Our Membership

A full lifetime membership is $1.00 (A member can cancel his membership upon request. There are provisions to expel members not willing to live within the broad Men’s Shed guidelines but with extensive consultation.)

A voluntary (but suggested) sustaining annual membership of $50.00

Voluntary participation in the shop activities at $10.00 per hour (on the honour system and readily accommodative of any member who has restricted resources). The Men’s Shed must be available and welcoming to any aspiring member. We liken the $10 per hour as somewhat similar to a 5-hour round of golf which costs $50 plus.

Voluntary (but suggested) $4.00 fee for coffee/tea and cookies.

To explain the member risk obligations, we highlight the following:

  1. Any member, including founding members, are immune from financial risk as mere Members. Participating Members may expose themselves to risk around tools and travel, but a combination of individual Member care, appropriate training, appropriate insurance, and appropriate safety protocols will be adopted and actively managed.
  2. If you have any potential interest in positions such as: President, Secretary-Treasurer, Shop Steward, or Director-At-Large; you are encouraged to offer to help fill these positions. There is, and will be, no pressure in this regard.
  3. The life-time Membership fee is set at one dollar. We prefer to leave the funding for ongoing operations on an honour system with the Members who have sufficient resources to contribute enough, based on actual participation to fund the coffee, tea, and cookies, electricity, natural gas, and specific insurance related to Members and Officers. The typical insurance associated with fire and flood will remain with the landlord.
  4. Where Members undertake a project which involves materials and other out of pocket costs; the Members supporting the specific project are expected to supply the funding for the project. The Members might agree to provide labour for a community project. If so, the Club and its Members must arrange plausible funding before the project is approved.