Participants

	All Members List (present or not present)	Members Present	Non-Members Present

	All Members List (present or not present)	Members Present	Non-Members Present
@Paul Schrimpf (Director of Communications & Marketing) @Marshall, Nikki (AgGateway Member Services) Ben Craker (Portfolio Manager) @Nathan Huffines (Syngenta) @Erica Ohl (SSI)		@Paul Schrimpf (Director of Communications & Marketing) @Erica Ohl @Marshall, Nikki

(*Voting companies/** alternates)

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#	Time	Topic / Leader	Discussion Points	Meeting Minutes

#	Topic / Leader	Discussion Points
0	Welcome
1	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


2	On the Docket	Mid-Year Meeting Wrap Registration count: 69 Reasons for drop: some conflicting events, general malaise in economy, some no travel mandates from corporate Networking sessions well received as substitute for meetups AI still on everyone’s hit list Companies sent fewer people SAP Update at two major companies 2026 AgGateway Action Words “Implement, Impact, Advocate Accelerator Program Pilot a Success Attract next generation of leaders from member organizations 3 participants Pre-call orientation, breakfast on Tuesday morning to check in. Overall positive response … large organizations want us to start the recruitment a year in advance! Inside AgGateway Webinar Series \| Regular, Targeted Project/WG Overviews Agrisemantics (February, ~30 live attendees) Precision Application (June 22, 30 Attendees) Trading Partners and AgGateway Messages (coming August 3!) SSI, Keystone Coop, Winfield confirmed MORE TO COME! Annual Conference Launch - Aug 1, 2026 Tech Hub Live - July 20-22 Jeremy, Ben, Paul attending, we have a meeting room Website - (sigh) Overhauling About Us page Additional Content review Social Media Sked, May-June (by Week of) 7/13- Nikki 7/20 - Erica 7/27 - Paul 8/3- Paul
3	Resources & Relationships


4	Newsletter Planning	Newsletter Articles - August Issue Deadline: 07/24/2026 Title/Author From the President – Brent Portfolio – Ben AGIIS/Member Services - Chris/Nikki MYM Update

5	New Business
	Other Discussion Items	For other committee members to address topics not covered above.
6	Meeting Wrap Up
	Next Meeting	Thursday Aug 6, 2026 2:00pm Central
	Adjournment

Active Action Items

Date Assigned	Action Item	Due Date	Comments/Status

Date Assigned	Action Item	Due Date	Comments/Status
Jun 10, 2025	@Leslie Hedges	Jun 11, 2025	send Paul invite to prospects meeting with Conny, Loyola, and Jeremy
Jun 10, 2025	@Marshall, Nikki @Leslie Hedges		invite Paul to member check-in meetings
Jun 10, 2025	@Marshall, Nikki	Jun 18, 2025	Contact former MLI to see if they know any university contacts to work on GTAC

2026-07-09 Communications Committee Meeting

Participants