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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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+====== SEPTEMBER 2021 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting ======
+Here is the agenda for our September 2021 online area group meeting.
+**Saturday 11th September from 10:00**
+This meeting will be online using Zoom.
+As before, we have found that breaks of roughly 10-15 mins per hour worked well, to avoid people getting fatigued from staring at their screens, so we will plan to do the same again.
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+**AGENDA**
+The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times:
+  * 10:00 - Get connected, sort out any microphone/audio/video issues, have a chat.
+  * 10:30 - Welcome and Introductions
+  * 10:45 - EzyAutomation (no additional wires system) by Julian Coles
+  * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!)
+  * 11:45 - Group news and updates
+  * 12:15 - Lunch
+  * 13:15 - QnA and clinic for anyone looking for advice and help on any projects
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+For the QnA sessions, if you have built something and would like any help and advice, please be ready to wave it at the camera, and we'll see what help and advice we can give from afar.
+If you would like to join in, please go to the MERG website, select the menu option MEMBER LINKS->MY UPCOMING EVENTS, or go directly to https://merg.org.uk/membership/summary.php, and you should see the details of this meeting together with the Zoom link to join in.
+Please don't share the Zoom links with anyone outside MERG, or post them on any public social media or web page.
+If you cannot see the details for East Midlands area group meetings, go to https://www.merg.org.uk/membership and make sure you are subscribed to the East Midlands area group. There is no requirement that you live in the East Midlands, any member can subscribe and join in. If you would like to introduce a visitor to the meeting, please email their details to eastmids@merg.org.uk.
+If you still can't get the Zoom link, send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk and I'll email you the Zoom link.
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+====== AUGUST 2021 East Midlands area group meeting ======
+**Saturday 7th August 2021 from 10:00**
+This is our first face to face meeting since 14 March 2020, before Covid restrictions.
+This meeting is Kindly hosted at the Kingsway Centre in Wellingborough, Northants, by the Kingsway Model Railway Society (KMRS)
+We will ask for a donation of £3 per head to cover the venue hire.  If we collect more than the cost of hiring the venue, we will donate the difference to KMRS.
+The venue has level step free access and good parking. If you need a disabled space reserved, please let us know.
+You can either bring a packed lunch or nip out to somewhere locally, such as the Sainsbury's cafe which is about 5 minutes drive away.
+We will limit numbers to 30 to make sure that the meeting is not crowded, and chairs can be set out with a little spacing.
+We will have a Zoom connection for the meeting, for those who cannot come in person. However, the meeting will be optimised for those who manage to get along, who will get the best experience.
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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 - Introducing my new role as MERG Education and Training - John Fletcher
+  * 11:00 - A demo of automation on Missenden St Mary's - Pete Brownlow
+  * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break
+  * 12:00 - Sounds for South Town - David Page
+  * 12:45 - A summary of the Arduino SIG (Special Interest Group) - John Fletcher
+  * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK
+  * 14:00 - 16:30 ish - Making it work - Practical session and problem clinic plus demos and Soldering help
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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 here 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 Wellingborough station. Please plan to arrive at Wellingborough station no later than 10am, so whoever picks you up does not have to miss any of the meeting.
+(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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