• @Paul Schrimpf (Director of Communications & Marketing)

• @Nikki Marshall (AgGateway Member Services)

• @Jessica Trites Rolle (*National Crop Insurance Services)

• Ben Craker (Portfolio Manager)

• @Nathan Huffines (Syngenta)

• @Erica Ohl (SSI)

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  • @Paul Schrimpf (Director of Communications & Marketing)

  • @Nikki Marshall (AgGateway Member Services)

1:00 pm CT (Chicago)

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Welcome 

Antitrust / @Paul Schrimpf

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.”

AgGateway Antitrust Guidelines

On the Docket

• Entity ID Continuing Work

  • 1.5 day discussion Wednesday and Thursday of MYM, communication potentially coming out sometime after

• 20th Anniversary

• Logos: Final 20th Anniversary logo - Google Drive

  • Monthly stories in the Newsletter

    • Beginnings of Gateway - March

    • ADAPT - April

    • Retail Involvement (Ann Vande Lune, Key) - May

    • June (No Article)

    • July - Building Collaboration

    • August - Crop Protection

  • In-Person Celebration ideas for Annual

• Mid-Year Meeting

  • Registration: 106 virtually equal to 2024

  • Returning to Altoona in 2026, Up for review in 2027 - along with mid-size cities also looking at campus landing spots (Purdue, Ia State, Illinois)

  • Matt Waits keynote was well received .. Linkedin post got >100 likes, 3100 impressions!

  • Thanks Erica for keeping the social media fires burning!

• Inside AgGateway Series | Regular, Targeted Project/WG Overviews

  • Field Boundary (March, 55 live attendees)

  • Scale Ticket (May, 30 live attendees)

  • ADAPT (June 24, 1 central)

  • Next .. Modus (July 17,. 10 am central) 21 registrants so far

  • More to come!

  • Link to Web Page

• Outreach on the Docket

  • Tech Hub Live - we have a meeting room and a panel moderator opportunity (Ben) July 21-23

  • AgCIO Roundtable meetings the week of Jul 21, 2025

• Gateway to Ag Careers

  • Officially launched as of 7/8 .. nominations accepted til Sep 15, 2025

  • AgCIO committed to a minimum of 5 students, will be finalized by month's end

  • Link to web page with info and forms here.

• Annual Conference

  • 20th Anniversary ideas from MYM in-person:

    • talk to conference committee about celebrations at annual (balloons, cake, other decorations, etc).

    • talk to long-time members about how things have evolved; have people submit videos/stories to show at the general session (fun outtakes playing at second reception)

    • press release, get some quotes from past staff members like Rod Connor, Ron Ferrell’s family, Wendy, etc.

    • talk to AgCIO about history with AGW

  • LOGO and TAGLINE

    • “Building the Future on Two Decades of Achievement”

      • “Achievement” = COLLABORATION, ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, IMPLEMENTATION, STANDARDIZATION, CONNECTIVITY, INTEROPERABILITY .. possibly incorporate some/several/all into the treatment? and/or small graphics to represent them?

• DISTANT EARLY WARNING on the QT - Dues increase in 2026

• Social Media Sked, May-June (by Week of)

  • 7/14 - Paul

  • 7/21 - Nikki (Tech Hub and AgCIO Week!)

  • 7/28 - Erica

  • 8/4 - Paul

  • 8/11 - Paul

20th anniversary:

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2026 MYM:

-send in December, commit to MYM/Annual sponsorship, receive 20% discount

Resources & Relationships 

AgriTechica/AEF/AgGateway collaboration

Newsletter Planning  

Newsletter Articles - July Issue (February release)

Deadline: 7/23/2025

Title/Author

1. From the President – Brent

2. Portfolio – Ben

3. AGIIS/Member Services - Chris/Nikki

4. Annual Conference News

5. Latam and-or Europe Report

6. 20th Anniversary

-communication about dues increase for 2026

Other Discussion Items 

• For other committee members to address topics not covered above.

Next Meeting 

Thursday August 14, 1:00pm Chicago time

Adjournment 

Logos: Final 20th Anniversary logo - Google Drive

Jun 10, 2025

@Leslie Hedges

Jun 11, 2025

send Paul invite to prospects meeting with Conny, Loyola, and Jeremy

Jun 10, 2025

@Nikki Marshall @Leslie Hedges

invite Paul to member check-in meetings

Jun 10, 2025

@Nikki Marshall

Jun 18, 2025

Contact former MLI to see if they know any university contacts to work on GTAC