Participants

All Members List (present or not present)	Members Present	Non-Members Present
Natasha Lilly* (The Equity - Chair) J. Nolfo* (BASF - Vice Chair) Kristin Nottingham* (SSI) David Craft* (SSI) Melinda Sposari* (Fertilizer Institute) Andriana Majarian* (Agrian) Brandon Olstad (Unlicensed)* (Claas) Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)* (AgGateway) Victoria Peoples* (Bayer) Jody Costa (Unlicensed)* (Barcoding, Inc.) Shane Snyder* (Barcoding, Inc.)	Natasha Lilly* (The Equity - Chair) J. Nolfo* (BASF - Vice Chair) Victoria Peoples* (Bayer) Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)* (AgGateway) Kristin Nottingham* (SSI)

(*Voting companies/** alternates)

Meeting Information

Time	2:00 - 3:00 US ET
Web (Screen Sharing)	TBD
Audio (VOIP/Phone)	712-832-8320
Access Code	806603

Contact:

Committee Chair: Natasha Lilly, 217-342-3123 ex. 114, natasha.lilly@theequity.com
Committee Vice Chair: J. Nolfo, 919-659-3928, james.nolfo@basf.com

Agenda/Minutes

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Time

Topic / Leader

Desired Outcome
Pre-Meeting Notes and Links to Supporting Resources

Meeting Minutes

0

3 min

Welcome & Roll Call - Natasha Lilly

All accounted for

1

2 min

Antitrust / Natasha Lilly

Each participant has indicated that he/she understands and agrees to abide by the AgGateway Antitrust Guidelines, or leaves the meeting.

AgGateway Antritrust Guidelines

All willing to abide

2

1 min

Minutes Taker /

A minutes taker has been selected.

J. Nolfois willing to capture

3

1 min

Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes / Natasha Lilly

MSA: (Victoria Peoples; J. Nolfo). All approved.

4

Review Action Items / Natasha Lilly

5

Newsletter Planning – January/February

AgGateway Newsletter Articles
Due Date	Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Title/Subject	Author
eConnectivity Matters	@Wendy Smith
AgGateway Global Network	Former user (Deleted)
New Member Articles	Natasha Lilly
AGIIS	Chris Crutchfield / @Josh Wall
AgGateway In The News	@Andriana Majarian
Leadership Profile	Brandon Olstad (Unlicensed)
AIDC Working Group	Jody Costa (Unlicensed)
Board of Directors	Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)
Emerging Technologies (Allied Providers)	Jody Costa (Unlicensed)

Was Andriana still interested in the AG in the News section? Natasha Lilly to follow up.

6

Newsletter Planning – March

AgGateway Newsletter Articles
Due Date	Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Title/Subject	Author
New Member Articles	Natasha Lilly
AGIIS	Chris Crutchfield / @Josh Wall
AgGateway In The News	@Andriana Majarian
Leadership Profile	Brandon Olstad (Unlicensed)
AIDC Working Group	Jody Costa (Unlicensed)
Capabilities Matrix	TBD

Any additional newsletter ideas?

Add a save the date for mid year meeting in June. Susan has basic info an it is on the .org website.
Press release for ADAPT Toolbox Susan
Potential AgRetail Council article on standard reporting Susan/Natasha to follow up on.
Communications Kit article by Susan

7

Marketing Plan / Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)

Draft being worked on with Wendy. Presented at staff meeting next week
Primary ideas from National Meeting is "Why is AgGateway important?" and targeted communications.
- Why is AgGateway important? Messaging in 1st quarter.
- Targeting specific to Specialty Chem and AgRetail.
Timelines for national meetings and website content refresh.
Media relations more of a priority.
Plan to be presented to committee in about 2 weeks.

8

Committee Plan / Kristin Nottingham

Updated plan and Kristin to send to Marilyn & rest of committee.
Review to be on February Meeting.

9

Social Media Google Analytics / Jody Costa (Unlicensed)

Jody not on call.

