2020-07-21 Ag Retail Connectivity Meet Up
Participants
| Present | Name | Company |
|---|---|---|
| X | Brent Kemp | AgGateway |
| X | Randy Fry | Ceres Solutions |
| X | Dan Berne (Unlicensed) | AgGateway |
| X | Sampath | Land O'Lakes |
| X | Greg Fish | GROWMARK |
| X | Donahue Charles H (Deactivated) | John Deere |
| X | Ben Sloan | EFC Systems |
| X | Julie Benick | WinField |
| X | Lauren Mealey | Land O'Lakes |
| X | Bob Walters | FieldWatch |
| X | Jessie Rexroat | The Equity |
| X | Lynda Pemberton | SSI/Agvance |
| X | Denice Foster | EFC Systems |
| X | Scott | |
| X | Uriah Paddock | Ceres Solutions |
Terms:
MSA = Moved, Seconded & Approved
Meeting Information
Date | 2020-07-21 |
Time | 1:30 pm Chicago |
Web | https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/373108197 |
Phone | +1 (571) 317-3116 |
Access Code | 373-108-197 |
Purpose of meeting: The Ag Retail Meet Up will inform members on the state of current work; identify industry pinch points that can benefit from process improvement, standards implementation, or both; and offer an opportunity for idea generation and collaboration.
Participants will benefit through increased understanding of industry capability and readiness to act; opportunity to offer input and provide direction on active and anticipated collaborative efforts.
Documents:
Agenda/Minute
Topic (Leader) | Desired Outcome Sub-topics, supporting documentation, additional resources | Meeting Minutes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welcome, Antitrust and Introduction () 5 min. | Welcome the group - | All were welcomed. All agreed to abide by antitrust guidelines |
| 2 | Minutes Taker () 1 min. | A meeting taker has been selected. | Brent Kemp will capture notes |
| 3 | Covid Lessons Learned - pinch points, needs and solutions | Group has opportunity to share issues that have been identified during the past four months; content is captured and prioritized as applicable. | Introduced Mural to participants. Captured observations for future consideration and potential action as applicable. |
| 4 | Unique identification in Crop Protection Messaging () | Group has opportunity to discuss and begin to develop a plan for addressing unique identification of products in crop protection messages. | Reiterated the pinch point: same product is received from manufacturer and another distributor, but multiple identifiers are received/in use. Can we have a sharable cross reference table stored in an external resource? +1 Catch question - can a distributor post manufacturer information? Needs to have authority; must be "right" information Literally just a cross reference of product identifiers in use in common for same product ACTION - Brent Kemp to follow up with DOC leadership to find out if they are planning any follow up from Virtual MYM discussion; will report back and develop next steps. |
| 5 | Planning for a 2020 Partner Implementation Meeting () | Document next steps | Discussion on challenges with virtual:
Observation that most are used to virtual in some form or fashion now, is now the time to push B2B again?
ACTION - Schedule quick call to dive into this a little deeper; reach out to ARA and ASTA to see about setting up a joint call for proposing the presentations and to assist with marketing and communication. |
| 6 | Updates on New Messages uptake () | Document next steps | Not addressed due to time. |
| 7 | Other items () | Discuss any additional items that came up during meeting that need to be addressed in another meet-up | Randy reviewed the Traceability initiative's work with retailer to grower data exchange for seed sold and planted. Good engagement from participants; hope to have more to show soon; waiting on some funding to come through. Exciting to see that new path for data movement. |
| 8 | Next Meeting () | Is there a need for another Meet-Up | Next meeting would be 15 September keeping with bi-monthly, third Tuesday - agreement to this cadence |
| 9 | Adjournment () | Adjourn | Meeting adjourned at 3:30 pm New York/2:30 pm Chicago |
Tasks/Action Items
| Who | When Assigned | What | Deadline | Status |
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