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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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+====== OCTOBER 2021 East Midlands area group meeting ======
+**Saturday 16th October 2021 from 10:00**
+This meeting is Kindly hosted by the Nene Valley Railway at Wansford. Thanks to MERG and NVR member Russ Jenner for arranging the venue for us.
+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 the NVR.
+The venue has level step free access and good parking. If you need a disabled space reserved, please let us know.
+There is a cafe on site, we will pass the menu around in the morning so you can order lunch if you wish.
+If the Wifi at the venue is working well enough, we will have a Zoom connection for the morning 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.
+It is a running day on the NVR, I'm not sure if it will be steam or diesel.
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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 - O gauge headcode module - live demo - Graham Clarke
+  * 11:15 - Tea/coffee break
+  * 11:30 - DCC basics - Colin Head
+  * 12:00 - Introduction to Surface mount assembly using the hotplate method - Duncan Greenwood
+  * 12:30 - LUNCH BREAK
+  * 13:30 - 16:30 ish - Demonstrations, soldering clinic and practical problems help clinic
+During the afternoon the following activities will be available:
+  * Duncan will give close up demonstrations to smaller groups of the hot plate method of surface mount assembly
+  * John Gowers will give advice and surface mount hand soldering
+  * Graham Clarke with further demos of his headcode unit
+  * Colin Head will be available for digging deeper into DCC topics such as the JMRI roster
+  * General help on problems with kits or other electronic projects, building, testing, problem solving etc.
+  * NVR now has a Railwayana shop which we hope will be open
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+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. Even if you are not sure yet whether you can get along, please let us know anyway so we can plan for likely numbers.
+Let us know if you need a lift from Peterborough station. Please plan to arrive at Peterborough station no later than 9:30am, 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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+====== 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 ONLINE area group meeting ======
+====== AUGUST 2021 East Midlands area group meeting ======
 **Saturday 7th August 2021 from 10:00**
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   * 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 Bunbury
+  * 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 - QnA
+  * 12:45 - A summary of the Arduino SIG (Special Interest Group) - John Fletcher
   * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK