Strathfield Menshed Timber Required
We have discovered that the floor of our building will need some repairs. While the floor, plywood, is OK , we will need some hardwood joists and bearers. Can anyone assist with cheap, ie free timber (possibly could stretch to a case of Beer).
We can collect in Sydney metro area.
Someone might know of a house being demolished and they could perhaps ask the demolisher to put them aside for us.
Thanks
Terry McCowan
Peak body for community Men's Sheds
The question about the different peak bodies representing Men's Shed in Australia is a very important one. The Australian Men's Shed Association (AMSA) has this on their website: There is no relationship between the community based Australian Men's Sheds Association AMSA, which represents independent community Men's Sheds, and the company Mensheds Australia Ltd.
Communities wanting information about setting up a Shed can get lots of information from the AMSA and their member Sheds for free. There's a fantastic group of Sheds who are members of AMSA (and their State affiliate) and we're all in regular contact to support and guide each other through our Shed journeys and challenges, again at no cost.
With a member based structure, the Boards of AMSA and the State Assn's are elected by their members, whilst my understanding is that Sheds linked to the company Mensheds Aus don't have a say in electing people to positions (not sure they even have a Board – perhaps just paid staff?).
If you want support for your existing Shed or to set up a new one and you want that support for free, then consider linking with AMSA. (The Victorian Men’s Shed Ass’n has around 80 members who meet on a quarterly basis in a different region of Vic and it’s a great resource to get lots of help and guidance). If you want to pay for help and you’ve got the $$, then link with the company Menshed Aus.
The AMSA website is: www.mensshed.org
AMSA is running the 3rd National Men's Shed Conference in Tassie in August and they're expecting around 400 sheddies to attend. It should be a great event and opportunity to hear from other community based Sheds, details are on the AMSA website.