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--- public:northernireland [2018/04/10 23:43] – [Officers] Bob Vetterlein
+++ public:northernireland [2020/06/24 08:11] – uppermill
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+====== MERG Northern Ireland Area Group (NIAG) ======
+<WRAP info centeralign button>[[:public:areagroups|Area Groups]] [[:public:start|Public pages]] [[https://www.merg.org.uk/index.php|MERG Home page]] </WRAP>
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+{{:public:ni_1.jpg?nolink&400|Some basic electronics training.}}
+</WRAP>
+=== How do I contact the Area Group ===
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+\\
+[[https://www.merg.org.uk/areagroup.php?area=14|MERG Northern Ireland Area Group contact form]]
+</WRAP>
+=== Who are the leaders of the group? ===
+<WRAP info round>
+Mike Hanna M3247 Chairman\\
+John Gough M4181 Hon Secretary\\
+Denis Stewart M3288 Hon Treasurer\\
+</WRAP>
+=== Would you like to join today? ===
+<WRAP tip round>
+Not a member? then <WRAP button>[[https://www.merg.org.uk/membership.php|Join MERG Here]]</WRAP> and sign up to this Area Group. If you are already a member <WRAP button>[[https://merg.org.uk/membership/|Join the Northern Ireland Area Group]]</WRAP>
+Edit **Area Groups** using the green pencil. Then select **Northern Ireland Area Group** from the drop down list in **Other Area Groups** and press the **Subscribe to Area Group** button.
+</WRAP>
+=== How do you meet? ===
+<WRAP info round>
+Whilst restrictions are in place, we are using Zoom video calls.
+Previously we met on the 1st Saturday of each month at 2pm in Cooke Centenary Presbyterian Church Halls, Park Road, Ormeau Road, Belfast BT7 2FY.
+Meetings are usually  a mix of workshop and help sessions with more formal teaching / learning sessions or presentations based on topics requested by the Members.
+Tea and Biscuits are on tap throughout the meetings for a small attendance charge.
+All members are welcome and anyone interested in joining our Area Group is welcome to test us out at any meeting. Just use the contact details above to make arrangements.
+</WRAP>
+=== And the Next Meeting? ===
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+<ORG34>ALL|40|14|NO</ORG34>
+</WRAP>
+=== Exhibitions ===
+<WRAP info round>
+We normally exhibit at all the major shows across the Province:
+  * Bangor - at both the North Down MRC and 1st Bangor MRC,
+  * Belfast - at the Ulster Model Railway Exhibition,
+  * Cultra - at the Folk and Transport Museum and, on alternate years, in Whitehead at the Railway Preservation Society Museum,
+  * Enniskillen.
+\\
+So keep a lookout for shows in your area. Come to the stand and say Hello.
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+</WRAP>
 ====== MERG Northern Ireland Area Group ======
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-We meet on the 1st Saturday of each month at 2pm with a mix of workshop and help sessions with more formal teaching/learning sessions based on topics requested by the Members.
+We meet on the 1st Saturday of each month at 2pm in Cooke Centenary Presbyterian Church Halls, Park Road, Ormeau Road, Belfast BT7 2FY.
-This is a change following the decision to cease Tuesday evening sessions which clearly didn't suit a lot of people.
+Meetings are usually  a mix of workshop and help sessions with more formal teaching/learning sessions or presentations based on topics requested by the Members.
-Our Area Group AGM will take place during the March Saturday meeting.
 Tea & Biscuits are on tap throughout the meetings for a small attendance charge.
-Meetings normally take place in Cooke Centenary Presbyterian Church Halls, Park Road, Ormeau Road, Belfast BT7 2FY
 All members are welcome and anyone interested in joining our Area Group is welcome to test us out at any meeting. Just use the contact details above to make arrangements.
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-MERG Northern Ireland Area Group will be exhibiting at all the major shows across the Province notably in
+MERG Northern Ireland Area Group normally exhibit at all the major shows across the Province - notably the two shows in
 Bangor,
 Belfast,
-Cultra (alternate years) &
+Cultra and Whitehead on alternate years &
 Enniskillen
 so keep a lookout for shows in your area.