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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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+====== January 2024 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting ======
+Here is the agenda for our January online Zoom area group meeting.
+**Saturday 20th January 2024 from 10:00**
+This meeting will be online using Zoom.
+As before, we have found that regular breaks of roughly 10-15 mins 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, Informal chat
+  *  10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions
+  *  10:45 - Essex Brick part 2 - getting into using YAAT for automation - Eddy
+  *  11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!)
+  *  11:45 - My initial exploration of the Hornby HM7000 system - David Page
+  * 12:15 - QnA on the above talks
+  * 12:30 - Kit and other news
+  *  13:00 - LUNCH BREAK
+  *  14:00 on - General QnA and help clinic
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+For the help clinic session in the afternoon, 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.
+I will send out the usual reminder email, it will go automatically to everyone who is subscribed to this area group.
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+====== December 2023 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting ======
+Here is the agenda for our December 2023 online Zoom area group meeting.
+**Saturday 9th December from 10:00**
+This meeting will be online using Zoom.
+As before, we have found that regular breaks of roughly 10-15 mins worked well, to avoid people getting fatigued from staring at their screens, so we will plan to do the same again.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+**AGENDA**
+The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times:
+  *  10:00 - Get connected, Informal chat
+  *  10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions
+  *  10:45 - Essex Brick a lockdown to exhibition layout - Eddy
+  *  11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!)
+  *  11:45 - Update on my developments with DCC, CBUS and JMRI - Pete Brownlow
+   * 12:45 - QnA
+  *  13:00 - LUNCH BREAK
+  *  14:00 on - General QnA and help clinic
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+For the help clinic session in the afternoon, 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.
+I will send out the usual reminder email, it will go automatically to everyone who is subscribed to this area group.
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+====== OCTOBER 2023 East Midlands MERG Area Group FACE to FACE meeting ======
+**Saturday 21st October 2023 from 10:00**
+The 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 £5 per head to cover both the venue hire and teas/coffees for the day. If we collect more than the cost of hiring the venue and supplying refreshments, 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, I will confirm arrangements, but most likely 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 endeavour to 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.
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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 to NVR and housekeeping - Russ Jenner
+  * 10:35 - Group news and Introductions
+  * 10:45 - CBUS and JMRI at Gwynne Junction - James Cunningham - including some or all of CANMIO Rev K, JMRI semaphore signalling, my JMRI touchscreen signal box and Railcom
+  * 11:45 - Tea/coffee break
+  * 12:00 - MERG & kit locker updates - Judi Rastall
+  * 12:30 - The Universal Experimenters Module - Pete Brownlow
+  * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK
+  *
+  * 13:30 - 16:30 ish - Demonstrations and practical problems help clinic
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+During the afternoon, as well as our usual help and problem solving clinic, Russ advises that the railwayana shop at NVR will be open which now has quite a lot of double 00 and a few N and O gauge second hand stock.
+If he can get the 00 layout running for the afternoon he will do so.
+Short trips to the NVR shed will be available during the afternoon.
+It is a running day at NVR with 3 trains, pulled by W D Austerity.
+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 the week before the meeting, 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. Please don't just turn up on spec, in case there are last minute changes we need to let you know about.
+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 have noted you and I will be sending out confirmation emails in the week before the meeting.)
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+====== JULY 2023 East Midlands MERG Area Group FACE to FACE meeting ======
+**Saturday 8th July 2023 from 10:00**
+Due to Judi's building work not being complete in time, we have swapped the venues for our July and September meetings.
+This meeting will now be at Aisthorpe Village Hall, near Lincoln, Kindly hosted by Lincoln & District Model Railway Club (L&DMRC) at Scampton and Aisthorpe Village hall, near Lincoln.
+Thanks to Richard Joyce for organising the venue for us.
+Tea and Coffee will be available all day, please bring your own packed lunch as there are no other facilities nearby.
+We will ask for a donation of £5 per head to cover the venue hire and teas/coffees. Note that one payment covers both, you don't need to pay separately for the teas and coffees. If we collect more than the cost of hiring the venue and refreshments, we will donate the difference to L&DMRC.
+The venue has level step free access and reasonable parking. If you need a disabled space reserved, please let us know.
+Provided the Internet connection at the venue is working well, we will have a Zoom connection for the morning meeting, for those who cannot come in person. I will add a Zoom link to the meeting info, so that it appears in your upcoming meetings on the MERG website.
+More details of parking and how to find the venue will be included in your confirmation email when you book your place. Please remember to book a place and not just turn up on spec, in case there are any changes we need to let you know about.
