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LADY'S where for art thou?... I've put a cat in the pigeon cage!
Hi all... yes I've been off the radar for a few years.... but back with renewed vigour. Making sawdust. I've not actually stopped the woodworking, I'd just stopped the online participation. Life has been so busy & exciting.
I'm also trying to start a Lady Sawdusters Group in Mandurah. It's going to upset a few people... maybe even a few on here. Mandurah has 2 Men's Shed groups that do woodwork. One has about 9 members, other has 20. Both only used 2 days a week. WHY WHY WHY won't they allow a woman group use it on a day when their not there. Sheds premises are donated free of charge... equipment given by Government grants & lotteries. YEP... I've got a battle on my hands. Not going to be deterred. Stay tuned, comment. Ive got a thick hide. Idea's welcomed. Oh, I hold a OHS certificate, Test & Tag Authorised, WhiteCard, scaffold ticket...(son's a builder everytime he put guys through training programs he signed me up too!) add to that my last 20 years of woodworking feel I'm qualified enough to tackle this one! It's totally the injustice of empty SHED's not being used... 3 days a week & I've got 50 ladies so far wanting access. Kalgoorlie & Esperance have already gone Co-Ed. It is left up the the individual shed if they allow women. $900,000 from Government Grants last year alone. WHY, should that be just for men. Women have same needs. AGAIN I state... "only want access on a day men are not there"...& just let one man tell me women can't operate machinery I'm liable to bite heads off...LOL
Made these last week... what do you think.