This is the Presidents Report to the Council of Australian Men’s Shed Associations Ltd AGM held 17th November 2020
I believe the highlights of this year have been the obtaining of the title to the property at Drake and subsequent sale of the property as well as the change of name from Mensheds Australia Ltd to Council of Australian Men’s Shed Associations Ltd., followed closely by the announcement of the review of AMSA and the NSDP.
Now that we are coming out of the Covid 19 crisis I think we can all agree that our respective State Governments and stronger Men’s Shed Associations have done a great job in leading us through this pandemic.
Now is the time to consider the future. What are we facing as the Men’s Shed movement in Australia post Covid 19?
This all comes back to the question “which organisations can claim at State and Federal level to represent their Sheds.”
From very early in the history of Sheds, there have been two national Men’s Sheds associations. Now the difference matters more than ever. Read more…
The decision to revive and repurpose Mensheds Australia Ltd goes back to early 2018, when Men Sheds of WA decided to act on the slow progress of the “4 states in conversation” to implement its decision to form a new national body.
Bettina Arndt has opened a tin of worms and set the emails flowing with her YouTube and article on Women in Men’s Sheds. You can watch her video here. She’s got another good one here.
