Please join us for the June monthly lunch. It's time for comfort food. This month it is bangers and mash. Not ordinary bangers but Irish bangers made in our own kitchen with the assistance of Werner's son (a chef in Melbourne). This will be followed by a dessert of sticky date pudding with caramel custard. All in all, comfort plus! So sign up, come along and enjoy a meal with your mates! Cost for food will be $25 with beer and wine at standard prices.   As usual, we need pre-payment with your registration.  You will be able to get a credit towards a future event if you cancel at least 24 hours before the event. Should you need to cancel, please send an email to wernerribul@mac.com. No-shows on the day will forfeit their ticket fee. We hope you will be able to join us. Best regards, Werner and Michael

All Members who intend to be part of the Woodworking Group will need to complete this Power Tools Induction Training. There is a once off Cost of $10 for this Training Course, which can be paid when you purchase a ticket. Note: Members are required to complete the 'Yellow Dot' Shed Introduction session before taking part in a Red Dot training session. There will be a maximum of 3 persons for each Training Session.  If after booking, for some reason you cannot attend the training, please advise the Red Dot coordinator, Jeremy Wallace, on 0406927650 (SMS please), or email (jeremywallace5@outlook.com) as soon as possible, so we can arrange another session for you.  If you have trouble booking please contact Jeremy by SMS. The successful completion of the Red Dot Training is a pre-requisite to booking the Blue Dot Woodwork Machinery Course. Once you have completed this Training, your Membership Badge will updated to show a Red Dot and enable you to undertake any projects in the Main Workshop that utilise only Power Tools. 

Hello All We are looking for 8 volunteers to assist with the monthly lunch preparation. Please take a ticket via this invitation if you would like to volunteer. As usual, the volunteers will receive a free ticket to the event. I will issue those free tickets. As before, the ticket willl be free evem if Tidy marks it $25 !  Cheers Werner and Michael  

Come along for our Thursday morning clean-up of the shed and then stay and enjoy our famous SCMS scones with jam & cream!

We still have space for 3 more people next week.  So move quickly if you have forgotten to enrol.  Anyone who would like to brings a guest can do so. Stephen   Our next meeting is being hosted by Nick Katin.  Nick has just returned from South Africa so there is no surprise as to the theme of our next meeting.  Our ever reliable expert advisor (AI) says the following "South African wine areas are celebrated globally for their dramatic landscapes, historic estates, and innovative winemaking. Experts and visitors praise the region for producing world-class Chenin Blanc, Bordeaux blends, and its signature Pinotage, offering a premium "old-world" quality through a modern, "new-world" lens."  The picture above delivers on the landscape promise and I am sure Nick as some great wines in store for us. As usual there are 20 places at $25/head so reserve you spot quickly to avoid disappointment.  If you miss out please tell me as we often have one or two last minute cancellations.

Woodworking Machinery Induction (Blue Dot) – Phases 1 & 2 All Members who wish to use the woodworking machinery in the Machine Room will need to complete Phase 1 & Phase 2 of the Woodworking Machinery Induction Training. Please Note that Members must have completed the Red Dot course before enrolling in this Blue Dot course? This Course will be conducted in two Phases over two consecutive weeks (9am - 12pm) so you must be able to commit to both sessions before purchasing a ticket. Each Phase will be approximately a three hour duration. There will be a maximum of 3 persons for each Session. The Cost of this course (for both Phases) is $20.  If after booking, for some reason you cannot attend the training, please advise Michael Cahill on 0459062090 as soon as possible, so we can arrange another session for you.  If you cancel or are a “no show” on the day you will lose your $20 fee so please, only book if you can commit to the two consecutive weeks. Payments can be made online by secure credit card.  Once you have completed both phases of the Woodworking Machinery Induction your Membership Badge will be updated to replace the Red Dot with a Blue Dot.  This will reflect that you have completed all the necessary Woodworking Training and are ready to undertake any Woodworking projects in the Shed. 

