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 Please use the contents entry on the right or scroll down to see details and agenda for our next and recent meetings.
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+====== Summer 2025 East Midlands face to face area group meeting ======
+**Saturday 12th July 2025 from 10:00**
+Kindly hosted by Judi Rastall at her place in Sutton on Sea.
+Come to the seaside for our Summer meeting!
+The venue is about 5 minutes walk from the Prom, so you might like to bring the family for a day by the seaside, whilst we get on with the far more important stuff!
+Judi can accommodate up to 20 people, so bookings are first come first served. If we become fully booked, we will keep a waiting list in case of cancellations. Note that the 20 limit is for the room where we have the meeting, any partners or family who would like to come along for a day at the seaside are additional to the 20 limit.
+If you would like to come, please let us know as soon as possible. If you do decide at the last minute, it is still worth getting in touch as, with the longer distance that most have to travel, the numbers are usually less than more centrally located meetings, so there might still be a place available.
+Sutton on Sea is on the east coast of Lincolnshire between Skegness and Grimsby. Parking is available on street near the venue. We have scheduled this meeting before the start of the peak summer season. Once the school holidays start, from late July, parking becomes much more difficult and there will be long queues on all roads into the resort on a Saturday morning – so come and enjoy the seaside before the mad summer rush.
+This venue is less convenient for arrival by train. The nearest railhead is Skegness which is at the end of a long branch line and is an hour round trip from Sutton.
+Tea and Coffee will be available, lunch can be purchased from the local fish and chip shop, or bring your own if you prefer.
+Judi is kindly offering the use of the room and teas and coffees free of charge, so there is no charge for attending this meeting - just get yourself there!
+**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 and housekeeping - Judi Rastall
+  * 10:35 Introductions and group news
+  * 10:45 Discussion about East MIds group co-ordinating a stand at the October NMRA convention in Derby
+  * 11:00 Kit locker news - Judi Rastall
+  * 11:30 Coffee break
+  * 12:00 From school to Roxeter by Nick Locke - also could be "From uniselectors to CBUS and JMRI"
+  * - Nick will update us on his amazing control panel developments
+  * 13:00 Lunch - Fish and chips from the local shops or bring your own
+  * 14:00 Afternoon sessions:
+- Further demonstrations
+- Making it work - our usual problem solving clinic
+- Help with soldering and kit construction
+- Or just relax in the garden or on the sea front (maybe we'll have some sunshine?)
+For the clinic session, as we have done before, if you have built something and would like any help and advice, please bring it along and we'll work on it with you as a demonstration for everyone. If you know in advance what you would like to get sorted, let us know in advance so we can gen up on it.
+The venue is reasonably accessible, there are a couple of shallow steps up through the front door and a step down into the kitchen of 5". The width of the kitchen doorway is 29". Please advise if you need any assistance.
+If you would like to come, and have not already done so, please send an email to eastmids@merg.org.uk or post a message in the East Midlands Area group section of the MERG forum. You will get a reply in due course with full address details and directions to the venue.
+If you have already emailed or posted that you are coming, I will send out confirmation emails, with full details of the address and parking information, in the week before the meeting
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