Date: 8th October 2011

Tool Auction
Arrived at 9am but set up completed Friday by members who volunteered. I is very organized and logical in his planning of these task. We talked about how the auction would be run and the timeframes we needed to keep to so as people could have morning tea while it was still hot and goods could also be removed before lunch and the hanger tidied.
Around 45 people present
Well organized system of registrations and ordering and labeling of lots. Members had assumed tasks related to morning tea prep, displaying goods, registering buyers, helping people take goods to cars, explaining H and S (I).
Morning tea organized by wives and members. Evident that members wives and families were happy to contribute here. Food and effort appreciated by all who were there. Nice meeting wider families and partners. All interested in ongoing activities of the shed.
I introduced auction set rule about hanger, toilets, morning tea, as is where is nature of the good sold and bidding and collection processes. I made a special effort to thank people involved.
A local real-estate agent who sponsors the shed L ran auction. He is an experienced auctioneer and had humorous way of encouraging people to bid. He often referred to I as to the reserve price of goods and whether they could be sold. Some items went very cheaply while others had good competition. Comments about auction being good for members in those equipment/tools get used and money gets raised, even if prices were not as high as expected.
I purchase three items a bike hook, a brassier, and an old wooden shipping trunk which I saw as a potential future project (maybe one I could do at the shed). A number of those present were happy with the bargains they purchased.
Goods all paid for and collected by 12 hanger cleared.


Themes
• Place and the ability to make, maintain, and take ownership when sharing with others
• Transition and the incorporation of skills, knowledge, values, beliefs from previous occupations. Fit of membership and attendance within a busy weekly schedule for meany members one of many other activities.
• Shared knowledge, skills, values and beliefs
• Community norms and what it means to be a member (requirements stated or otherwise)
• Connections outside the meeting time, friendships, place of BS in weekly schedules
• Connection with the community (projects, promotions, advice giving/sharing with other organizations)
• Collective verses individual production
• Organization, red tape, associations with other (national movement)
• Recycling and waste not want not.