MERG Warwickshire, North Oxfordshire Area Group

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Contacting the Area Group

To send us a message,
use this MERG Area Group contact form

Who are the leaders of the group?

Mike Plowman Group Leader
Simon West Group Technical Lead
Mike Collins Zoom Meeting Moderator

Area Group Meetings

In Normal times, the WNO area group meet six times each year for a full day, generally on a Saturday, at the club rooms of the Leamington and Warwick Model Railway Society www.lwmrs.co.uk. where MERG members are able to see the Society's three Exhibition Layouts that have MERG CBUS and MERG DCC installed.

Meetings generally comprise:

A presentation on a subject previously requested by the members.
Open workshops / discussions.
Assistance for individuals and groups of members.

GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS ON GATHERINGS AND TRAVEL

Since April 2020, the group have been holding fortnightly Virtual Area Group meetings using Zoom.

Area Group Workshops

Workshops are always held in the afternoon of bi-monthly meetings to assist the following:

Members bringing their own kits to assemble with help from others in the group where required
Members bringing their built kit where they need assistance to get it working or need to share test equipment
Members interconnecting working kits to learn how kits can work together to improve the operation of their model railway.

Additionally, specialist workshops are run on an occasional basis. Most recent subjects have been:

Introduction to Arduino
Building a CANMIO Kit.
Configuring CBUS using FCU.

Joining the Warwickshire, North Oxfordshire Group

To attend a Warwickshire, North Oxfordshire MERG Area Group Meeting, whether in normal times or the virtual meetings, you must be a MERG member.

First Join MERG here

Once you have signed up, make sure you join the Warwickshire, North Oxfordshire Area Group.

Join the WNO Area Group

Select WNO Area Group from the drop down list in Other Area Groups and press the Subscribe to Area Group button.

Exhibitions

The WNO Area Group actively support the Leamington & Warwick Model Railway Society Show which is normally scheduled for Saturday and Sunday of the first weekend in March.
The LWMRS Board have made the decision not to host an exhibition in 2021. Even if social distancing rules are relaxed by March 2021 there is no guarantee that visitor numbers will have recovered to pre Covid-19 levels to make the Society Exhibition viable.
Latest News at – www.lwmrs.co.uk or Contact Exhibition Manager - Email – exhibition@lwmrs.co.uk

Meeting Schedule

You will need to opt into the Warwickshire, North Oxfordshire Area Group to ensure an emailed invite to any of the following meetings

Date	Event	Description	Location
19:00 27-Jan	Warwickshire, North Oxfordshire Virtual Area Group	Railway Depots - Experience on a 12" to 1Ft railway - Ian Kay	Zoom Meeting
19:00 10-Feb	Warwickshire, North Oxfordshire Virtual Area Group	Projects that have enhanced my railway - Alan Ferriday.	Zoom Meeting
19:00 24-Feb	Warwickshire, North Oxfordshire Virtual Area Group	ROSEDALE Update - Keith Newton	Zoom Meeting

Past Meeetings

Recent meetings include: -

Date	Event	Description	Location	Link
19:00 13-Jan	Warwickshire, North Oxfordshire Virtual Area Group	KIMBLE - an 0 Gauge exhibition layout implementing MERG CBUS and DCC. John Gowers	Zoom Meeting