Brent Kemp

AgGateway

Greg Fish

GROWMARK

X

Rob Bullock

SSI

Natasha Lily

The Equity

Eric Hoefing

Key Cooperative

X

Ann Vande Lune

Key Cooperative

X

Randy Fry

Ceres Solutions

X

Jeff Griffeth

Co-Alliance

Charlie Will

Southern States

 Date

2020-12-08

 Time

9:00 am Chicago

 Web

https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/885610629

 Phone

+1 (646) 749-3129

 Access Code

885-610-629

Welcome, Antitrust and Introduction () 5 min.

Welcome the group -

All were welcomed. Antitrust guidelines adherence confirmed.

Minutes Taker () 1 min.

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@Brent Kemp will capture notes

Ag Retail Energy - ~50 minutes

Group has to review planning to date, reaffirm value and scope, and set next steps 

Energy Agenda (from March/April 2020)

• Kickoff -  5 minutes   Jeff & Randy

• Intro to Ag Gateway – 15 minutes- Jeremy Wilson

• Basics of AGGIS ( gln, gtin ) – 30 minutes  Josh Wall

• Pain Point discussion – lead by our group 1 hour 45 minutes

• Assign Priorities – Jeff & Randy  15 minutes

• Next steps – ( AgGateway Energy Membership- dues , etc.)  Brent Kemp  - 15 minutes

Review of discussion from annual:

Need and Scope:

• Observation is that systems and processes for this line of business are antiquated

• Some base standards of identification and message exchange do exist

  • NACS - National Association of Convenience Stores - product codes

  • X12 EDI 200-series messages for data exchange in distribution

  • Likely other codes and messages in use for regulatory touch points

• Products:

  • Refined fuels - many different vendors but "commodity" level product set

  • Oil & Lube - seed-scale SKU set

  • Identification at the packaged product level only with lots of proprietary codes embedded in current barcoding

  • Randy advertised for the Crop Protection Identification session on Wednesday morning.

• Messages:

  • Invoicing

  • meter readings and tank locations

  • loads and receiving

  • tank maintenance

  • Quantity of transactions - more than seed, consistency throughout the year

• Can we make this easier, faster and more efficient?

  • Consensus is YES

  • Reviewed plan for cancelled face to face meeting

    • Agree that starting with pain point documentation is the right place to begin

    • Observed that some level of trust building will be needed and valuable for success

    • Timing - need to have energy specialists available. Early in the year is not a problem

  • Small group to reconvene Dec 8, 2020 at 10 am EST/9 am CST to develop virtual meeting plan and cadence

Next Steps:

• Impact meeting that we attempted to co-time with has been moved to September 2021, so that's not a conflicting factor

• Timing: 

  • 1 1/2 or 2 hour meeting - focused on the why and pain points

  • Follow up the following week

  • 1 1/2 hour is a good timeframe to begin with

• Agenda:

  • First meeting focus on who we are, why we're together

  • Next focus on pain points and then prioritization

    • Pain point list can be shared in the interim and then prioritization takes place on a second call

    • Could get corporate input in the second session as well

  • Second session to focus on currently implemented messages, tools, standards, identifiers, etc. Focus on ship notice, invoice? Demo?

  • Second meeting deliverable is agreement on work to be done - might slide to a third meeting if we have good discussion

• Attendees:

  • Karla Schilling to be added to mailing list

  • Ask retailers to generate contact list over and above "usual suspects"

    • Communication to solicit member input - forwarding or connecting with Member Services

• Dates: 

  • Jan 19 - Ag Retail call scheduled at 1:30 pm CST

  • Propose Jan 21 or 26 for the call; prefer morning (10 EST)/second meeting Jan 28 same time

• ACTIONS:

  • Brent to schedule w/Member Services

  • Brent & Member Services draft communication to share by Dec 11, 2020 

  • Launch email announcement by Dec 15, 2020 

  • All to provide any known contacts that we want to be sure receive the invite by Dec 11, 2020 

  • This group to circle up for agenda and topic assignment Jan 7, 2021 @ 10 am EST/9 am CST - Brent to schedule with Member Services

  • Second email blast week of Jan 11, 2021 

  • Identify case studies to share in advance with new/prospective participants; could send to everyone in the second email blast

Other items () 

Discuss any additional items that came up during meeting that need to be addressed in another meet-up

Think we're good!

Next Meeting ()

Is there a need for another Meet-Up

Next ag retail meet up set for Jan 19, 2021  at 1:00 pm Chicago time keeping with bi-monthly, third Tuesday

Adjournment ()

Adjourn

Meeting adjourned at 9:30 am Chicago time