New Zealand Men's Sheds

National Membership draft2

TO REGISTER

• Please arrange to pay a nominal membership fee of $10  directly into Wairarapa REAP Bank Account, where funds will be held on behalf until such a bank account is opened.
  • ·         Westpac  03 0687 03144400 00   Reference MENZ2012
  • ·         Completion of a national membership form attached should be sent to menz@waireap.org.nz
  • Once registration has been completed a MENZ  SHED  AOTEAROA registration number will be emailed to you.

You will notice that we have adapted an Australian Men’s Shed Association form – please N/A the STATE references.

You will also notice that  registration requires certification as  a  trust, incorporated society or auspicing body

AND an  insurance policy that covers Public Liability to A$10,000,000.

We are not at that stage yet and welcome (with intent) the registration of new and potential sheds ( those where an infrastructure is being created).

As mentioned earlier

Once members are registered the Association can begin to

Undertake strategic development and make national funding applications.

Provide support and guidance to sheds as they start up.

Put our sheds on a professional basis for long term national and local strategic development.

Organise a national  Conference of Shed Reps in 2012 (possibly June 2012 – such a  conference could include support and insights from Australian Men’s Shed Association Manager David Helmers)

Kind regards

Neil Bruce

Neil Bruce (Dr)

166 State Highway 26

Newstead RD6

Hamilton  3286

NEW ZEALAND

ph +64 7 8560054

Fx +64  7 8560054

mob +64 21 1545026

Tools for Mens Sheds A4

Here is an offer from a supplier of metal working tools. (copied from e-mail to Donald Pettitt, the guy currently maintaining this site)

Hello Donald,
Thanks for your email and for putting us on the NZ blog.
We had a display of these tools at the recent Australian National Men’s Shed conference held in Brisbane this year and had an awful lot of interest in them.
If you or any of your local colleagues happened to be there (as I know there were a couple of NZ delegates) you may have seen us?

We are fairly well known to AMSA here if you wanted someones opinion about what we have to offer.

For anyone who is maybe interested in some of this equipment for their workshop, don’t hesitate to contact me.
Seeing our DVD is the best way to appreciate what these tools have to offer -I can either send you a couple to hand around, or send one to anyone who is after one.

I look forward to hearing from you again soon.

Best Regards

Greg Cowie
Chevington Tools
Ph:  +613 5435-3902
Mob: +61 419-388-463
Email: chev.tools@bigpond.com
Web: www.chevingtonmetaltools.com

The attached flyer is the current pamphlet for the Canterbury area. Check the specific shed as it is only one month old but already a bit out of date.

Menssheds November 2011

Neils-2011-Sept Web

Neil Brice presented the attached Power Point at the 2011 Australian men’s shed conference. Get in touch with him if you think you would find any of it useful for your shed.

This CRT Mens shed Article has some great pictures of guys at work in sheds

The file below is a draft philosophy for a Menz Shed based on the Oxford Menz Shed and under current discussion by the New Brighton Menz Shed. The aim is to have clarity of purpose, and a relevant indicator of the foundations of  the shed to funders, community members and members of the shed.

New Brighton Menz Shed Philosophy

Used by the Kaiapoi Menz Shed and designed by the Canterbury Men’s Centre. You are welcome to modify it to use for your own menz shed meeting (approx 3 meg in size).
Kaiapoi Menz Shed Community Meeting

A sample of the deed used by the New Brighton Menz Shed, derived from the Oxford Menz Shed is attached.  It is done in Microsoft Word, and you can use edit/replace functions to change OUR Menz Shed to you you name quite handily. Thanks for sharing that guys! New Brighton Menz Shed Trust Deed 2

PS Feedback is, it can be a lot easier to just work inside an existing trust structure if you’ve got a local agency that has the skills and interest. The shed would be a committee inside that organisation, accountable to it to some degree.

August 21 – 23, 2011 Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

This conference will showcase the growth and spread of men’s sheds throughout Australia and the world highlighting the importance of sheds and the contribution sheds make to men and their communities.

A varied and interesting arrangement of speakers shall be in attendance from sheds throughout Australia and a strong representation of international delegates are expected to attend to learn from the Australian model and to present on the growth of sheds abroad.

For more information or ring +64 2 9954 4400 or visit the website dcconferences.com.au/mensshed

Here is a copy of the Mens Shed Flyer with a list of Canterbury Sheds.

Mens Shed Flyer (PDF)