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Dear Colleagues,
We are very privileged to see the Saskatchewan Green Industry finally growing. The SNLA is looking forward to growth in membership brought about by the many new faces offering landscape services in Saskatchewan. We are also seeing previous members grow and succeed once again in the industry they love. Some have come back to the association and we welcome them.
I encourage all businesses reading this message to learn from each other. Do not treat each other as despised competitors, but rather as valued colleagues. The better we are at our profession, the more value the public will place on our profession. Too often we get caught up competing for work blindly, only to have the lowest bidder end up with all the work, but also the failure, the headache, and the financial loss due to lack of knowledge of how to successfully follow their passion for the Green Industry. And in the end, it is the industry that ends up with the bad reputation, not just the one contractor.
Working together through the SNLA, a small but growing association, we can raise the bar for each other.
The purpose of any association is to work toward common goals. These are summed up in our Vision and Mission Statements
Our Vision
Our vision is that the landscape and nursery industry of Saskatchewan be an example of professionalism and integrity, a leader in environmental improvement, and recognized as a provider of quality goods and services to our communities.
Our Mission
Our mission is to be an effective organization that will promote our vision by providing our members with opportunities to improve their practices and by addressing their issues and needs to the benefit of the industry through our own efforts and by working with other associations, both provincial and national.
I wish you a year of success and growth,
Sincerely,
Aaron Krahn
Lakeshore Tree Farms Ltd
President SNLA |
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The purpose of this survey is to assist SNLA members in recognizing which Environmental Best Management Practices (EBMP’s) are currently in place in their businesses and what may be some potential areas for improvement or modification.
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Aaron Krahn
President |
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Luke vanDuyvendyk
Director |
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James Polley
Director |
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Glen Thrasher
Vice President |
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Leslie Cornell
Director |
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Rebecca Wetselaar
Manager of Provincial Relations |
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Lloyd Trask
Director |
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Vic Krahn
CNLA Representative |
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Our Vision
Our vision is that the landscape and nursery industry of Saskatchewan be an example of professionalism and integrity, a leader in environmental improvement, and recognized as a provider of quality goods and services to our communities.
Our mission
Our mission is to be an effective organization that will promote our vision by providing our members with opportunities to improve their practices and by addressing their issues and needs to the benefit of the industry through our own efforts and by working with other associations, both provincial and national.
Code of Conduct
Members of the Saskatchewan Nursery Landscape Association are expected to observe the code in spirit as well as in letter. The code outlines the most important standards of ethical and professional conduct by which members are expected to abide at all times in their day-to-day activities. It is by maintaining this code that we can strive to achieve our vision.
- Members shall act fairly, honestly and in a manner they would be prepared to defend publicly in all aspects of the practice of ornamental horticulture.
- Members shall endeavour to serve clients with integrity, knowledge, and creative ability.
- Members shall provide only the highest level of professional services to clients and others in the industry.
- Members have a responsibility to provide constructive professional criticism when necessary to ensure the continued quality of goods and services.
- Members shall not make a false or malicious statement that may injure the professional reputation of another member.
- Members should work to maintain confidence and trust in the profession of ornamental horticulture.
- Members’ advertising shall be neither false nor in any way misleading.
- Members have an obligation to render goods and services in an efficient and cost-effective manner in order to protect the client's interest while maintaining acceptable standards.
- Members have an ongoing responsibility to improve their own professional knowledge and skills and keep abreast of new developments in their industry.
- Members shall encourage education and research within the horticultural field.
- Members shall endeavour to attract to the profession, individuals with a high degree of honesty, courtesy, integrity, and competence.
- Members have a responsibility to pay their suppliers.
- Members will perform work or supply goods according to industry standards such as the Canadian Standards for Nursery Stock and/or specifications written in the contract.
- Members shall comply with all federal, provincial and municipal laws governing the operation of a business.
- Members shall continually strive toward the betterment of the environment through their dedication to the profession of horticulture.
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