{"id":80,"date":"2023-03-05T13:28:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T03:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msmee.org.au\/Club\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2025-05-19T13:22:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T03:22:52","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/msmee.club\/Club\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-colibri-id=\"80-c1\" class=\"style-232 style-local-80-c1 position-relative\">\r\n  <!---->\r\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"80-c2\" id=\"about\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-234 style-local-80-c2 position-relative\">\r\n    <!---->\r\n    <!---->\r\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\r\n      <!---->\r\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"80-c3\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-0 gutters-row-md-0 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-0 gutters-row-v-md-0 gutters-row-v-0 style-235 style-local-80-c3 position-relative\">\r\n        <!---->\r\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-0 gutters-col-md-0 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-0 gutters-col-v-md-0 gutters-col-v-0\">\r\n          <!---->\r\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-236-outer style-local-80-c4-outer\">\r\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"80-c4\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-0 h-px-md-0 h-px-0 v-inner-lg-0 v-inner-md-0 v-inner-0 style-236 style-local-80-c4 position-relative\">\r\n              <!---->\r\n              <!---->\r\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\r\n                <!---->\r\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"80-c5\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-237 style-local-80-c5 position-relative h-element\">\r\n                  <!---->\r\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-237 style-local-80-c5\">\r\n                    <!---->\r\n                    <!---->\r\n                    <h1 class=\"\">About us<\/h1>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"80-c6\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-238 style-local-80-c6 position-relative h-element\">\r\n                  <!---->\r\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-238 style-local-80-c6\">\r\n                    <!---->\r\n                    <!---->\r\n                    <h5 class=\"\">The society was formed in 1926 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and became an incorporated association in 1978. It seeks to promote the hobby of model engineering in all its facets.<\/h5>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"80-c7\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-239 style-local-80-c7 position-relative h-element\">\r\n                  <!---->\r\n                  <!---->\r\n                  <div class=\"\">\r\n                    <p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Melbourne Society of Model &amp; Experimental Engineers (M.S.M.E.E.) meets approximately 10km from the Melbourne CBD at&nbsp;the A.M.R.A. Hall, 92 Wills Street, Glen&nbsp;Iris, Victoria, every second Friday in the month. Meetings start at 8.00 p.m. Visitors are welcome to come along.<\/span><\/p>\r\n                    <p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Members usually arrive before the start of business to borrow books from the club&#8217;s&nbsp;extensive library, buy tools or materials from the trade tables or catch up and have a chat with friends.<\/span><\/p>\r\n                    <p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">With around 100 active members the meetings are informal with the minimum of business&nbsp;discussion &#8211; it is preferable to get into the real fun stuff of discussing model engineering and related topics.<\/span><\/p>\r\n                    <p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The main item of the evening is often an interesting talk by a member or guest speaker. This is followed by a question and answer session about models or workshop items members have brought in (show and tell!).<\/span><\/p>\r\n                    <p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">There are a few evenings set aside for special events like the annual auction (July), exhibition&nbsp;night (December) and the obligatory Annual General Meeting (September).&nbsp;<\/span>\r\n                      <em\r\n                        style=\"font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Please note that you do have to be a member to participate in the auction.<\/em>\r\n                    <\/p>\r\n                    <p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The society is sometimes known as &#8216;the model engineering club without a track&#8217;. This reflects the diverse skills and interests of the members and makes it truly a &#8216;model and experimental&#8217; engineering society.<\/span><\/p>\r\n                    <p>\r\n                      <br>\r\n                    <\/p>\r\n                  <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n              <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-240-outer style-local-80-c8-outer\">\r\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"80-c8\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-ui-empty-state-container h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-240 style-local-80-c8 position-relative\">\r\n              <!---->\r\n              <!---->\r\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100\">\r\n                <!---->\r\n              <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About us The society was formed in 1926 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and became an incorporated association in 1978. It seeks to promote the hobby of model engineering in all its facets. The Melbourne Society of Model &amp; Experimental Engineers (M.S.M.E.E.) meets approximately 10km from the Melbourne CBD at&nbsp;the A.M.R.A. 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