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+====== November 2025 East Midlands face to face area group meeting ======
+**Saturday 15th November 2025 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.
+It is not a running day at NVR, so there won't be any heritage trains running.
+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 development updates, including any news on the Railcom project, other modules, FCU, MMC etc - Pete Brownlow, with a summary of the CANARGB by Ian Hogg
+  * 11:30 Tea/Coffee break
+  * 11:45 The kit locker - how it all started from humble beginnings to the present day - Martin Perry
+  * 12:45 Lunch Break
+  * 13:30 - 16:30ish   Demonstrations and practical problems help clinic, including a beginners session on how to set up your first CBUS using FCU and demo of CANARGB by Ian Hogg
+Martin has been involved in MERG and the kit locker pretty much from the beginning, and will give us a fascinating insight into the history of how all this has developed over the years.
+Pete will bring us up to date with various developments going on in connection with CBUS, including some demonstrations, Ian Hogg will give us a summary of his CANARGB design, recently featured in the journal, with a demonstration.
+Please bring along anything you would like help with in the afternoon session, or let us know if you would like a tutorial on any specific subject.
+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 have noted you and I will be sending out confirmation emails in the week before the meeting.
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