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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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