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--- public:courses [2020/07/06 15:16] – [MERG related courses] Update wording PeteB
+++ public:courses [2021/01/23 19:31] – Postpone and new provisional dates for March & April courses PeteB
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 Note that you do not have to be a MERG member to come on these courses.
-**PLEASE NOTE** that all courses are currently postponed until 2021, when we hope it will be safe to run them again.  All bookings with be honoured for the re-scheduled course, or any other course if you prefer to come on a different one at that time.
+These courses are organised by a group of MERG members for the benefit of other MERG members and railway modellers in general.  Your booking is directly with the course organisers, not with MERG itself.
-We have now decided that we will not be trying to run any courses in the remainder of 2020, even if lockdown eases further, and we will start again with the sequence of courses on similar dates in 2021 to those that were planned for 2020.
+**PLEASE NOTE** that all course dates are provisional and dependant on the Covid situation, and will not take place until it is safe to run them again. You will see that some dates for spring 2021 have already been put back by a month or two.
-The dates below are all confirmed for 2021, with the venue already booked.
+All bookings for courses that have been postponed with be honoured for the re-scheduled course, or any other course if you prefer to come on a different one at that time.
-In the meantime, we will also be running online versions of each course on the originally scheduled 2020 dates, for those have booked for the physical courses, using the Zoom teleconferencing system.
+The dates below are all confirmed for 2021, with the venue already booked, but may be postponed if it is still not considered safe.
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 ===== Introduction to CBUS =====
-** 27th to 29th March 2021 (Rushden) **
+** 29th to 31st May 2021 (Rushden) **
+** (Postponed from 27th to 29th March 2021) **
 The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
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 ===== More CBUS =====
-** 24th-26th April 2021 (Rushden) **
+** 5th to 7th June 2021 (Rushden) **
+** (Postponed from 24th-26th April 2021) **
 This course is for those already familiar with the basics of CBUS, who would like to take it further.