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--- public:westscotland [2017/03/27 19:55] – [Secretary] Bob Vetterlein
+++ public:westscotland [2019/02/18 07:23] – Bob Vetterlein
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 [[:public:areagroups|Return to Area Groups News]]\\
 [[:public:start|Index to other public pages]]\\
-[[http://www.merg.org.uk/index.php|MERG Home page]]\\
+[[https://www.merg.org.uk/index.php|MERG Home page]]\\
 [[http://www.wosag.org.uk/|West of Scotland AG website]]\\
 ==== Email ====
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-To send us an email, [[http://www.merg.org.uk/areagroup.php?area=8|use the MERG Area Group contact form]]\\
+To send us an email, [[https://www.merg.org.uk/areagroup.php?area=8|use the MERG Area Group contact form]]\\
-For MERG members, you might also like to look at our [[http://www.merg.org.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=86|area group forum.]]
+For MERG members, you might also like to look at our [[https://www.merg.org.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=86|area group forum.]]
 ==== Secretary ====
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 ==== Meetings ====
-**Sunday 15th January 2017**\\
+**Sunday 24th March 2019**\\
-Venue Shawlands Scout Hall, Glasgow, G41 4AE
+Venue Shawlands Scout Hall, Glasgow, **G41 4AE**
+Open Day\\
-**January's morning sessions**\\
+{{ :public:poster-wosag19.gif?nolink |}}
-The morning session will have two presentations, each running from 10.30 to 12.00.\\
+Note postcode on poster incorrect.
-**A cloud over your layout?**\\
-You may have heard of "The Cloud", with domestic appliances, heating and the like
-being monitored and controlled remotely via the internet. Chic Thomson will show
-you simple and cheap hardware and software means of controlling / monitoring
-aspects of your layout from a browser, both locally, and from anywhere.\\
-**Layout options**\\
-Starting a new layout? Do you know your dog bone from your folded figure-of eight?
-When to use turntables, sector plates and traversers? Davy Dick looks at
-the options, benefits and drawbacks of different track layouts – from tiny 24” x 24”
-layouts to massive club layouts.\\
-These sessions last all morning, so you have to choose which one you want to attend.\\
-Since we have to pay extra to hire the hall for the morning, there will be an additional
-donation of £1 per attender, on top of the normal afternoon £3 donation.
-You might also want to bring along a packed lunch.\\
-**Afternoon sessions**\\
-The main Area Group meeting will run from 1pm to approx 5pm, depending upon the
-amount of questions and discussion. As an experiment, we will have a slightly longer tea
-break around 3pm.\\
-The afternoon session will have two presentations-\\
-**A Guide To Track Laying:**\\
-Keith Shovelin will cover the basic aspects of track laying
-including gauge/scale , types of track, methods of fixing
-track, techniques for improving loco adhesion, ballasting,
-weathering and more...\\
-**The Faller road system**\\
-John Bowman and Donald McDonald will cover the
-model car system designed to work alongside model
-railways. The self-powered vehicles (cars, trucks,
-buses) run automatically and can stop at traffic lights,
-railroad crossings and stations.\\
-To meet fire regulations, members have to sign in on a table at the door. The sign-in sheet
-will also have a tick box indicating that the entry donation has been recorded.\\
-Please let me know as soon as possible if you are
-able to attend the January meeting.
-Also, please let me know which morning session you
-want to attend.\\
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-Email me if you are interested. Use the [[http://www.merg.org.uk/areagroup.php?area=8|MERG Area Group Contact form]] \\
-MERG Members may email or PM [[http://www.merg.org.uk/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=100|via the Forum]] \\
-Davy Dick \\
-WoSAG Leader
-==== Exhibitions with a West of Scotland MERG stand in 2017 ====
-Kilmarnock MRC 4/5 Feb Volunteer Rooms, Parterre, Irvine KA12 0BA\\
-Model Rail Scotland 25 to 27 Feb SECC, Exhibition Way, Glasgow G3 8YW\\
-Kyle MRC 20/21 May Auchenharvie Academy, Low Street, Stevenston, KA20 3JW\\