Meeting at Menz Shed Wellington Thursday 30 July 10 am

Thanks to everyone who attended.

A warm welcome to Barry and Peter who joined us today.

We're sure everyone enjoyed the presentation by Liz Barrett from Refugee Services, who explained what they do to assist refugees settling here in Wellington and how we may be able to help them with furniture repairs etc.

We also had a visit from Jack Perkins from NZ on Air who made his presence known with his microphones and getting an understanding of what Menz Shed is all about, thank you to those of you who contributed to this.

There was certainly lively discussion today and we're pleased to advise that we now have 3 of the group who have put their hands up to form a committee so we can look to move forward.  A big thank you goes out to Garry Prockter, Doug Walkin and Henry Hodge. I know everyone will help support them in their roles.

Some other topics discussed:

Garry has designed work benches and will be providing us with the measurements of the equipment needed so we can start building them, thank you Garry!

Bill has indicated that he is happy to look at the underplanting around the cabbage tree that the Soup Kitchen had requested some assistance with.  We will look at sourcing some plants to get this job started.

Norman will be busy designing name tags so we can all identify each other!

We asked those present to indicate what days they would prefer to attend whether it 1 or 5 days a week… we'll check out the results and let you know.

Steve has kindly donated a free standing Ryobi Tablesaw (he won it in a raffle, jammy eh?)

Steve also spoke to the group and gave an overview of what Menz Sheds are all about, with some discussion around membership, rules, safety and security issues.

And of course, the tea, coffee and biscuits were shared around.

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