Shed News – Page 8

BBQ Lunch/General Meeting – Friday 16th November 2018 (Guest Speaker)

November 8, 2018 By Paul L'Huillier

When: Friday 16th November 2018
Start Time: 11:30 am for a 12 noon sit down BBQ .
Where: The Shed – 2 Tennis Court Ave Mount Beauty
Cost: $7/person
Who is invited: Members, potential members & visitors.

Program:
• BBQ — Again the Shed will be providing many BBQ delights. There will be the usual socialising, camaraderie and fellowship.

Note — The early start will allow for Shed inspection, project updates, demonstrations and general chit chat on all things to do with the Shed. Food will be served at 12 noon.

Major Shed News

November BBQ — Guest Speaker Dr Mark Zagorski who will talk about Arthritis and answer any questions you may have.

Death Literacy Course — Presented by Rose Sexton*. This is a short course at the Neighbourhood Centre commencing Monday November 12th, 11.30am – 1.30pm and runs for four weeks. Cost for the four sessions is $30.00. Course examines topics around death and dying, living well until the end, planning for a good death, grief, dying in the 20th century, planning your own funeral etc. Bookings — contact the Neighbourhood Centre Tel: 5754 1166.

*Rose is a local registered nurse who has a passion for palliative care, advance care planning, and sparking conversations about death and dying.

Living with Anxiety & Building a Resilient Mt Beauty — This session is on in Mt Beauty Monday 26th November 2018 at the Auditorium 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Information session covers: understanding the role of anxiety, stress and worry, signs and symptoms, anxiety disorders, what’s helpful and not helpful, relaxation techniques and tools, mindfulness, breathing etc and where to go for more information/help. Session is Free and presented by the Anxiety Recovery Centre of Victoria.

Victorian Men’s Shed Association (VMSA) — October Newsletter. Click [HERE].

Blair’s Hut Day Trip (13th December 2018) — Blair’s Hut is in the West Kiewa Valley and 40 km from Mt Beauty and is accessed via the West Kiewa Logging Track which is a very acceptable 4WD track. The plan is to invite members who don’t have a 4WD vehicle to be passengers in a vehicle driven by a competent driver. It’s a whole day trip so you will need to bring your own food, snacks, drink, thermos, hat, wet weather gear etc. The camp/picnic area (Diamantina Stockyards) that we park at is very nice. You may need to walk 1.5 km to the hut from there. If you have never had the opportunity to see some of our high country this is it. We need to know your interest so please place your name on the clipboard in the Shed ASAP.

Membership Fees Due — Membership fees have been kept the same as last year i.e. $35.00 individual and $50.00 for a community organisation or business. Fees were due and payable by 30th September 2018. Please visit the Shed Website <www.MountBeautyMensShed.org.au> and look under membership for methods of payment.

If you don’t intend to re-join please let the Shed know your intentions so you can be removed from the database — Email <secretary@mountbeautymensshed.org.au>

Shed Operating Days & Times — Tuesday & Wednesday 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. Morning tea is at 10:30 am and is a great time to social and to get to know the other men. Gold coin donation thank you. The Lunch break is at ~12:30 pm. You are most welcome.

Last Saturday’s Community Market Garage Sale action. From left: Len Sims, Mark Hardidge & Ian Howley. Other helpers were Warwick Mitchell, John Driver & Irvin Beeston. We made a few dollars selling donated items.

The Shed Extension work has commenced. Tree removal started Wednesday.

BBQ Lunch/General Meeting – Friday 19th October 2018

October 15, 2018 By Paul L'Huillier

When: Friday 19th October 2018
Start Time: 11:30 am for a 12 noon sit down BBQ .
Where: The Shed – 2 Tennis Court Ave Mount Beauty
Cost: $7/person
Who is invited: Members, potential members & visitors.

Program:
• BBQ — Again the Shed will be providing many BBQ delights. There will be the usual socialising, camaraderie and fellowship.

Note — The early start will allow for Shed inspection, project updates, demonstrations and general chit chat on all things to do with the Shed.
Food will be served at 12 noon.

