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 For MERG members, you might also like to look at our [[https://www.merg.org.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=55|area group forum]].
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+====== EASTER 2019 East Midlands area group meeting ======
+**Saturday 20th April 2019 from 10:00**
+Our next meeting is Kindly hosted by the Kingsway Model Railway Society (KMRS) in Wellingborough.
+KMRS is a small club that has a room in the Kingsway Centre in Wellingborough, where a small 00 gauge layout is under construction. They also have portable N gauge and 009 layouts at various stages of development. The society uses the meeting room in the centre for their weekly club meetings.
+Normally it is not possible to hire the meeting room at weekends, as there are regular weekly meetings on Saturdays and Sundays by a language class and a dance school.
+However, neither of these organisations are meeting on Easter Saturday 20th April, so we have been able to hire the room.
+Collection can be arranged from Wellingborough station for those who would like to come by train.
+We will ask for a donation of £2.50 per head to cover the room hire, and £1 each in the pot to cover teas/coffees biscuits etc. for the day. Any excess over the costs will be donated to KMRS.
+There is a Sainsbury's with a cafe less than 5 minutes drive away, and a local convenience store about 350yds away, or bring your own packed lunch.
+The venue is level access with no stairs. If you need a disabled car parking space reserved close to the door, please let me know.
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+**AGENDA**
+The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times:
+  * 10:00 - Arrival, Informal chat and get to know the other members
+  * 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions
+  * 11:00 - CBUS update, developments and news - by Pete Brownlow
+  * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break
+  * 11:45 - Setting up JMRI routes with CBUS by Graham Clark
+JMRI is a free software program for computer control, Graham will show how he used it to set up routing using the MERG CBUS system. Graham is bring a demo board, and invites questions and discussion after his presentation.
+  * 12:30 MERG DCC and CBUS on the KMRS 00 layout
+Pete will describe his experiences, tribulations and future plans installing the MERG DCC system and CBUS accessory control on the layout at KMRS, together with live demos on the layout itself, which is in the room adjoining our meeting.
+  * 13:15 - LUNCH BREAK
+  * 14:30 - 16:00 ish - Making it work - Practical workshop session and problem clinic
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+For the practical sessions, as we have done before, if you have built something and/or would like any help and advice, please bring it along and we'll work on it with you as a demonstration for everyone.
+If you already know what you want help on for this session, please email the details in advance so we can gen-up on it and look like we know what we are talking about!
+Although the main presentations are quite CBUS-centric this time, we will of course cover anything and everything during the afternoon workshop session.
+If you would like to come, please send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk or post a message in the East Midlands Area group section of the MERG forum. I will add you to the list and, in due course, you will get a reply with full address details, directions to the venue and parking information.
+If you are planning to come by train, let us know if you need a lift from Wellingborough station. Please plan to arrive at Wellingborough station no later than 10am so that whoever comes to pick you up does not have to miss any of the meeting.
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