Mount Beauty & District Men's Shed

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Herbie Ougham’s Memorial Celebration

His family would like to invite the Men’s Shed members to a Memorial Celebration of his life on Saturday 21st November at 11:00 am at the Les Peart Oval Mount Beauty.

Lets support our mate and attend.

• Social distancing must be observed.
• Bring your own chair.
• Wear the Shed T-Shirt (if weather suitable).
• Wear a hat.

Thanks to our Welfare Officer Dick Puttyfoot who has been liaising with Herbie’s daughter Tina Flint and RSL representatives Bob Williams and Peter Bellman in planning the Memorial Celebrations. Herbie was in the Australian Navy.

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Shed Torque

• Birthday Boys! —Congratulations to Brian Keeble and Bob Ferris who have a birthday this month.
• Get well — Ian Sharp was sent to the Cancer Unit at the Albury Base Hosptial last week. Ian all the best with your recovery. Also John Driver and David Wood have had some medical procedures recently and we wish them well with their on-going recovery and diagnosis.
• Shed Extension — The internal fit-out. Ian Howley (Project Construction Manager) has a plan to get this work started. The committee met briefly on Tuesday morning to discuss and work out a plan. Orders for timber, insulation, electrical items etc are well in hand. To get the work completed as quickly as possible the Shed will extend its workdays to three per week. Thursday is the extra day– same hours 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.
• AGL Community Grant — Thanks to the generosity of AGL Hydro the Shed has been granted $2,320.00 for external works to our new Shed extension.
• VMSA has a new CEO — Derek O’Leary. Click [HERE] to read his profile.

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2020/21 Membership

Following the AGM held on Friday 18th September the annual membership fee has been increased by $10.00 to $45.00. This has been necessary to help cover the new Shed Extension insurance costs. Fees were due by 31st October 2020.

You can pay at the Shed but please bring the correct money. The treasurer’s preferred method of payment is by Direct Credit. Bank details are as follows: Account name: Mt Beauty & District Men’s Shed Inc., BSB: 633 000 & Account #: 144372661. You can also pay via Campbell Ford at the Hardware & Drapery Store or over the counter at the Bendigo Bank and of course at the Shed now we are open. Please reference the payment as appropriate.

Thank you to those members that have already paid.

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Shed Extension work has begun

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Member Profile

Ian Docking

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Shed Covid-19 Protocols

Protocols that MUST be adhered to if you intend to visit the Shed

• Wearing of masks — all members attending the Shed will need to wear a face mask and must supply their own.
• Use of hand sanitiser — use it religiously!. We will have plenty available.
• Disinfectant wipes — must use to wipe down tools & machinery etc that you intend using.
• Drinking Mugs — must bring your own and either store in a locker or take it home and bring it each time.
• Maximum of 10 members allowed at any one time in the Recreation Room as permitted by the 4 sqm per person in a space rule. The 1.5m distancing rule will always apply.
• Morning Tea — If there is more than 10 then others go outside if weather is suitable or into the workshop area. Alternatively, if we get a ‘crowd’ we may have to stagger the time.
• Sign-In Book — We need to make sure we sign in & out so a good record of attendance is kept. If a ‘virus outbreak’ did occur health authorities would need to be able to track people.
• Shed Cleaning — This will be done on Wednesday (pm) as per Roster.

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AMSA News

Shed Wireless – a new initiative from AMSA – Click [HERE] to listen. This is a very professionally produced podcast and has heaps of Shed information. Each episode is ~1hr 15min. It is definitely worth checking out.

Shed Online – Stay Connected with Your Mates. Click this link The AMSA Shed Online. Members need to register to join the Forums – an easy process.

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The Victorian Government announced on Sunday 8th November 2020 that as from Tuesday 10th November ‘Libraries, youth centres and other community spaces can open.

Numbers attending the Shed and spacing are of no more than 10 per space in their Shed and a maximum of 20 indoors subject to a density of quotient of 1 per 4m2.

Shedders are also reminded that they can have a gathering of Shedders outside the Shed of no more than 10  people.

The Shed committee is now in a position to re-open the Shed and have decided to do this on Tuesday 17th November taking into account the hygiene and distancing requirements. We all need to be conscious of this when interacting with other members and not become ‘slack’ – ‘we will be alright Jack!‘ We are all in that vulnerable age group so let us look-out for one another and do the right thing. The Shed has been closed for 16 weeks now so it’s all go again!

Lunch — We are planning to have a sausage/hot dog in bread/roll at around 12 noon so come along (it’s not a BBQ).

See you at the Shed.

