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+++ public:eastmids [2025/03/28 21:36] (current) – Update agendaa - add notes about MERG email not working PeteB
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-====== March 2025 East Midlands face to face area group meeting ======
+====== April 2025 East Midlands face to face area group meeting ======
-**Sunday 30th March 2025 from 10:00**
+**Sunday 6th April 2025 from 10:00**
-Please note that this meeting is on a Sunday for a change. This is due to venue availability, but may also allow some who have other regular commitments, or have to work, on Saturdays to get along.
+PLEASE NOTE THE DATE CHANGE FROM 30TH MARCH
+This change was necessary to avoid the clash with Mother's day, as we were getting very few bookings and many members reported mothers day commitments.
+This meeting is on a Sunday for a change. This is due to venue availability, but may also allow some who have other regular commitments, or have to work, on Saturdays to get along.
 This meeting is Kindly hosted by the The Kingsway Model Railway Society (KMRS) at the Kingsway Centre in Wellingborough.
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   * 10:30 - Welcome, group news and Introductions
   * 10:40 - The Kingsway Model Railway Society - John Wood
-  * 10:45 - Setting up conflicting DCC shuttles with CANCMD/CANCSB and CANCOMPUTE - Pete Brownlow
+  * 10:45 - What CBUS modules do I need? Part 1 - Pete Brownlow - First of a series of sessions at our meetings for those just getting started
+  * 11:00 - Setting up conflicting DCC shuttles with CANCMD/CANCSB and CANCOMPUTE - Pete Brownlow
   * 11:45 - Tea/coffee break
   * 12:00 - MERG Kit locker update
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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, a week or so 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.
+If you would like to come, please send an email to merg@upsys.biz or post a message in the East Midlands Area group section of the MERG forum.\
+PLEASE NOTE: Sending email to eastmids@merg.org.uk seems unreliable at the moment, so please use the email address above for the moment.
+ I will add you to the list and, a week or so 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.
+I've been advised that, at the moment, there are sometimes issues with emails sent to MERG email addresses getting delivered (for the techies, it's an SPF issue on forwarding).
+If you try to book for this meeting by email to eastmids@merg.org.uk and you get an "undeliverable" message back, please report this to the committee and then either post a message on the forum to book your place or send an email directly to me on merg@upsys.co.uk
 (Those who have already let me know that you are coming, I will be sending out confirmation emails in the week before the meeting).