Participants

All Members List (present or not present)	Members Present	Non-Members Present
Natasha Lilly* (The Equity) J. Nolfo* (BASF) Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)* (AgGateway) Eileen Licitra (Unlicensed)* (Iteris, Inc.) Matt Garcia* (Syngenta) Anthony James (Unlicensed)* (Syngenta) Mary Enriquez (Unlicensed)* (Crop Protection Services) Nick Reichel (Deactivated) * (XS, Inc) Matthew Grassi* (Meister Media) Nikki Marshall* (AgGateway Member Services) Evin Ellis (Unlicensed)* (AgData)	J. Nolfo* (BASF) Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)* (AgGateway) Eileen Licitra (Unlicensed)* (Iteris, Inc.) Nick Reichel (Deactivated) (XS, Inc) Nikki Marshall (AgGateway Member Services) Evin Ellis (Unlicensed) (AgData) Jessica Trites Rolle	Thomas Kirste (Bosch)

(*Voting companies/** alternates)

Time	3:30 - 5:20 PM CT
Web (Screen Sharing)	In Person
Audio (VOIP/Phone)	In Person
Access Code	In Person

Contact:

Committee Chair: J. Nolfo,919-659-3928, james.nolfo@BASF.com
Committee Vice-Chair: Matthew Grassi, 440-602-9165, MJGrassi@meistermedia.com

#	Time	Topic / Leader	Desired Outcome Pre-Meeting Notes and Links to Supporting Resources	Meeting Minutes
0	3 min	Welcome & Roll Call / J. Nolfo		Attendees are listed above.
1	2 min	Antitrust / J. Nolfo	Everybody agreeing to the Antitrust Guidelines. AgGateway Antritrust Guidelines	All agree to the Antitrust Guidelines.
2	1 min	Minutes Taker /		J. Nolfo will take notes.
3	1 min	Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes / J. Nolfo		Tabled to July Meeting
4		Review Action Items / J. Nolfo	Action Items to be reviewed:
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 Job Description and Expectations for positions within the Committee (Member, Article Writer, Social Media) Social Media Increase interaction with social media platforms, especially LinkedIn Group and Twitter Pre-load and semi-live tweet at relevant trade shows Newsletter: Leadership Profile in each newsletter New Member Profile in each newsletter Each Council have at least two significant update article Each Committee have at least 1 significant update article Get publication of AgGateway related articles within company internal newsletters Publish Case Studies	New Vice-Chair: Matthew Grassi of Meister Media
6		Marketing Plan / Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)	Updates regarding AgGateway Strategic Plan Updates regarding quarterly focus and press releases Updates for the next few months Trade shows “C-Suite Communications Kits” project	Susan discussed planning for 2019 “C-Suite Communications Kits” project Case Study/flier/???? "By Council" was not working, so looking at a "By Topic/Target Audience" approach Action Item: Get list of Topics from councils to frame kits around Look at graphics to help tell story Trade Shows Need to better understand how we can help lead the conversation prior to trade shows
7		Social Media Calendar / J. Nolfo	Listing of who is responsible for what week until next Communication Committee Meeting Need to start to schedule these out	J. showed data from Hootsuite for Twitter since June 2017. Currently have 1,202 Followers. Most popular post click included Membership Committee LinkedIn Group post Newsletter articles were also popular 79% of clicks were from the US. 658 clicks into the twitter post were direct links. Only 7 were from Google
8		Newsletter Planning - July / Matthew Grassi	AgGateway Newsletter Articles Due 21 Jun 2018 Title/SubjectAuthor New Member Article: Evin Ellis (Unlicensed) AgGateway in the News: Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) Leadership Profile: J. Nolfo AIDC Working Group: Jody Costa (Unlicensed) AGIIS: Chris Crutchfield / Josh Wall (Unlicensed) Monthly LinkedIn Group Discussion: J. Nolfo Leadership Remarks from MYM - Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) Quick Connect Session - Natasha Lilly Mid Year Meeting Wrap Up -	Discussed articles for July newsletter. Action Item: J. Nolfo to email Matthew Grassi to send out reminder Action Item: J. Nolfo to email Jody Costa (Unlicensed) on AIDC future articles New Article Ideas: Additional article ideas Mix Ticket report ADAPT Video J Nolfo to write about Case Study on Spec Chem - write about the big wins. (likely August)
9		Newsletter Planning - August / Matthew Grassi	AgGateway Newsletter Articles Due 16 Jul 2018 Title/SubjectAuthor New Member Article: Evin Ellis (Unlicensed) AgGateway in the News: Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) Leadership Profile: J. Nolfo AIDC Working Group: Jody Costa (Unlicensed) AGIIS: Chris Crutchfield / Josh Wall (Unlicensed) Council Updates: J. Nolfo Monthly LinkedIn Group Discussion: J. Nolfo	Discussed articles for August newsletter.
10		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: Seed Council: Natasha Lilly Ag Retail Council: Natasha Lilly Crop Nutrition Council: OPEN Specialty Chemical Council: J. Nolfo Crop Protection Council: Eileen Licitra (Unlicensed) Precision Ag Council: SPADE Task Force SPADE Communications Task Force Allied Providers Council: Eileen Licitra (Unlicensed) Grain & Feed Council: Natasha Lilly Committees and Working Groups: Conference Committee: OPEN Membership Committee: Nick Reichel (Deactivated) Note: All liaisons to continue to talk with councils and committees about the upcoming meetings that are important to each group.	Seed- Natasha Lilly - Ag Retail- Eileen Licitra (Unlicensed) Discussed future of AGIIS Looked at development of 6 more case studies by end of 2018 Grain & Feed-Natasha Lilly - Crop Nutrition- Specialty Chem-J. Nolfo - Allied Providers - Eileen Licitra (Unlicensed) Josh struggled on getting survey completed Worked on "elevator speech" for AgGateway Crop Protection - Eileen Licitra (Unlicensed) - Precision Ag - Conference Committee - Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) Will be wrapping up MYM discussion and look at 2019 MYM 2019 Annual meeting planning starts now. Austin, TX Membership Committee - Nick Reichel (Deactivated) Discussed Journey Mapping exercise for new members. Complete Map was not complete, but spine was. Will complete in a future call
		New Business
		Social Meeting Training / J. Nolfo	Schedule a date for training of those interested in joining the Social Media Working Group.	Tabled to be discussed at next meeting
97		Other Discussion Items / J. Nolfo	For other committee members to address topics not covered above.
		Meeting Wrap Up
98		Next Meeting / J. Nolfo	You can subscribe to the Communications Calendar for Monthly meeting and Social Media schedules https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/subscribe-to-team-calendars-from-microsoft-outlook-251005307.html	Next Committee meeting scheduled for July 5th @ 2:00-3:00 pm ET/ 1:00-2:00 pm CT. Action Item: J. Nolfo to look to schedule for week of July 9.
99		Adjournment / J. Nolfo		Meeting adjourned at approximately 5:15 pm CT

Active Action Items As of 15 Mar 2018

Date Assigned	Action Item	Due Date	Comments/Status
12 Jun 2018	J. Nolfo to revisit the idea of training on Social Media.	11 Jul 2018	J may just reach out to Matt and Nick on a call.
12 Jun 2018	J. Nolfo to follow up with Jody Costa (Unlicensed) on AIDC articles	06 Jul 2018
12 Jun 2018	J. Nolfo to reschedule July meeting to week of July 9	29 Jun 2018	Completed on 6/29.

2018-06-12 Communications Committee Meeting (Mid-Year Meeting)

Participants

Active Action Items As of 15 Mar 2018