust Guidelines. |
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2 | 1 min | Minutes Taker / J. Nolfo |
| Natasha Lilly agrees to keep notes. |
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3 | 1 min | Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes / J. Nolfo |
| Natasha Lilly moves to approve the minutes. Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) seconds. Motion passes. |
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| Review Action Items / J. Nolfo | Action Items to be reviewed - J. Nolfo to update all Wiki page with new Chair/liaison info.
- J. Nolfo to update all liaisons and Communications Committee members, remove J. Nolfo to update Social Media Task Force members, remove Brandon
- J. Nolfo to look at scheduling emails in advance for next year
- J. Nolfo to reach out to Mary Enriquez regarding interest in Committee
- Susan Ruland to send J. Nolfo questions for Leadership Profiles
- J. Nolfo to reach out to Robert Cafferata regarding potential Task Force Article
- Susan Ruland to let Social Media Task Force know when new website launches
- Susan Ruland to add new eConnectivity flier to Communications Toolbox
- Kristin Nottingham to reach out to Dave Craft regarding ongoing interest in committee
- Kristin Nottingham to contact member services to see who is on social@ and communications@ email list
- Kristin Nottingham to work with member services to remove Brandon from any list.
| Wiki was updated. Members that were no longer active were removed. We still need to update the website. J emailed older members to gauge interest. Eileen from Iteris will now be an active member. Outstanding - J to work with scheduling emails. Mary will be an some of our upcoming calls. J is getting no response from Robert. May push article until Feb. Susan to preview website later in the meeting.
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| Newsletter Planning – January-February / Kristin Nottingham | | Wendy should have the article in time for the Jan-Feb article. Natasha/New Member - Husch Blackwell All articles are coming as expected the best we know.
New article for this issue - Leadership Orientation picture and blurb - Susan Specialty Chem Task force article may be pushed to March article |
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| Newsletter Planning - March / Kristin Nottingham | | - Specialty Chem Task Force may fall in March - J. Nolfo
- No prospect for the New Member Article - lack of response from new members.
- New Membership orientation - we may ask Marilyn to include this with thin the orientation
- Susan - March issue of the newsletter might have something fro Precision Ag. A press release will be released for Core Documents for Field Operations as well as a press release on the PAIL standard.
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| | - Updates regarding AgGateway Strategic Plan
- Updates regarding quarterly focus and press releases
| Website Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) shows a sneak peak of the website. The website is much cleaner and has a nice feel to it. Many pictures throughout all the pages. - We previewed a few councils. The pages are now updated with new chair information and updated information from the Annual conference.
- Susan showed a new section of the website for New members. We viewed some of the links within for this new section.
Timing to launch will be 1/6/2017. Monday 1/9/2017 would be the first chance to get on as long as the launch goes well.
Plan and Focus items - the plan has been created. Susan presents a summary of the plan to present at the council and strategic board meetings. After review Susan plans to post on the wiki. - Attract new members is one of the focuses.
- Provide more targeted communications.
- Focus on each sector including trade associations.
- Provide communication to members or potential members for spreading the AgGateway message.
- Website
- Feedback from Councils
- Produce and Annual Report for the Board
- Updated Slide-decks
- Social Media
- Corporate Branding and AgGateway Global Network
- Working with some of those Associations and becoming more active
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| Committee Plan / J. Nolfo | - Establish Goals for the new year
- Operations
- Get a Vice-Chair
- Fill all Council/Working Group/Committee Liasions
- 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
| - J plans to focus on Social Media and getting new members involved.
- He plans to find a Vice Chair.
- J would like to have a lot of focus on newsletter articles from Councils and Committees.
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| 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:
- Committees and Working Groups:
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- Natasha updates the committee on Ag Retail. They will now be a new focus for this group. The pain points were renewed from the previous year and we are hoping to see some action in the new year.
- Susan - March issue of the newsletter might have something fro Precision Ag. A press release will be released for Core Documents for Field Operations as well as a press release on the PAIL standard.
- Susan - Commodity Classic is a possible article or press release.
- J Nolfo - Specialty Chem has no update.
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| | - Provide an update on Social Media and Google analytics from Q4
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| New Vice Chair / J. Nolfo | - Interested or potential members looking to grow into leadership roles within the Committee
- Look at newer AgGateway people and members interested in getting involved without a significant time commitment
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| Other Discussion Items / J. Nolfo | - For other committee members to address topics not covered above.
| - No other topics addressed
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| | - You can subscribe to the Communications Calendar for Monthly meeting and Social Media schedules
| - Next Communications Committee meeting on Thursday 2/2/2017 from 3:00 - 4:00 ET/2:00-3:00 CT. Call in information will be provided closer to meeting date.
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| - Meeting adjourned at 4:03 pm ET
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