S02E15 - Scott May & Sheldon Rogers (YV & sub-branch Toowoomba) - Part 2
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We pick up the conversation for part 2  with Scott  May and Sheldon Rogers being asked the Inevitable question….”so  what do you have  for females?”   What are you looking for came the reply.   Scott mentions t’s important for females to decide what they want and step up to create their own sense of purpose and encourage others to join in.    12 months ago nothing existed at Toowoomba.    Although they talk cars in the podcast, they do other things but it is a volunteer situation and they’re all about equality.    So girls should step up to  see whats there and what they can bring and build on.    The things they now have are a result of someone’s interest like a three D Printer to learn on and the kayaks etc. 

 An interesting issue arose of “outside” syndrome.   This is where those who have served but had limited or no deployment experience  feel they don’t have the same rights to engage in welfare programs and work side by side.   The most important medal in Scotts view is an ADM.  There is a false perception of  hierarchy post service but the truth is we are all now volunteers.   Due to the overwhelming statistics of male VRs and negative first impressions from RSLs as a general comment, an example is Carmens story, a musician, now a driver of a  music fundraising event for The Hub and RSL.   Following on from that is the vast array of experiences and skills that make up the modern returning soldier.  Gone are the days of the Officer educated Lt Colonels commanding troopers off the land and maintaining a pecking order post service.   There is little relevance for todays level of business acumen and education required to run a volunteer community with resources.   There is a RSL culture about memorabilia which the young ones respect but can sometimes be seen to challenge the establishment as it makes room for more of a collaborative RSL.   They talk about war experience and catching up with a 99 year old veteran from the Navy who served 1941/42 during the Arctic winter and how  age had no relevance.   They were brothers.

After asking what’s ahead for the branding of The Hub, Scott shared a ramping up of the separate identity of The Hub.   A diverse range of people activities, skills in a community that is less grants dependent with diversified income streams.  They have plans for ANZAC commemoration to more truly reflect the real contribution made by peace keepers for instance.   Sheldons self professed role is one of supercharged support to push those objectives to gain  traction into the demographic they are seeking.  

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