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--- public:westscotland [2017/11/30 16:12] – Bob Vetterlein
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-[[:public:areagroups|Return to Area Groups News]]\\
+<WRAP box round>
-[[:public:start|Index to other public pages]]\\
+<WRAP group>
-[[https://www.merg.org.uk/index.php|MERG Home page]]\\
+<WRAP column quarter>
+[[https://www.merg.org.uk/index.php|MERG Home page]]
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP column quarter>
+[[https://www.merg.org.uk/content/areagroups|Area Groups]]
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP column quarter>
+[[https://www.merg.org.uk/content/knowledgebase|More on our Knowledgebase]]
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP column quarter>
+[[areagroups:westscotland|Group Members Page]]
+</WRAP>
+</WRAP>
+</WRAP>
 [[http://www.wosag.org.uk/|West of Scotland AG website]]\\
 ==== Email ====
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-To send us an email, [[https://www.merg.org.uk/areagroup.php?area=8|use the MERG Area Group contact form]]\\
+To contact us use, [[https://www.merg.org.uk/contactus.php?t=1&n=8|Contact MERG]] Please indicate WOSAG in your message\\
 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 ====
-M1853 Davy Dick \\
+==== Who are the leaders of the group? ====
-M4589 Bob Young\\
+<WRAP info round>
-M5195 George Parkinson
+M1853 Davy Dick //Group Leader// \\ M4589 Bob Young //Deputy Group Leader// \\ M5195 George Parkinson //Deputy Group Leader//
+</WRAP>
 ==== Meetings ====
+<WRAP info around>
+We see ourselves as a mutual-assistance group, where members look to each other for advice, help and support.
+Our members range from having little electronic knowledge to being fairly advanced.
+Interested members co-operate on their specific interests – e.g. everything from soldering skills and kit building to 3D printing and PIC and Arduino programming. The group aims to cater for all levels of skill.
+There is no specific commitments required from those who join.
+Members can put in and take out as much as they wish. None of us know everything and we can all learn from each other in a more informal manner than through the MERG forums and email groups.
+Of course, you don't have to participate in the Area Group, but you might find that we have a lot to offer - and learn - from each other.
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP info round>
+We were very active prior to Covid-19, with all-members meetings in Glasgow on Sundays and fortnightly drop-in sessions on alternate Friday afternoons.  In addition, we ran a selection of training workshops on basic electronics, kit building, using oscilloscopes, layout planning software, etc.
+Here is a typical members' session.
+{{:public:jan_2017.jpg?400|}}
+Previous discussions included power supplies and cutouts, layout wiring, fault finding methods, automation, motors, servos and steppers, making control panels, PCB design software, etc.
+</WRAP>
+=== And the Next Meeting? ===
+<WRAP hide>
+***************************************************************************
+Replace NN with the number of your area group - get from the AG admin page.
+Update the contact form title.
+***************************************************************************
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP box round>
+<ORG34>ALL|40|8|NO</ORG34>
+</WRAP>
+==== Other Activities ====
+<WRAP info around>
+Here is one of our demonstration layouts that show how to fit MERG kits to augment model railways.
+{{:public:uppendoon.gif?400|}}
+Here is our annual Open Day where we had demonstrations of building baseboards, track laying, point controllers, DCC, layout controls (CBUS and EzyBus), adding lighting, adding sound, Faller road systems, 3D printing, Arduino projects .......
+{{:public:wosag_open_day.jpg?400|}}
+Here is a training workshop we ran on programming Arduinos.
+{{:public:arduino_school.jpg?400|}}
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP info round>
+At the moment, we keep in touch with each other through our national and our local websites.
+We also have weekly Zoom sessions on Sunday afternoons.
+Subjects covered included:
+* Making latching reed switches for coach lighting
+* Reusing parts salvaged from old printers and scanners
-**Sunday 15th January 2017**\\
+* Resin 3D printing
-Venue Shawlands Scout Hall, Glasgow, G41 4AE
-**January's morning sessions**\\
+* Building animations
-The morning session will have two presentations, each running from 10.30 to 12.00.\\
-**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.\\
+* Measuring voltage and current in DCC systems
+</WRAP>
-Email me if you are interested. Use the [[https://www.merg.org.uk/areagroup.php?area=8|MERG Area Group Contact form]] \\
-MERG Members may email or PM [[https://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\\
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-==== Links ====
+<WRAP box round>
+<WRAP group>
+<WRAP column quarter>
+[[https://www.merg.org.uk/index.php|MERG Home page]]
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP column quarter>
+[[https://www.merg.org.uk/content/areagroups|Area Groups]]
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP column quarter>
+[[https://www.merg.org.uk/content/knowledgebase|More on our Knowledgebase]]
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP column quarter>
+[[areagroups:westscotland|Group Members Page]]
+</WRAP>
+</WRAP>
+</WRAP>
-[[:helpsystem:coordinators|Help page for coordinators]]
+{{tag>AGS_1}}