1. Crop Protection Council Business Meeting
November 2017

2. AgGateway Antitrust Guidelines
Antitrust Guidelines Review
Do not discuss with competitors your own, or a competitors’, prices; do not discuss anything that might affect prices, such as costs, discounts, terms of sale, profit margins or any other competitively sensitive information. Do not discuss capacity or output.
Do not stay at a meeting where any such talk occurs.
Do not make general announcements or statements at AgGateway meetings about your business secrets, such as sales strategies, new product development, capacity expansion or restrictions, or any such intended activity.
Do not talk about what your company plans to do in specific markets, or with certain classes of customers, or with regard to types of products.

3. Agenda Introduction (Lori) October Meeting Minutes Approval
Business Rules Discussion, Approval
Year in Review, Looking Forward (Lori / Julie)
Open Task Force & Working Group Updates
Committee Representation (Clay)
Recognitions (Lori)
Leadership Changes
Wrap-Up

4. CPC Council Introduction
Name
Company
Role Within Your Company
First Time Attendee?
Lori

5. October 2017 Meeting Minutes
Proposed Resolution:
Be it resolved that the Council approves the minutes of the October 12, 2017 Council meeting as presented and posted to our wiki
Be it resolved that the Council approves the minutes of the October 4, 2017 Budget Review Council meeting as presented and posted to our wiki

6. Business Rules – Discussion
Recap:
Task Force started in February 2017 to review business rules and recommend changes
Recommended changes given to CPC in October for internal review
Final Recommendations on Business Rules
Questions, Clarifications, Edits?

7. Business Rules – Approval
Proposed Resolution:
Be it resolved that the Council approves the recommendations of the CPC Business Rules Review task force. The Council agrees to implementation of the changes as posted to our wiki and close the Business Rules Review taskforce.

8. Year In Review – Strategic Plan Progress
Demonstrate the value of information exchange and efficient business processes
Identified pain points opportunities at Mid-Year planning session resulting in task forces and working groups
Business Rules
Implementation Challenges
Data Identification
Updated the Council Value Flyer
Contributed to the AgGateway monthly newsletter
Reviewed and updated Business Rules
Increase active critical mass within the Crop Protection segment.
Active Communication liasison
Mentor program still active
Acquisition Plan
Pair non-active and active companies
Determine non-member companies to target

9. Year In Review – Strategic Plan Progress
Identify pain points and potential initiatives that could be piloted by a small group of companies for quicker & repeatable implementation or increase the efficiencies of business processes.
Seth Petersen will lead task force on Multiple GLNs in a Public Warehouse with implementation by all to be complete by March 2017.
Dave Surber will lead task force on Product accuracy and updates in the AGIIS directly with regular Council updates in 2017.
Lori Edwards will lead task force to review current AEC Business rules with recommended changes by MYM 2017.
Assess and leverage the technologies to address data challenges within the industry.
FVTF??
Continued Council participation in AIDC and alignment with Precision Ag
AP Council engagement on pain point discussions
AP Council member to share new technologies with our council.

10. All Task Forces and Working Groups
Task Force and Working Groups
Multiple GLNs in Public Warehouse (L. Edwards, S. Petersen)
Product Directory (D. Surber)
Cross-Council Business Rules Harmonization (L. Edwards)
Task Force
CPC Implementation (M. Garcia)
Identification
Working Group
All Task Forces and Working Groups

11. Looking Forward On-Going Work Good / Do Different Canada Connectivity
Continue to meet, most companies have pushed out implementation work until 2018/2019
Implementation Working Group
Engagement
Identification
Good / Do Different
CA Connectivity Updates:
BASF – planning to connect with Richardson this year. Would like to connect with an additional partner in 2017.
BAYER –  Focused on acquisition, resourcing issue
CPS –  Per Cecilia no projects until 2018/2019
Dow –   Q1 2018
DuPont – Currently resources focused on remedy and merge activity for new projects
FMC – Per Mitch Long direction is not clear at this time
FCL – sent to Daniel Caldwell
Monsanto – Not definitive at this time. Perhaps summer 2018
Richardson –Next connection will be with BASF. Concerned with putting resources into project until industry settles from all of the changes.  Would like to connect with another supplier this year. If a manufacturer is interested then contact Greg Knox to further discuss.
Syngenta – Resources for projects in 2018
UFA – confirmed no projects in 2017 possibly 2018

12. Committee Opportunities!
Representative
ADAPT
Andres Ferreyra
Architecture
Clay Mayer
Conference
Julie Benick
Communications
Eileen Licitra
Standards & Guidelines
Open
Membership
Data Privacy & Security
Directory Oversight Committee
Dave Surber, Tiffany Brandenburg
Discussion on open spots on committee -- would like to discuss their thoughts on multiple committees,  understand what motivates them to join or what blocks them from doing so
Committee & Council Role Descriptions

13. AgGateway in Action Award
Congratulations to
Mike Glidden,
J.R. Simplot

14. THANK YOU!! 2018 CPC Leadership Operations Management Board Director
Stephanie Frazier, DOW
CPC Chair
Julie Benick, Winfield United
CPC Vice-Chair
Clay Mayer, Syngenta
CPC Vice-Chair Elect
Mike Glidden, Vice-Chair Elect
THANK YOU!!

15. Wrap Up AOB Questions Items for liaisons to communicate
Review Action Items
Next Meeting: January 11th, 3pm EST
Adjourn

16. Thank You – Enjoy the Conference!