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 ====== MERG related courses ======
-If you know about any other relevant courses not listed here, please add them.
+If you know about any other relevant courses not listed here, in particular those in other areas, please add them.
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 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.
-**PLEASE NOTE** that all course dates are provisional and dependent 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.
+All bookings for courses that were postponed over the last couple of years will be honoured for future courses.
-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.
 If you already have a booking for any course, you will be contacted directly by email about the arrangements and dates.
-The dates below are all confirmed for 2021, with the venue already booked, but may be postponed if it is still not considered safe.
+The dates for 2022 are now confirmed with the venues.
+See also the [[public:courses#possible_courses_for_2023|list of possible courses for 2023]].
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+===== JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher =====
-===== Introduction to CBUS =====
+** 22-24th October 2022 (Rushden) **
-** 29th to 31st May 2021 (Rushden) **
+**A few places still available!**
-** (Postponed from 27th to 29th March 2021) **
+This is part 3 of our three JMRI courses.
+This is a weekend course for JMRI power users who want to take it on to partial or full automation.
 The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
 Station, Northamptonshire.
-For those just starting out in CBUS, this weekend course will take you from first principles through building CBUS kits to setting up CBUS operations.
+As a pre-requisite you should be a fluent JMRI user, having attended our Introduction and part 2 courses, or be comfortable with setting up panels in the Layout Editor, blocks and train detection, pathing and signalling.
-This course assumes no previous knowledge of CBUS.
 Click below for more details:
-[[public:CBUS Intro Course|Introduction to CBUS weekend course details]]
+[[public:jmripart3course|JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher course details]]
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+===== Missenden Railway Modellers Autumn weekend - 4-6th November2022 =====
-===== More CBUS =====
+The Missenden Autumn weekend 2022 has now been scheduled, bookings are open - last few places remaining as of 12th October.
-** 5th to 7th June 2021 (Rushden) **
+See the website for more details:
-** (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.
+[[http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/|Missenden Railway Modellers weekend]]
+----
-Particular emphasis on configuring CBUS in FLiM and using the universal CANMIO firmware.
-The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
+===== POSSIBLE COURSES FOR 2023 =====
-Station, Northamptonshire.
-This course assumes that you have attended the Introduction to CBUS course, or that you already have a good understanding of the basics of CBUS, building modules and getting them working.
-Bookings are now open.
+For 2023, we are publishing a list of our Northamptonshire courses and inviting expressions of interest.  We will then run a selection of those courses for which there is most interest.
-Click below for more details.
+**We will not run any courses unless we have received sufficient expressions of interest** - so if you would like to come on a course, please send us an email of your interest.
-[[public:More CBUS Course|More CBUS weekend course details]]
+Here are the possible courses we have thought of so far, we could run up to 6 courses that generate sufficient interest:
+  * General kit building workshop weekend
+  * Introduction to CBUS development
+  * Programming PICs
+  * Programming Arduinos
+  * Our usual Intro and More CBUS courses
+  * Our usual 3 JMRI courses, Intro, signalling/logic & automation
+  * Introduction to DCC
+  * Decoder Pro
+  * PCB Design
+  * 3D printing ++
+  * Weathering
+  * Build a MERG DCC system in a weekend
+  * Templot
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+++ Subject to finding a tutor
-===== STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO =====
+The courses would take place at one of our venues in Northamptonshire.
-** 12th-14th June 2021 (Rushden) **
+More details of some of the courses we could run are listed below.
-The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
+If you are interested in one or more of the above, and would most likely come if we ran that course, please drop an email to [[eastmids@merg.org.uk]]
-Station, Northamptonshire.
-JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway.
+If you are interested in a course that is not on the above list, please also send us an email, we may well add it to the list.
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-The course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI and takes you through from first principles.
-Bookings are now open
+===== Missenden Railway Modellers Spring weekend - 3-5th March 2023 =====
-Click below for more details.
+The Missenden March weekend 2022 has now been scheduled, and bookings are open.
-[[public:introtojmricourse|Starting out with JMRI Panel Pro course details]]
+See the website for more details:
+[[http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/|Missenden Railway Modellers weekend]]
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-===== JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing, Logic and Signalling =====
-** 4th-6th September 2021 (Rushden) **
+===== Introduction to CBUS =====
-This is part 2 of our three JMRI courses.