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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 - Introduction to the Lincoln & District Model Railway Club - Richard Joyce
+  * 10:50 - The CANPROG - what it is, building one, using it to program PICs - Pete Brownlow
+  * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break
+  * 11:45 - Update on FCU development (CBUS FLim Config Utility) - Julian Pratt
+  * 12:15 - Kit locker update - Judi Rastall
+  * 13:00 - LUNCH BREAK
+  * 14:00 - 16:00 ish - Demonstrations and practical problems help clinic - including FCU tutorial if requested
+There should also be a chance to see some of the L&DMRC layouts.
+We will of course have our usual problem clinic providing General help on problems with kits or other electronic projects, building, testing, problem solving, techniques such as soldering 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, in the week 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.
+Please book a place rather than just turning up on spec, if there are any last minute changes we need to know who is coming so that we can contact you.
+(Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the week before the meeting).
+====== May 2023 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting ======
+Here is the agenda for our May 2023 online Zoom area group meeting.
+**Saturday 27th May 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.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+**AGENDA**
+The meeting will be informal and flexible, so these are approximate times:
+  *  10:00 - Get connected, Informal chat
+  *  10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions
+  *  10:45 - MERG and kit locker news
+  *  11:00 - FCU (CBUS Config utility) - development news and status - Pete Brownlow
+  *  11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!)
+  *  11:45 - WebFCU (alternative CBUS config utility) - David Ellis
+  *  12:15 - From the MERG chairman - John Gowers
+  * 12:45 - MERG AGM event - possible East Mids Area group involvement
+  *  13:00 - LUNCH BREAK
+  *  14:00 on - General QnA and help clinic
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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.
+I will send out the usual reminder email to everyone subscribed to the area group, it will go automatically to everyone who is subscribed to this area group.
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-====== NOVEMBER 2021 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting ======
-Here is the agenda for our November 2021 online area group meeting.
-**Saturday 27th November 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 - Keep alive circuit - design and description - Julian Coles
-  * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!)
-  * 11:45 - Keep alive circuit - building, installing and using it - Pete Brownlow
-  * 12:30 - Kit locker update - Judi Rastall
-  * 12:45 - Lunch break
-  * 13:45 - QnA and 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 (Note- I updated the link earlier this week as there was a problem with the original one posted)
-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.
-I will send out the usual reminder email to everyone subscribed to the area group soon, it will go automatically to everyone who is subscribed to this area group.
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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 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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-====== JULY 2021 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting ======
-Here is the agenda for our July 2021 online area group meeting.
-**Saturday 3rd July 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, group news and Introductions
-  * 11:00 - Planning for my CBUS layout - Jim Heck
-  * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!)
-  * 11:45 - StaRFIshrail - new CBUS RFID system - Martin Snashall
-  * 12:30 - Lunch
-  * 13:30 - 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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-====== MAY 2021 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting ======
-Here is the agenda for our MAY 2021 online area group meeting.
-**Saturday 29th May 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, group news and Introductions
-  * 10:45 - Round-up of what members have been doing - anyone and everyone
-  * 11:15 - An easier way to connect Tortoise point motors - John Gowers
-  * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!)
-  * 11:45 - Choosing CBUS modules for a layout - Pete Brownlow
-  * 12:30 - Lunch
-  * 13:30 - 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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-====== APRIL 2021 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting ======
-Here is the agenda for our April 2021 online area group meeting.
-**Saturday 24th April 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, group news and Introductions
-  * 11:00 - A design for coach lighting - John Gowers
-  * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!)
-  * 11:45 - Loco speed profiling with JMRI - Pete Brownlow
-  * 12:30 - Lunch
-  * 13:30 - 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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-====== MARCH 2021 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting ======
-Here is the agenda for our March 2021 online area group meeting.
-**Saturday 27th March 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, group news and Introductions
-  * 10:45 - Design process for PTP-Lite on my layout Great Shefford - Richard Wilson
-  * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!)
-  * 11:45 - Update on my 3D designs using Sketchup - Gordon Hopkins
-  * 12:30 - Lunch
-  * 13:30 - 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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-====== FEBRUARY 2021 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting ======
-Here is the agenda for our February 2021 online area group meeting.
-**Saturday 27th February 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, group news and Introductions
-  * 10:45 - Progress update on my DCC/CBUS layout - Colin Head
-  * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!)
-  * 11:45 - An O gauge destination blind - Graham Clark
-  * 12:30 - Lunch
-  * 13:30 - 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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-====== JANUARY 2021 East Midlands ONLINE area group meeting ======
-Here is the agenda for our January 2021 online area group meeting.
-**Saturday 30th January 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
-  * 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions
-  * 10:45 - Installing DCC decoders in older locos - John Gowers
-  * 11:30 - Tea/coffee break (make your own!)
-  * 11:45 - JMRI with automation on Missenden St Marys - Pete Brownlow
-  * 12:30 - Lunch
-  * 13:30 - QnA and clinic for anyone looking for advice and help on any projects
-----
-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.