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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]]. 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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 +====== March 2024 East Midlands face to face area group meeting ======
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 +Here is the agenda for our March 2024 area group meeting.
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 +**Saturday 16th March 2024 from 10:00**
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 +This meeting is Kindly hosted by the The Bassetlaw (North Notts) Railway Society at their clubrooms on Retford Railway Station.
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 +Thanks to MERG and Bassetlaw Railway Society member Julian Pratt for arranging the venue for us.
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 +The Bassetlaw Railway Society are not charging us for the use of the room, but we will ask for a donation of £2 per head to cover the cost of teas & coffees and biscuits, and make a donation to the Society.
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 +Access is step free, but the entry door to the clubrooms is probably not wide enough for a powered wheelchair.
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 +For those coming by train, there are reasonable arrivals from east (9:50), west (9:20) and north (9:38). From the south, there is one from Peterborough and Newark arriving at (8:45) and one from Kings Cross and Grantham arriving at (8:51), so you will be waiting a while before the meeting starts, but as railway enthusiasts you can of course enjoy watching the trains pass by during your wait. :)
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 +Parking is now: £6.25 at the station, £4.95 at [[https://victoriaroadcarpark.com]] or £4 at Cobwell Road, DN22 7DD [[https://parkanddonate.co.uk]], 3 mins walk.
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 +There is a Costa Coffee on the station, a convenience store 2 minutes walk away and Retford has many excellent eating places, just 12 minutes walk away, or you may bring a packed lunch.
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 +There is no Wi-Fi at the venue, so a Zoom connection will not be possible. If presenters need to access something online, we may be able to use mobile phone hotspots, 4G coverage permitting.
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 +More details of parking and how to find the clubrooms will be included in your confirmation email when you book your place.
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 +**AGENDA**
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 +The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times:
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 +  * 10:00 - Arrival, Informal chat and get to know the other members
 +  * 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions
 +  * 10:40 - The Bassetlaw (North Notts) Railway Society - Julian Pratt
 +  * 10:50 - MERG news - John Gowers (MERG chairman)
 +  * 11:00 - The CANXIO - Pete Brownlow
 +  * 11:45 - Tea/coffee break
 +  * 12:00 - The Raspberry Pi Pico - David Jones
 +  * 12:45 - Kit locker update - Judi Rastall
 +  * 13:15 - LUNCH BREAK
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 +  * 14:00 - 16:30 ish - Demonstrations and practical problems help clinic.
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 +During the afternoon our chairman, John Gowers, will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about MERG committee matters etc.
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 +The Bassetlaw Railway Society modelling rooms will be open, where the main 00 gauge layout will be operated by society members and other layouts will be on display, including a newly started N gauge, a nearly ready O gauge and a Triang TT.
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 +We will of course have our usual problem clinic providing General help on problems with kits or other electronic projects, building, testing, problem solving etc.
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 +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, a week or so before the meeting, you will get a reply with full details, directions to the venue and parking information. Even if you are not sure yet whether you can get along, please let us know anyway so we can plan for likely numbers.
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 +(Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the week before the meeting).
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