Welcome, Antitrust and Introduction () 5 min.

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 08 Dec 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 11 Dec 2020 
  • Launch email announcement by 15 Dec 2020 
  • All to provide any known contacts that we want to be sure receive the invite by 11 Dec 2020 
  • This group to circle up for agenda and topic assignment 07 Jan 2021 @ 10 am EST/9 am CST - Brent to schedule with Member Services
  • Second email blast week of 11 Jan 2021 
  • Identify case studies to share in advance with new/prospective participants; could send to everyone in the second email blast

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