Dick Puttyfoot
President

Shed protocols that MUST be adhered to if you intend to visit the Shed

• Wearing of masks — all members attending the Shed will need to wear a face mask and must supply their own.
• Use of hand sanitiser — use it religiously!. We will have plenty available.
• Disinfectant wipes — must use to wipe down tools & machinery etc that you intend using.
• Drinking Mugs — must bring your own and either store in a locker or take it home and bring it each time.
• Maximum of 10 members allowed at any one time in the Recreation Room as permitted by the 4 sqm per person in a space rule. The 1.5m distancing rule will always apply.
• Morning Tea — If there is more than 10 then others go outside if weather is suitable or into the workshop area. Alternatively, if we get a ‘crowd’ we may have to stagger the time.
• Sign-In Book — We need to make sure we sign in & out so a good record of attendance is kept. If a ‘virus outbreak’ did occur health authorities would need to be able to track people.
• Shed Cleaning — This will be done on Wednesday (pm) as per Roster.

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Shed Torque

• Rest in peace Herbie Ougham — Our mate passed away on Monday morning 9th November. Herb was to turn 90 years in January 2021. We will let you know of funeral arrangements. Our condolences to his family and friends.
• Condolences also go to the families of Ian Erbacher and Bob Williams (Mountain Creek) who passed away recently.
• Shed Extension — The internal fit-out. Ian Howley (Project Construction Manager) has a plan to get this work started. Orders for timber, electrical items etc are well in hand. Like when work was done on the Main Shed we opened three days a week to get the job completed and this can happen again.

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2020/21 Membership

Following the AGM held on Friday 18th September the annual membership fee has been increased by $10.00 to $45.00. This has been necessary to help cover the new Shed Extension insurance costs. Fees were due by 31st October 2020.

You can pay at the Shed but please bring the correct money. The treasurer’s preferred method of payment is by Direct Credit. Bank details are as follows: Account name: Mt Beauty & District Men’s Shed Inc., BSB: 633 000 & Account #: 144372661. You can also pay via Campbell Ford at the Hardware & Drapery Store or over the counter at the Bendigo Bank and of course at the Shed now we are open. Please reference the payment as appropriate.

Thank you to those members that have already paid.

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Member Profile

Henry Ziemnicki

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AMSA News

Shed Wireless – a new initiative from AMSA – Click [HERE] to listen. This is a very professionally produced podcast and has heaps of Shed information. Each episode is ~1hr 15min. It is definitely worth checking out.

Shed Online – Stay Connected with Your Mates. Click this link The AMSA Shed Online. Members need to register to join the Forums – an easy process.

Spanner in the Works Newsletter – November 2020. Click [HERE].

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Market Day

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Member Profile

Larry Gardam

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This is good work

Member Alf Thistlethwaite has been busy during lockdown and has restored the pictured old pedal sowing machine AND it is FOR SALE. If you are interested make the Shed a reasonable offer or tell a friend. It will go quickly. Contact Paul L’Huillier – mobile: 0400 056 247

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FREE films as a member of the High Country Library

If you are a member of the High Country Library in Mount Beauty you have the opportunity to view five FREE movies (and other services) per month. This is a streaming service so you need to watch it on your smart TV, computer, mobile phone or tablet. These devices need to connected to your home WiFi and you need a reasonable download allowance from your Provider. The service is called Kanopy <https://www.kanopy.com/>. To log-in use your Library Membership number and the Password is the last four digits of your membership number. It’s easy. Check it out.

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Future Shed Operations

The Shed has a duty of care to its members, and as a consequence of the Coronavirus threat, the committee has been forced to close the Shed to members. This is a Victorian Government health directive. Because our members are in the most vulnerable age group, this closure will stay in place until the health authorities indicate that the threat has passed.

This decision is in line with AMSA and VMSA recommendations to close Sheds at this time. Click [HERE] for the VMSA directive.

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Len Sims departure

Len and wife Adele are leaving the lovely Kiewa Valley and heading back to Queensland. Len has been a Shed member for six years and is a stalwart of its operations. He has been a committee member and is always available to lend a hand. Locally he has become famous for his ‘renovation’ skills. We wish Len and Adele all the best for the future.

Last Tuesday the Shed held a morning tea and presentation function to wish Len goodbye. There were 23 members in attendance.

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Member Profile

John Driver

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AMSA

Spanner in the Works is a health initiative of the Australian Men’s Shed Association. They issue a very informative newsletter. Click [HERE] to read the latest issue. Very informative.

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Lighten Up!

Have a good laugh. Click [HERE].

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Online Banking

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