CHAPTER MEETINGS
CHAPTER MEETINGS – Please SAVE THE DATES! All meetings begin at 8:30 am CT and most are one hour; held the second Tuesday of the month unless otherwise noted.
Since the Chapter includes members in MN, ND, SD and WI, most meetings will be via Zoom and members will receive an email with the zoom link.
Please feel free to invite a colleague who may be interested in joining RLI. They are free to attend a meeting prior to joining RLI.
Meetings, unless otherwise noted, begin at 8:30 am CT:
January Member Meeting: Jan. 14, 2025, 8:30 a.m., Zoom – Tax Strategies and
Legislative Changes: What Business Owners Need to Know, Keith Weiser, with Clifton
Larson Allen
February Member Meeting: Feb. 11, 2025, 8:30 a.m., Zoom – RLI Upper Midwest
Chapter Information Meeting and installation of Chapter Officers
March Member Meeting: March 11, 2025, 8:30 a.m., Zoom – Communicate to Connect,
Katie Avant, RFD TV Director of Original Content; Communication is key in todays multi-
platform media world and you won’t succeed without connecting with your audience.
Learn how to “share your WHY” through an easy-to-digest and easy-to-implement media
training workshop.
April Member Meeting: April 8, 2025, 8:30 a.m., Zoom – Member-led topic:
Renewable Energy - Terry Dean, ALC, Hertz Farm Management, with his experiences of
working through the grant process, construction, for renewable wind energy on his farm
in western Minnesota.
May Member Meeting: May 13, 2025, 8:30 a.m., Zoom – Member-led topic: Social
Media Marketing - Jessica Thue, Edina Realty, is an agricultural journalist turned
REALTOR who incorporates social media in real estate marketing. Bring and share your
best strategies for using social media (Google, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram,
X, to name a few).
June Member Meeting: June 10, 2025, 8:30 a.m., Zoom – Discipline Advisors, “Legacy
Planning,” Joe Michaletz, CEO, Principal, and Michael O’Toole, Financial Advisor,
Principal. Discipline Advisors is an RLI Upper Midwest Chapter sponsor. (25 attended)
July Member Meeting: July 8, 2025, 8:30 a.m., Zoom – Member-led topic: Farmland
Transitions Solutions, information regarding each of the tax deferral approaches for
farm/ranch land sales with Ron Rabou, Rabou Farms; Bob Goodson, First American
Exchange Company; Mike Gustafson, Farmers First Trust; Dick Schmitz, Farmers First
Trust; Eric Mueller, Legacy Farmland Fund; Paul Neiffer, The Farm CPA.
August Member Meeting: Aug. 12, 2025, 8:30 a.m., Zoom – Open conversation: Market
Update and Haves and Wants, promote your buyer needs and listings! Led by Terri
Jensen, ALC, National Land Realty.
September Member Meeting: Sept. 9, 8:30 a.m., Zoom – Land Sales Bulletin: Inder
Majumdar, Ph.D. student in Agricultural & Applied Economics at the University of
Wisconsin–Madison. Learn as he shares about his university’s research on Wisconsin’s
farmland-preservation programs influence on rural land prices.
October Member Meeting: Oct. 14, 2025, 8:30 a.m., Zoom – Member-led topic: Who
are you really working with? Real estate fraud, preventing seller impersonation,
Minnesota experiences, speakers to be determined
November Member Meeting: Nov. 11, 2025, 8:30 a.m., Zoom – Member-led topic: led
by Darin Milbrath, ALC, Dakota Plains Realty
December Member Meeting: Dec. 9, 2025, 8:30 a.m., Zoom – Member-led topic: Farm
Auctions, Adam Crist, ALC, People’s Co.
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Board of Director Meetings – begin at 8:30 am CT the second Wednesday of the month. Meetings are held on zoom unless otherwise noted.
Please feel free to contact any of the Chapter board members with your suggestions for meeting topics, speakers, venues…; or any concerns/issues.
The Board is working on your behalf and your input and feedback is welcomed.
January 8, 2025
February 12, 2025
March 12, 2025
April 9, 2025
May 14, 2025
June 11, 2025
July 9, 2025
August 13, 2025
September 10, 2025
October 8, 2025
November 12, 2025
December 10, 2025
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