Major Shed News

Shed Polo Shirts — Members who have ordered shirts can pick them up at the BBQ this week. Cost — Shirt with logo and name $31.50. Badges are $8.00 each. Payment methods — Deposit by Direct Credit into the Sheds bank account. Treasurers preferred method please – for bank details click [HERE] or place money in an envelope with your name on it and hand in at the Shed. No money no shirt.
Blair’s Hut Day Trip (13th December 2018) — Blair’s Hut is in the West Kiewa Valley and 40 km from Mt Beauty and is accessed via the West Kiewa Logging Track which is a very acceptable 4WD track. The plan is to invite members who don’t have a 4WD vehicle to be passengers in a vehicle driven by a competent driver. It’s a whole day trip so you will need to bring your own food, snacks, drink, thermos, hat, wet weather gear etc. The camp/picnic area (Diamantina Stockyards) that we park at is very nice. You may need to walk 1.5 km to the hut from there. If you have never had the opportunity to see some of our high country this is it. I need to know your interest so please let me know by Wednesday 31st October 2018 — mobile: 0400 056 247, email <paullhuillier@bigpond.com>.
Advance Notice — November BBQ/General Meeting (Friday 16th November) — Guest Speaker Dr Mark Zagorski who will talk about Arthritis and answer any questions you may have.

Shed News – AGM & other

September 22, 2018 By Paul L'Huillier

The Shed’s seventh AGM was held last Friday 21st September with 24 members in attendance.

Thanks to those members who assisted with the BBQ in Mark Hardidge’s absence i.e. Rod Hyde, John Driver, Graeme Caulfield, Shane Clooney, Ian Erbacher and Len Sims.

Brian Keeble did a fine job as the acting Chairperson for the AGM in Dick’s absence. Thanks Brian.

New Committee is:

Executive

Dick Puttyfoot – president
Mark Hardidge – vice president
Ian Howley – secretary
Paul L’Huillier – treasurer

Ordinary Members

Reg Hollonds
Irvin Beeston
Len Sims
Campbell Ford
John Driver

Membership Fees Due — Membership fees have been kept the same as last year i.e. $35.00 individual and $50.00 for a community organisation or business. Fees are due and payable by 30th September 2018. Please visit the Shed Website <www.MountBeautyMensShed.org.au> and look under membership for methods of payment.

Coming events — November BBQ with a talk on Arthritis by Dr Mark Zagorski and possible excursions to Blairs Hut in the West Kiewa Valley and the Rover Chalet on the Bogong High Plains with transport provided. A visit to the Tawonga South Vintage Car Museum has also been flagged. More details about these events to come.

Hope to see you at the Shed — Tuesdays or Wednesdays 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. Morning tea 10:30 am.

BBQ Lunch/General Meeting – Friday 17th August 2018

August 13, 2018 By Paul L'Huillier

When:Friday 17th August 2018
Start Time: 11:30 am for a 12 noon sit down BBQ .
Where: The Shed – 2 Tennis Court Ave Mount Beauty
Cost: $7/person
Who is invited: Members, potential members & visitors.

Program:
• BBQ — Our Chef de Shed Mark Hardidge is back. Again the Shed will be providing many BBQ delights. There will be the usual socialising, camaraderie and fellowship.

Note — The early start will allow for Shed inspection, project updates, demonstrations
and general chit chat on all things to do with the Shed.
Food will be served at 12 noon.

Major Shed News

Henty Field Day Visit — The Shed is organising a one day visit to this major rural event for Wednesday 19th September 2018. The plan is to self-drive a 12 seater bus departing Mount Beauty at 6:30 am to be in Henty at 8:30 am. Leaving Henty at ~2:00 pm. Cost — $44.00/member including entry. Shed will pay for the bus fuel costs. If we took a 21 seater bus then the cost would be $36.00/member. If interested please let Mark Hardidge know ASAP — Mobile: ‭0407 549 651‬, Email <maurk01@bigpond.com>.
Pick My Project needs your vote — Various Community Groups have put up five Mount Beauty Projects and one Falls Creek Project for this Victorian Government Funding Program. Projects need your vote if some of them are going to ‘get up’. Click [HERE] to vote. Note: You need to register on the website to vote and you must vote for at least 3 projects. The committee is keen on the ‘Pebble Beach’ Walking Track Extension. Please make an effort to have your vote.
Code of Conduct Policy — The Shed has developed a Code of Conduct Policy which all members are required to be aware of. Click [HERE] to view. Thanks to Brian Keeble who developed the policy which was ratified by the committee at Mondays meeting.
Donate to help drought-affected farming communities & families — Click [HERE] to donate via Red Cross.
Annual General Meeting (AGM) is coming up on Friday 21st September 2018. There will be a couple of vacancies on the committee so please consider volunteering for the 2018/19 committee.

