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)* (Nutrien) 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)	J. Nolfo Nikki Marshall Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) Jessica Trites Rolle Matt Garcia

(*Voting companies/** alternates)

Time	2:00 - 3:00 PM ET
Web (Screen Sharing)	https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/914234637
Audio (VOIP/Phone)	1 (872) 240-3212
Access Code	914-234-637

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	Minutes for August: 2018-09-06 Communications Committee Meeting	Jessica Trites Rolle moves to approve minutes Nikki Marshall seconds Motion passes unanimously
4		Review Action Items / J. Nolfo	Action Items to be reviewed:	Jessica Trites Rolle to send J. Nolfo availability for social media training Susan Ruland (Unlicensed), J., and Meri to look at Google Analytics before next meeting. Susan to schedule meeting
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	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
6		Marketing Plan / Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)	Updates regarding AgGateway Strategic Plan Updates regarding quarterly focus and press releases Updates for the next few months	Strategic Board looking at updates that would be implemented in 2020. Developed a wiki page for feedback (/wiki/spaces/AG/pages/758415387) Plan may affect 2H goals for Committee Currently working on a mini-communications plan (timing) to be completed by January 2019. Working on Annual Report to be availabe at Annual Meeting Awards Programs
7		Social Media Calendar / J. Nolfo	Listing of who is responsible for what week until next Communication Committee Meeting Week starting 10/1: J. Nolfo Week starting 10/8: Nick Reichel (Deactivated) Week starting 10/15: Matt Garcia Week starting 10/22: Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) Week starting 10/28: Anthony James (Unlicensed) Week starting 11/5: Nikki Marshall	Matt Garciaand J. Nolfo switched weeks Action Item: J. Nolfo to add Cheat Sheet to Wiki J. Nolfo is training Jessica Trites Rolle on Social Media. She will be added to the rotation starting next month.
		Newsletter Planning - November / Matthew Grassi	AgGateway Newsletter Articles Due 19 Oct 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 Year End Conference - Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)	Appeal from Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) for more articles New Articles to be added AgGateway 2020
9		Newsletter Planning - December / Matthew Grassi	AgGateway Newsletter Articles Due 16 Nov 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 Year End Conference - Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)	New future possibilities Spec Chem: J. Nolfo to follow up Traceability Working Group updates G-TIN product identifier user stories New articles to be added "Ketchup" tracability story (J & Jessica to write at Annual Meeting) Award Winners AgGateway 2020
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: 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 - Natasha Lilly Grain & Feed - Natasha Lilly Crop Nutrition - TBD Specialty Chem - J. Nolfo Top priorities continue to be seeking membership and closing loop on task force. Allied Providers - Eileen Licitra (Unlicensed) Crop Protection - Eileen Licitra (Unlicensed) Precision Ag - Jessica Trites Rolle ADAPT getting new plug-ins Looking to increase involvement into tracability CART rolling into Tracability Working Group PICS new implementation guide being developed Looking at a lot of cross-Council work Conference Committee - Nikki Marshall Only at 70% of Sponsorship Goal Be sure to include as a Social Media post MYM 2019 narrowed down to Altoona, Des Moines, and St. Louis Annual Conference 2019 in New Orleans Membership Committee - Nick Reichel (Deactivated)
		New Business
97		Other Discussion Items / J. Nolfo	For other committee members to address topics not covered above.	None
		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 November 13th @ 1:30-2:30 pm CT. (Annual Conference).
99		Adjournment / J. Nolfo		Meeting adjourned at approximately 2:50 pm ET

Active Action Items As of 04 Oct 2018

Date Assigned	Action Item	Due Date	Comments/Status
04 Oct 2018	J. Nolfo and Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)to reach out to Jim Wilson to get Admin rights for Google Analytics	12 Nov 2018	J. Nolfo recieved access on 07 Oct 2018.
04 Oct 2018	J. Nolfo to send eamil out to the Committeee to understand attendees for Annual Meeting and to start to establish 2019 goals	12 Oct 2018	Email sent on 12 Oct 2018.
04 Oct 2018	J. Nolfo to to add Cheat Sheet to Wiki	12 Oct 2018	Added on 12 Oct 2018.
04 Oct 2018	Natasha Lilly, Eileen Licitra (Unlicensed), J. Nolfo, Nikki Marshall, Nick Reichel (Deactivated), Jessica Trites Rolle, Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) to reach out to Councils for updates.	15 Oct 2018	J. Nolfo sent email to Council Chairs and Vice Chairs on 08 Oct 2018.

2018-10-04 Communications Committee Meeting

Participants

Active Action Items As of 04 Oct 2018