• @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)

• @Jessica Trites Rolle (National Crop Insurance Services)

• @Evin Ellis (Unlicensed)* (AgData)

1. @J. Nolfo

2. @Matthew Grassi

3. @Nikki Marshall

4. @Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)

2:00 - 3:00 PM ET

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1 (872) 240-3212

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Welcome & Roll Call / @J. Nolfo

Attendees are listed above.

Antitrust / @J. Nolfo

Everybody agreeing to the Antitrust Guidelines.

AgGateway Antritrust Guidelines

All agree to the Antitrust Guidelines.

Minutes Taker / 

@Matthew Grassi will take notes.

Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes / @J. Nolfo

Minutes for July: 2018-07-11 Communications Committee Meeting

xxx moves to approve minutes

xxx seconds

Motion passes unanimously

Review Action Items /  @J. Nolfo

Action Items to be reviewed:

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

@J. Nolfo reviewed goals for the year

• Operations

  • New Vice-Chair: Matthew Grassi of Meister Media

  • Still needing Crop Nutrition Liaison

  • Added new members for 2017

• Social Media

  • Will be sharing social analytics at least 1 time per quarter

• Newsletter

  • Will miss Leadership Profile in each newsletter, but will have many with this article

  • Will miss New Member in each newsletter, but will have many with this article

  • Will miss Council having 2 updates, but each will have at least 1

  • Case studies have been published

Marketing Plan / @Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)

• Updates regarding AgGateway Strategic Plan

• Updates regarding quarterly focus and press releases 

• Updates for the next few months

• ARA next big conference

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

Newsletter Planning - September / @Matthew Grassi

AgGateway Newsletter Articles

Due Aug 15, 2018

Title/SubjectAuthor

1. New Member Article: @Evin Ellis (Unlicensed)

2. AgGateway in the News: @Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)

3. Leadership Profile: @J. Nolfo

4. AIDC Working Group: @Jody Costa (Unlicensed)

5. AGIIS: @Chris Crutchfield / @Josh Wall (Unlicensed)

6. Council Updates: @J. Nolfo

7. Monthly LinkedIn Group Discussion: @J. Nolfo

8. Mixed Ticket Working Group - @Jim Wilson

9. Add: Year End Conference - @Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)

Newsletter Planning - September /  @Matthew Grassi

AgGateway Newsletter Articles

Due Jul 16, 2018

Title/SubjectAuthor

1. New Member Article: @Evin Ellis (Unlicensed)

2. AgGateway in the News: @Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)

3. Leadership Profile: @J. Nolfo

4. AIDC Working Group: @Jody Costa (Unlicensed)

5. AGIIS: @Chris Crutchfield / @Josh Wall (Unlicensed)

6. Monthly LinkedIn Group Discussion: @J. Nolfo

7. Year End Conference - @Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)

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: @Nikki Marshall

  • 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) 

Grain & Feed-@Natasha Lilly

Crop Nutrition-

Specialty Chem-@J. Nolfo

Allied Providers - @Eileen Licitra (Unlicensed)

Crop Protection - @Eileen Licitra (Unlicensed)

Precision Ag - @Jessica Trites Rolle

Conference Committee - @Nikki Marshall

Membership Committee - @Nick Reichel (Deactivated)

Social Meeting Training / @J. Nolfo

• Schedule a date for training of those interested in joining the Social Media Working Group.

• Action Item: @J. Nolfo to send out email to those interested in social media working group to schedule training in July/August

YEar End Meeting / @J. Nolfo

Request from @Marilyn Hunter (Unlicensed) for Year End Meeting

• Committee Specific

  • Update on the 2018 accomplishments

  • Discussing the goals & objectives for 2019

• Any open session ideas

Vice Chair Position needs to be filled.

• Comments to be provided back by 8/15/18 to @Marilyn Hunter (Unlicensed)

Other Discussion Items / @J. Nolfo

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

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 September 6th @ 2:00-3:00 pm ET/ 1:00-2:00 pm CT.

Adjournment / @J. Nolfo

• Meeting adjourned at approximately 2:46 pm ET

Jun 12, 2018  

Jul 11, 2018  

J may just reach out to Matt and Nick on a call.

Jun 12, 2018  

Jul 6, 2018