+See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know.
-The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
+Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled.
-Station, Northamptonshire.
-This is a weekend course for those already familiar and competent with the basics of JMRI.
+For those just starting out in CBUS, this weekend course will take you from first principles through building CBUS kits to setting up CBUS operations.
-As a pre-requisite you should have attended our introduction to JMRI Panel Pro course, or be fluent with drawing a layout diagram in the Layout Editor, setting up turnouts & sensors, turnout feedback, linking from a Layout Editor Panel to the physical layout & the basics of train detection.
+This course assumes no previous knowledge of CBUS.
-Bookings are now open.
+Click below for more details:
+[[public:CBUS Intro Course|Introduction to CBUS weekend course details]]
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+===== JMRI Decoder Pro – Programming DCC locos and managing the roster =====
+See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know.
+What this space for when the next course is scheduled.
+This is a weekend course on making use of JMRI Decoder Pro software to program your DCC locos, and how to make use of the features of the loco roster.
+A familiarity with basic DCC concepts is assumed.
 Click below for more details:
-[[public:jmripart2course|JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing and Signalling course details]]
+[[public:decoderprocourse|Decoder Pro course details]]
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-===== JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher =====
+===== More CBUS =====
-** 6th-8th November 2021 (Rushden) **
+See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know.
-This is part 3 of our three JMRI courses.
+Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled.
-This is a weekend course for JMRI power users who want to take it on to partial or full automation.
+This course is for those already familiar with the basics of CBUS, who would like to take it further.
-The course will take place in the “Goods Shed” meeting room at the Rushden Transport Museum & Railway, Rushden
+Particular emphasis on configuring CBUS in FLiM and using the universal CANMIO firmware.
-Station, Northamptonshire.
-As a pre-requisite you should be a fluent JMRI user, having attended our Introduction and part 2 courses, or be comfortable with setting up panels in the Layout Editor, blocks and train detection, pathing and signalling.
+This course assumes that you have attended the Introduction to CBUS course, or that you already have a good understanding of the basics of CBUS, building modules and getting them working.
-Click below for more details:
+Click below for more details.
-[[public:jmripart3course|JMRI Part 3 – Automation with scripts and the Dispatcher course details]]
+[[public:More CBUS Course|More CBUS weekend course details]]
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-=====3D Printing courses=====
+===== JMRI Part 1 - STARTING OUT WITH JMRI PANEL PRO =====
-[[public:3dprintingcourse|3D Printing]]
+See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know.
+Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled.
+JMRI is free software that you can download to control your model railway.
+The course assumes no previous knowledge of JMRI and takes you through from first principles.
+Click below for more details.
+[[public:introtojmricourse|Starting out with JMRI Panel Pro course details]]
-None currently scheduled.
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-===== Missenden Railway Modellers weekends =====
+===== JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing, Logic and Signalling =====
-The Missenden Railway Modellers Weekends are workshops with expert tutors from MERG on hand. The Autumn weekend every October includes electronics classes that come with expert MERG tutors, covering all aspects of electronics for model railways including CBUS.
+See the list, above, of possible courses for 2023, and if you are interested in this or another course next year, please let us know.
-At present, bookings for the Autumn weekend in October will not open until the end of July, when organisers will make a decision about whether it is possible to go ahead.
+Watch this space for when the next course is scheduled.
-Bookings and more details are via the Missenden Railway Modellers website.
+This is part 2 of our three JMRI courses.
+This is a weekend course for those already familiar and competent with the basics of JMRI.
+As a pre-requisite you should have attended our introduction to JMRI Panel Pro course, or be fluent with drawing a layout diagram in the Layout Editor, setting up turnouts & sensors, turnout feedback, linking from a Layout Editor Panel to the physical layout & the basics of train detection.
+Click below for more details:
+[[public:jmripart2course|JMRI Part 2 – Blocks, Routing and Signalling course details]]
-[[http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/|Missenden Railway Modellers weekend]]
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+===== Missenden Railway Modellers Summer Retreat - 30th July to 5th August 2023 =====
+The Missenden summer retreat is 7 days of uninterrupted modelling. Although there is not usually specific electronics content, there are generally some modellers working with electronics and experts on hand to assist with whatever you are working on.
+See the website for more details:
+[[http://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/|Missenden Railway Modellers]]
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