To maintain your Blue Dot Woodworking Accreditation you will need to, you will need to undertake a Verification of Competency (VOC) Assessment as follows. Woodworking members aged under 75 years will be assessed every 24 months Woodworking members aged 75 to 80 years will be assessed every 18 months Woodworking members aged 80 to 90 years will be assessed every 12 months Woodworking members older than 90 years  will be assessed every 6 months You will be assigned a simple task which shouldn’t take more than about 30 minutes. This is not a test of your craftsmanship; it is simply a demonstration that you can competently use the machinery unsupervised without endangering yourself or others.  You can book your VOC Assessment by clicking on your preferred VOC Assessment date below. The Rostered Supervisor for the day will oversee your assessment and he will either deem you "competent" or refer you to a Trainer for further assessment or training. If you choose not to do the VOC Assessment,  you will no longer be able to use the Machine Room equipment unsupervised.

We have agreed to host a talk at the Showgrounds Mens Shed by Prof Stephen Martin on the Varroa Mite and its impact on Bee management.  This is a flying visit to Perth and he is only available on the afternoon of May 30th.  The timing of the talk is still uncertain but we expect it will be for about 2 hours early afternoon. The talk will be open to the wider bee community in Perth so places will be limited. Stephen has studied social insects (bees, wasps, termites and ants) for most of his career. His areas of specialisation are the ‘hornet ecology’, ‘pest and diseases of honeybees’ and ‘chemical ecology of ants’. He holds a Chair in Social Entomology in the School of Environmental and Life Sciences at Salford University, Manchester. Prior to that he spent 12 years working at Sheffield University, 7 years with the National Bee Unit and 7 years in Japan conducting research into hornets. Stephen is best known for his work on the Varroa mite a global parasite of honeybees and its association with viruses, especially the Deformed Wing Virus, but more recently his expertise in hornet biology is in demand, both nationally and internationally. His research funded in part by beekeepers aims to understand why some honey bee colonies have become naturally tolerant to Varroa and see if this information can provide beekeepers with a long-term solution to their mite-problem. The following link below provides one of his talks.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa56mUJSApQ

Come along for our Thursday morning clean-up of the shed and then stay and enjoy our famous SCMS scones with jam & cream!

Francesca is a Urology Nurse Practitioner with extensive nursing experience in Urology and has been a Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) affiliated Prostate Cancer Specialist Nurse for over 12 years. Francesca completed a Urology and Men’s Health Fellowship at the Australian Prostate Centre in Melbourne in 2016.      Francesca completed her Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) and currently cares for general urology patients with a focus in men’s health. She provides management of erectile dysfunction, sexual health issues, continence issues and bladder dysfunction and facilitates the long term follow up of patients with urological cancers.     Francesca is an adjunct lecturer at Edith Cowan University. She is a longstanding advisory board member for Exercise Medicine Research Institute and Movember. She is on the expert advisory panel for the National PSA Testing Guidelines and is a longstanding committee member for the Asia-Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference.  

All Members who intend to be part of the Woodworking Group will need to complete this Power Tools Induction Training. There is a once off Cost of $10 for this Training Course, which can be paid when you purchase a ticket. Note: Members are required to complete the 'Yellow Dot' Shed Introduction session before taking part in a Red Dot training session. There will be a maximum of 3 persons for each Training Session.  If after booking, for some reason you cannot attend the training, please advise the Red Dot coordinator, Jeremy Wallace, on 0406927650 (SMS please), or email (jeremywallace5@outlook.com) as soon as possible, so we can arrange another session for you.  If you have trouble booking please contact Jeremy by SMS. The successful completion of the Red Dot Training is a pre-requisite to booking the Blue Dot Woodwork Machinery Course. Once you have completed this Training, your Membership Badge will updated to show a Red Dot and enable you to undertake any projects in the Main Workshop that utilise only Power Tools. 

Hello Cooking Class Sheddies I hope you will join me for the next class on Tuesday 26 May at 9am. We will eat what we cook and lunch will be at about 12.30pm. As previously advised, I have reduced the class size to 8 (plus me and my trusty assitant Sami) to ensure that everyone attending can get involved. If you would like to come, please book early ! We will enjoy a classic Thai Pad See Ew a stir fry of fresh wide rice noodles, chicken and various sauces. It is not normally hot but we will have some nam prik (fresh chilli sauce) on the side for those who like some spice. Several weeks ago Anthony Armson cooked a very good carrot cake for a Shed birthday (with cream cheese icing and plenty of walnuts). It was so good, I thought we might make it again in the class.  A fixed cost of $25 per person will apply to each class to cover ingredients. Beer and wine will be available for purchase on the day. Please purchase your ticket in advance. As always, I look forward to seeing you on the day. All the best Michael Henderson