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Home My WebLink AboutFarming '88, 1988-03-30, Page 45FARMING ’88, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1988. PAGE 21. Agreement will give secure access to U.S. Continued from page 20 United States; and • set a bilateral precedent for global action. This agreement will give us improved and more secure access totheworld’slargest market. It will encourage Canadian produ cers to improve their competitive ness - and give them a market large Setting, achieving goals key to healthy non-profit community organizations BYJANEMUEGGE RURAL ORGANIZATION SPECIALIST One of the hardest yet most challenging aspects of leadership development is the setting and achieving of goals for yourself and your organization. In today’s complex society non profit groups must strive to achieve their goals within rapidly changing circumstances. Can you speculate on your group’s future during these turbu lent times? Will it be a mediocre, problem-plagued organization? Or will it be a proactive organization, respected for high profile projects and excellent leadership in the agricultural community? If you are a member of an organization, you have a role in affecting the outcome of your group. You can help lay the seeds for where and what your organiza tion will be in the future. A three-step plan for achieving the desired future for any organiza tion consists of: •1. clearly defining your organ ization’s goals or objectives, •2. communicating your goals to your members and the community, and •3. taking action towards achiev ing your goals. In the team sport of hockey the objective is to get pucks in the opponent’s net. Can you imagine a NHL team surviving if it was acceptable to shoot the puck any-which-way? Yet in many non-profit organizations, energies are repeatedly aimed in any number of directions. Unfocused activity does not equal accomplish ment! It’s imperative to have your targetclearly defined. Whenan organization clearly knows what its goals are it is much easier to aim for them. Communicating your goals to people is another key factor in reaching those goals. Hockey teams plan strategies for each game and players know what is expected of them. It should be the same within non-profit organiza tions. Never assume that people know your goals. Tell your dedicated, regular members. Tell your incom ing members. Set up displays at malls and fairs and tell the community. Why is it so important that everyone knows? Human nature - people are more likely to stand with Advertising is a guide to fashion. enough to create the economies of sale and specialization necessary to be competitive in markets around the world. And above all it will lead to the creation of hundreds of thousands of new jobs according to the Economic Council of Canada. Of fundamental importance, the Free Trade Agreement respects you if they know where you stand. It’s the co-operation and inter dependence within your organiza tion that’s going to get you where you want to go. Is your organization actively developing its human resources? Is there a plan to give people fulfilling roles where they can use their skills and knowledge? It is essential to arrange hockey players so the greatest number of goals can be obtained. This is accomplished by organizing the players. Playersareputin posi tions where their unique strengths are most useful. The same princi ples should apply to non-profit groups. If someone equipped to organize and direct projects is always struggling to write press reports, the organization suffers because of this. Get each member in the “right position’’. Get a clear picture of your goals. Share with others what you are going to accomplish. Develop your team of players to take action. You can start planning the future for your organization now. You have a choice. What are you going to do about it? 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As an example: “Everybody knows that Nu mber 99 (Way ne Gretzky) is the best hockey player in the world and he shows it every night when he goes out and plays. Every time he laces on the skates he shows the world how good he is. And one of the reasons he is able to do that is that he is playing in a game that has some rules.” No matter how good our product is, we can be the best in the world, but if we have to “ keep our bills in a pen in a slab fence behind the barn because we can’t get ‘em out in the international market place to complete”, literally it doesn’t matter how good we are, we can’t compete in a world place that has no rules. We cannot ignore actions by the Europeans and Americans. The vastness of that competition is more than we could take on without rules. The only sensible thing for us to do is to sit down and work out a deal so we can compete with a common understanding of what therulesare. That’sessentially what we’re dong. Ontario’s future looks very good indeed under the Free Trade Agreement. Right now the Ameri cans sell as much to the province of USED SNOWMOBILES SERVICE TO ALL SMALL ENGINES Ontario as they do to the country of Japan. We are very important to them. The American market is equally as important to Ontario. A new study released by the Ontario Treasury Department says that Ontario’s economy has been out producing all its U.S. counter parts, and will continue to expand under the Agreement. The study indicates thatfree trade for Ontario will result in lower consumer prices; increased real incomes; a stimulantfor industry in general; a competitive boost to some Cana dian industries in the U.S.; and a positive net effect for Ontario. Despite Premier Peterson’s alle gation that free trade will hurt the automotive industry, his own Treasury Departmet expects the Ontario share of North American auto sales and production to increase in the coming years. The main concern in the farming communities seems to be Supply Management. The question rural Members of Parliament are hear ing is “Will our supply manage ment programs survive in the Free Trade Agreement?” Nothing Runs Like a Deere’ See our lineup today In House Service of Course I can answer that with an unequivocal yes! This is specifi cally addressed in the Agreement. It recognizes Article II under GATT (The General Agreement on Tar iffs and Trade) which makes provisions for countries to impose controls in order to protect the integrity of their supply manage ment systems. This was demonstrated by the recent announcement that the import control list is being amend ed to include ice cream, ice cream mixes, ice cream novelties, ice milk and mixes, yogurt. Also liquid forms of skim milk, buttermilk and blends of these products. I am convinced that the Free Trade Agreement and the trade rules established will create solid opportunities for Canada’s agri culture and export industries. 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