2021-05-13 Communications Committee Meeting
- Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)
Participants
All Members List (present or not present) | Members Present | Non-Members Present |
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(*Voting companies/** alternates)
| Time | 1:00 pm CT (Chicago) |
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| Web (Screen Sharing) | Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. |
| Audio (VOIP/Phone) | United States: (571) 317-3116 (see meeting invite for other countries) |
| Access Code | 648-284-773 |
Contact:
- Acting Committee Chair: Susan Ruland, susan.ruland@aggateway.org
# | Time | Topic / Leader | Desired Outcome Pre-Meeting Notes and Links to Supporting Resources | Meeting Minutes |
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| 0 | Welcome | Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) is the acting chair. If you are interested in becoming the chair or co-chair, please speak up or feel free to contact Susan anytime. | ||
1 | Antitrust / Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) | Read antitrust statement: “In all of AgGateway’s operations and activities, it must avoid discussions or conduct that might violate applicable antitrust laws, or even appear to do so. To that end, AgGateway has established antitrust guidelines, which it has provided to each participant in this meeting. While it is your ultimate responsibility to ensure that your actions comply with applicable antitrust laws, your participation in this meeting is affirmation that you will abide by AgGateway’s guidelines.” | ||
| 2 | Review Action Items / Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) | Review action items from previous meetings. |
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| 3 | Resources & Relationships / Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) |
| Susan has been touching base with all our trade association members - offering to run articles from their newsletters in our newsletter. Also, offering them articles from our newsletter that they may want to run in theirs. Also, asking if we can use their media lists to update our media list. | |
| 4 | Activity Update / Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) |
| Updated Intro to AgGateway deck is posted in the Communications Kit. Susan working on the Activity Summary update – all the things AgGateway is currently working on, which is posted in the "Current Portfolio" section of the website. The Product Catalog Working Group provided copy for flyer; Susan will be working with the group and with Meri to get that produced. Feed/ADAPT article - a couple of the Feed-oriented members want to see an article about how ADAPT can help the feed industry. Susan has identified reporters that may be interested, and will talk with Ben Craker about a "pitch". Sent out press release on Energy working group. Will be promoting "Education & Action Week" June 14-17 very soon as Brent, Leslie and team provide an agenda/schedule of webinars. Susan working with Wendy on a small campaign around taking advantage of all your AgGateway membership has to offer. Nikki suggests touching base with Leslie about thoughts from Design Thinking Sessions that might play into "Value of AgGateway Membership" campaign. | |
| 5 | Materials Development |
Graphic Video - After interoperability – next topic? Traceability? Tracking through each step of supply chain? Inputs - specific types, how used, when, where, how much, etc. Come help us do this work, here's why it's important. Seed, Production? Something that AGIIS solves? (what it is and isn't) - maybe feature one thing about AGIIS ADAPT - what it does – product side (vs entity side) Need to stay brief, relevant (fresh) Irrigation Soil labs - labwork Maybe do 2 new videos in 2021.
"This is my AgGateway"
| Graphic video project has been kicked down the road a bit due to other priorities in this first half of the year, but Susan anticipates focusing on it in 3rd quarter. | |
| 6 | Newsletter Planning | Newsletter Articles - June Issue Due May 21 Title/SubjectAuthor
| Deadline May 21 for June issue. | |
7 | Group Updates | Open floor - anyone can share an update of what is happening in other areas of AgGateway where they're working. Also, determine if Communications can provide assistance.
| Nikki reports - the Agenda will be ready soon for Education & Action Week. Also, the Ag Retail groups is working on a Quick Connect Session for Annual Conference in Nashville. There's an Ag Retail meet-up next week where this will be a big topic of discussion. | |
| 8 | New Business | |||
Other Discussion Items / Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) |
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| 9 | Meeting Wrap Up | |||
Next Meeting |
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Adjournment / Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) |
Active Action Items
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