2017-10-05 Communications Committee Meeting, New


Participants


All Members List
(present or not present)
Members Present
Non-Members Present
  1. Natasha Lilly
  2. Kristin Nottingham
  3. J. Nolfo
  4. Susan Ruland
  5. Eileen Licitra

(*Voting companies/** alternates)

Time

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

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Access Code

914-234-637


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Agenda/Minutes

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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.

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2 min
Antitrust / J. Nolfo

Everybody agreeing to the Antitrust Guidelines.


AgGateway Antritrust Guidelines

All agree to the Antitrust Guidelines.
21 minMinutes Taker / Natasha Lilly
Natasha has agreed to take notes.
31 min
Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes / J. Nolfo

First - Susan Ruland

Second- Kristin Nottingham

Minutes were approved by committee.



 Consent Agenda Topics  
4

Review Action Items  J. Nolfo

Action Items to be reviewed:


  • Completed on 9/11/12
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
  • No Updates
6
Social Media Calendar / J. Nolfo

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

Kristin Nottingham noted that even though Jody was no longer on the committee she would still be able to stay on the social media task force.  There was no activity on her last week so J will reach out to her and make sure there is still an interest.
7
Newsletter Planning - November/ Kristin Nottingham

AgGateway Newsletter Articles

November Issue

AgGateway Newsletter Articles Due  
Title/SubjectAuthor
New Member Article
AgGateway in the News
Leadership Profile:
AIDC Working Group
AGIIS
Council Updates
Monthly LinkedIn Group Discussion

Gateway to Ag Careers

Kristin Nottingham

Quick Connect Blurb

Susan Ruland
Last Minute RegistrationKristin Nottingham




Article Actions:

No new member article yet but we recently got two new members that Kristin has reached out to.


J will have a leadership profile for November and December.


Newsletter has been delayed by a few days due to an issue on the website.  Susan Ruland notes that the issue looks great and is very appreciative of everyone's articles.  


AIDC- Jody Costa has already turned hers in.


There should be no issues with the AGIIS update article.


Kristin Nottingham reached out to all the councils and only received an update from the Crop Protection Council.

Gateway to Ag Careers will announce all of this year's winner.


Adding something in last minute to the October article and the upcoming November issue on the Quick Connect group.

Eileen Licitra might have an upcoming Crop Protection article for October.




 Old Business  
8

Council & Working Group Updates / J. Nolfo & Liaisons

  • Committees and Working Groups: 

Seed- Natasha Lilly - Quick connect calls are moving along and we are getting a lot of attention and focus.  The website already displays who is signed up for this session.  18 or more companies are already signed

Ag Retail- Natasha Lilly

Grain & Feed-Natasha Lilly we had a speaker come onto the call and speak on the FSMA initiative.

Crop Nutrition Sarah Koehn

  • No Updates

Specialty Chem-J. Nolfo

  • POC Charter was approved 
  • UOM Task Force: Lead has left the Council, so we need a new leader.  Theresa Smith gave summary of the status from mid year. We need to drill down to what the actual issues are and how we can help as a council.

Allied Providers - Jody Costa (Unlicensed)PEN

Crop ProtectionEileen Licitra (Unlicensed)

  • Working on an article for the Crop Protection Council regarding Business Rules Review,

  • Encouraging folks to join the Business Rules Harmonization task force meeting.

Precision Ag - Shannon Haringx (Unlicensed)

  • Flyers are being updated so they can be printed and brought to the Annual Conference
  • Syngenta put out a press release based on the Thrive Magazine article about ADAPT and AgDaily picked it up for an article.
  • Red Wing Software is putting out a press release announcing its commitment to ADAPT

Conference Committee - Kristin Nottingham


All liaisons to continue to talk with councils and committees about the upcoming meetings that are important to each group.

9

Marketing Plan / Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)

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

Next week Susan Ruland will be working on the Annual Report Draft.

She will also be working on a template for social media to allow members an easier way to get messages out.

Website concerns are high.  The team is working on it but Susan asks that if any of the team members see anything not working to please let Susan know.

10
Guidelines development for Social Media Task Force / J. NolfoDevelop rules guidelines and standards for each primary platform AgGateway uses
  • Determine interest for newer members joining task force
  • Establish cadence/frequency in talking online in Various channels


 New Business  
 11

Newsletter Planning - December/ Kristin Nottingham

AgGateway Newsletter Articles

December Issue

AgGateway Newsletter Articles Due  
Title/SubjectAuthor
eConnectivity Matters
New Member Article
AgGateway in the News
Leadership Profile
AIDC Working Group
Council Updates
AGIIS
Monthly LinkedIn Group Discussion

Annual Conference In Review

Kristin Nottingham
Ron Storms Winner Profile
AgGateway GlobalJim Wilson
PAILSusan Ruland

Article Actions:

Susan Ruland may ask Wendy if she is still strongly interested in pursuing this article.

Susan Ruland may have additional content that may come up from PAIL or other groups.




13

Other Discussion Items / J. Nolfo

  • For other committee members to address topics not covered above.
Questions were asked about if the Agenda for the Annual Conference.


 Meeting Wrap Up  
14
Next Meeting / J. Nolfo
  • Next Committee meeting will be at the Annual Conference, November 8th @ 9:00- 10:50 am PT
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Adjournment / J. Nolfo

  • Meeting adjourned at 3:41pm EST


  • Active Action Item 10/05/2017

Date AssignedAction ItemDue DateComments/Status
 J. Nolfo to reach out to Jody Costa To see if she will still be active in the Social Task Force