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No. 3
THE
NewsleƩer of
WA Men’s Shed
AssociaƟon Inc.
MAY 2011
To support and promote men’s sheds in Western Australia
New Direction for WAMSA
DEADLINE FOR NEXT
NEWSLETTER IS:
From Interim President John McDougall
JUNE 20
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Interim President:
John McDougall
[Narrogin]
9883 6143
0427 856 864 —
[email protected]
Treasurer:
Murray Gracie
[Cannington]
9457 9198
0488 007 942 —
[email protected]
Newsle er Editor:
“Ike” Ikin CD
[SƟrling]
9448 6354 —
[email protected]
Correspondence: PO Box 222
MAYLANDS WA 6931
IRSTLY who is the interim Chairman of
WAMSA? His name is John McDougall;
he now lives in a little town called
Cuballing in the Upper Great Southern surrounded
by the Dryandra country.
He was one of the founding members of the Narrogin Mens
Shed Inc and currently is their Chairman.
He has a background in agriculture, rural contracting, agripolitics and spent a large part of his career in rural, remote
south-east Western Australia.
Now down to business:
John inherited the chairmanship of the board of WAMSA
when Phil Barton’s health issues necessitated his resignation.
In addition WAMSA lost another member, John Bryant due to ill
health. However, we have managed to recruit Richard Gates
and Ossie Osborne to the Board and more recently “Ike” Ikin
stepped in to produce the newsletter.
We currently have a team of people dedicated to the aims
and objectives of WAMSA, but we are still undermanned and
desperately need the services of someone to act as our
Secretary, at least until our Annual General Meeting in October,
and possibly beyond.
The Board believes there is room for 3-4 more “doing men” to
join now! We need a pool of 10-12 directors that will allow 7-8
to be available at all times to allow for holidays, hospital stays,
grandchildren and other activities.
The Board has resolved that WAMSA will direct the
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SOCIAL GAMBLING
WAMSA is not advocating social gambling but if you
wanna have a game of poker, euchre or whatever for a
coupla bob it is legally ok to do this. . .providing you
follow the rules on Page 2.
Have fun but gamble responsibly.
REMINDER TO ALL SHEDS. . .PLEASE UPDATE YOUR LATEST DETAILS TO W.A.M.S.A. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE Page 2
Information received from Department of Racing,
Gaming and Liquor after a request from Stirling
Community Men’s Shed.
Social gambling is not unlawful if:
● It is spontaneous, notwithstanding that it may
occur
regularly, habitually or by
arrangement between people involved in
the game;
● It is not promoted or conducted for the private
gain of any person not participating in the
gambling;
● It is conducted in a manner that ensures:
● No person is defrauded or cheated;
● No charge in money’s worth is made in respect
of the gambling, and that no levy are
charged on the winnings of any player;
● No money or money’s worth that any player
puts down as stakes, pays as losses, or
exchanges for tokens used in the game, are
used for any purposes other than payment
to the participants in the game;
● Jeopardises the mental. Physical or moral
welfare of any child under the age of 16;
● It does not contravene the requirements of the
person responsible for the premises where
the social gambling is taking place;
● It is not two-up;
● It is not a game that is restricted to being played
at Burswood Casino, in accordance with
the Casino Control Act 1984;
● Is not a prohibited game in accordance with the
Gaming and Wagering Commission Act
1987;
● The chances of winning are equally favourable
to all players participating in the game;
• The chances of winning lie fairly between one
participant and all other players.
Copyright © Government of Western Australia
PONDERINGS. . .
From Page 1 limited resources to member sheds only.
We are working to put together starter kits to
complement the information provided by AMSA, and a
“Shed in a Box” is being developed. “Shed in a Box” will
be a valuable resource, available to all member sheds
full of information, ideas, sample policies, tips and tricks
to assist sheds to start up and/or operate in the WA
environment.
We are aware of around 110 sheds either operating or
formulating at the time of writing, but unfortunately less
than 50% are members of WAMSA
The Board believes we need to kill off the notion right
now that WAMSA is a well-funded organisation and
available to anybody who is contemplating starting a
shed or running an established shed.
Funding is a real issue for the State body. We can
obtain funding to run events (conferences, planning
meetings and the like) and individual sheds have the
ability to access grants across the spectrum. We are
finding it extremely difficult to obtain carry-on funding for
the day to day running of WAMSA. So we need your
membership.
To look at the “big picture” and set our future direction,
we are also working on a strategic plan (including a
business plan) and doing what we can with the limited
funding and manpower available.
So please bear with us guys: as getting an infant
organisation up and running and attempting to meet the
demand, has been challenging to say the least. We
desperately need your support, patience and a source of
funding.
The Board has also resolved to take our meetings to
member sheds and we are open to invitations. This
includes country sheds as well.
To make the newsletter effective and representative of
WA sheds, we need your stories. So please submit
articles, photos with captions, and upcoming events to
the “The Warbler” now. This newsletter will only work if
all of us want it to!
Email to the editor: [email protected] or
[email protected]
United we prosper, divided we flounder!
Hey. . .Got
something to
sell, swap or
wanna buy??
Sheds can use “The
Warbler” for this
purpose.
Send your details to
the editor.
IMPORTANT TO
NOTE
If your shed has any
events you would like to
publicise please send to
Editor BEFORE the
deadline date on the
front page!
Also please email your
Shed’s newsletter so
Editor can publish
snippets where space
permits.
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