10

New Business: Committee Assignments

/ Natasha Lilly

Council Members – Do we have members from each council?
• Kristin Nottingham – No council
• Andriana Majarian - ?
• Natasha Lilly – Seed Council, Ag Retail Council
• Dave Craft – Ag Retail Council
• Melinda Sposari - ?
• Victoria Peoples – Specialty Chemical Council, Crop Protection Council
• Susan Ruland – No council
• Brandon Olstad – Precision Ag Council, SPADE Group, SPADE Communications Task Force
• Jody Costa – Allied Providers Council
• Shane Snyder – Allied Providers Council
• J Nolfo – Specialty Chemical Council

Still need involvement from the Crop Nutrition Council and the Grain & Feed Council

Kristin to follow up with Melinda

Natasha to follow up with Andriana and Melinda.

How do we get other councils?

Contact Councils and ask for volunteers Susan and Natasha

11

Other Discussion Items / Natasha Lilly

• J. Nolfo – discuss Wiki capabilities
• Natasha Lilly – discuss changing the meeting times for Jody
• Natasha Lilly – discuss the Members of Social Media Task Force

Wiki
- J preseted thoughts.
- Susan added thoughts
- Victoria talked about S&G
- J to talk to everyone and send email to group
Discussion to move meeting to 3:00 ET. All agree on.
- GoToMeeting
Add J. to SM list

12

Council Reporting Points / Natasha Lilly

AgRetail developing a new flier
Is there a way to link directly to fliers on the AgGateway.org website? Susan to ask Meri.
Spec Chem Council website (Meri)

98

Next Meeting / Natasha Lilly

Team is aware of the next meeting date/time.

Next meeting to be Thursday, February 4th at 3 pm ET/ 2 pm CT/ 1 pm MT/ noon pm PT. Our meetings can be found on the Wiki & AgGateway calendars.

99

Adjournment / Natasha Lilly

The meeting is adjourned.

Adjourned at 2:53 PM ET

Active Action Items as of 1/7/2015

Date Assigned	Accountable	Action Item	Due Date	Comments/Status
	Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)	Find a location for the Allied Providers Matrix on the AgGateway website		Susan has given some thought to this as well as a few new programs coming out. Nothing set in stone yet. In process. Susan is cleaning up the website.
		Jody Costa (Unlicensed) to look into trendy tweets for social media – what are people tweeting about?
	Susan Ruland (Unlicensed)	Events Calendar.		Including as part of Susan’s 2016 Plan.
	Kristin Nottingham	Reach out to new attendees.		Courtney McNeese is supposed to send the contact list.
07 Jan 2016		Natasha Lilly to follow up with Andriana to gauge interest in Committee and writing the "AgGateway in the News" section for the newsletter, and social media committee?	04 Feb 2016	Natasha reached out on 1/13/16. Waiting for response.
07 Jan 2016		Natasha Lilly to contact Melinda regarding continued interest in Committee and potential liaison positions.	16 Feb 2016
07 Jan 2016		Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) to develop Mid Year Meeting article for March Newsletter.	16 Feb 2016
07 Jan 2016		Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) to develop Adapt Toolbox article for March Newsletter.	16 Feb 2016
07 Jan 2016		Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) and Natasha Lilly to investigate develop potential AgRetail Council article on standard reporting article for March Newsletter.	16 Feb 2016
07 Jan 2016		Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) to develop Communications Toolkit article for March Newsletter.	16 Feb 2016
07 Jan 2016		Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) to send out Marketing Plan to committee after reviewing it with AgGateway staff.	03 Feb 2016
07 Jan 2016		Kristin Nottingham to send updated Committee Plan to Natasha Lilly & Marilyn		Communications Committee Mission and Goals
07 Jan 2016		Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) and Natasha Lilly to follow up with individual committees to insure they have members on the Communications Committee.
07 Jan 2016		J. Nolfoto complete updates on Committee Wiki page.	03 Feb 2016
07 Jan 2016		J. Nolfoto send out email to entire Communications Committee regarding use of the Wiki.	21 Jan 2016
07 Jan 2016		Susan Ruland (Unlicensed) to follow up with Merilyn on direct links to .pdf files for social media usage.
07 Jan 2016		J. Nolfoto follow up with Merilyn on Specialty Chemical Council website on AgGateway.org website.	12 Jan 2016	Email sent on 1/14/16.
07 Jan 2016		J. Nolfoto contact Member Services to set up GoToMeeting call starting next month	21 Jan 2016	Email sent on 1/14/16.