Latest Shed News EXTRA – June 2018

June 12, 2018 By Paul L'Huillier

Please click the below link which will take you directly to the Post on the website where the photos display as a Photo Gallery [sorry the Gallery did not display in the Post (email) as expected]. When one photo is clicked on it will enlarge and allow you to view them all by clicking on the left & right arrows. Enjoy.

Click this link <https://mountbeautymensshed.org.au/category/shed-news/>

Paul L’Huillier — Website administrator

Latest Shed News — June 2018

June 12, 2018 By Paul L'Huillier

BBQ & Committee Meeting — Neither of these are scheduled for June.
Football/Nteball Gate Raffle — We have completed six manning’s of home games this season. Three to go – all at Dederang. Contact Dick if you are prepared to assist. Help is really appreciated. This is a major fund raiser for us.
Committee — Several committee members are currently on holidays and a couple more will be heading off soon.
Membership — We currently have 70 individual members and three organisations. We have approximately 15 attending on our work days.
The Shed, Lions Club & AGL — Currently these three organisations are working together to replace all the seats around the pondage. The very competent Rod Hyde is the leader of this project and its well on schedule.
Hospital Opp Shop — We have been working with the Opp Shop through Barb Talbot to repair items for re-selling, donating some items to them for re-sale. They are selling bags of our kindling wood for us on a commission.
Uniting Church Opp Shop – Warwick Mitchell has made some items of furniture (shelves/cabinets) and we have also donated a few boxes of clothes that we had acquired.
Community work — A work party helped clean out some items in a house of a deceased persons estate. A trip to the tip with two members old refrigerators and hot water service was also done. The Shed provided eight men to man the two drink stations for the local half marathon in May.
Mt Beauty Cubs/Scouts — Dick, Irvin and Len spent two hours one evening assisting sixteen Cubs/Scouts to produce a hanging key board. They learnt skills and safety aspects.
Shed extension (12m x 9m) — The committee through our Shed Construction Manager (Ian Howley) has been negotiating with the Mount Beauty Neighbourhood Centre and Alpine Shire to transfer some of the leased land to the Shed so this can happen. This is about to be finalised. Quotes have been received for initial works i.e. excavation, road fill and concreting the foundations. Funding is also being sourced.
Soundproof glass window — This has been installed between the workshop and recreation room – the old window was kept in place. It’s made a significant difference to reducing the noise coming from the workshop. Funds for this project were obtained from a AGL Energy Community Grant.
Projects in progress — Warwick is working on a frame to house a football jumper. Len continues to be our furniture restoration guru having restored a rocking chair, a number of chairs and is currently renovating a large wardrobe. Dick having rekindled his metal lathe skills has created a drive shaft for a client and is continuing Reg’s welding work on the large steel rack that will be used to store our steel outside. Ian Erbacher cutout 20 guitar shapes that were used at the Music Festival and is currently learning to use the wood lathe under Warwick’s tutelage. Mal has done extra work on the dust extraction system. Mark being our bike guru continues to repair and sell old bikes. Irvin has finalised the production of more ladder golf game sets. Brian Keeble has been working on a Code of Conduct for the Shed as part of a Health & Safety Policies. Roland is progressing in learning the intricacies of CNC Router so he can produce signs for Parks Vic. Shane is a willing helper for any job going. Herbie is renovating a cabinet for his family. Alf has become a bit of an expert on using the wood lathe (also under Warwick’s tutelage) and has produced a number of items.