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+====== MARCH 2020 East Midlands area group meeting ======
+**Saturday 14th March 2020 from 10:00**
+Our March meeting is Kindly hosted by the Historical Model Railway Society (HMRS) at their Museum and Study Centre located at The Midland Railway Centre, Swanwick Junction, near Derby.
+(See http://www.hmrs.org.uk)
+We will ask for a donation of £2 per head to cover teas/coffees and a donation to HMRS for our use of the room.
+I have been advised that there will be no catering on site that day, other than the teas and coffees, so you will need to bring a packed lunch.
+The meeting room is upstairs, but HMRS have a platform stair lift which I have confirmed is working, so step free access is available. The platform should accept a standard wheelchair, but will not take the larger mobility scooters. When confirming your place, please let us know if you have any mobility requirements.
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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
+  * 10:45 - An Arduino based timed shuttle - Jeremy Cole
+  * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break
+  * 12:00 - CBUS/CANMIO update & building CBUS modules that are not yet in the kit locker - Pete Brownlow
+  * 13:00 - MERG Kit locker Update - Judi Rastall – News on new/updated kits, availability, changes to the kit locker
+  * 13:30 - LUNCH BREAK
+  * 14:30 - 16:30ish - Making it work: Practical session & problem clinic plus demos & Soldering help (inc surface mount) with John Gowers
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+For the practical sessions, as we have done before, if you have built something and would like any help and advice, please bring it along and we'll work on it with you as a demonstration for all those interested.
+If you already know what you want help on for this session, please email or post the details in advance so we can gen-up on it and look like we know what we are talking about!
+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. Let us know if you need a lift from a nearby station - Alfreton is the closest.
+(Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the next few days.)
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 ====== OCTOBER 2019 East Midlands area group meeting ======
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   * 10:15 Introduction to Arduino - Alex Hamilton
   * 11:15 Coffee Break
-  * 11:30 Introduction to the CBUS CANMIO - Pete Brownlow
-  * 12:30 The Universal CANMIO firmware - Ian Hogg
-  * 11:00 Coffee Break
   * 11:30 Case studies of Arduino in model railway projects - Duncan Greenwood
   * 12:30 Lunch
   * 13:30 Kit locker news - Judi Rastall
-  * 14:00 Afternoon pratical sessions, including:
+  * 14:00 Afternoon practical sessions, including:
           A chance to talk in more detail with our speakers