Meetings

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Club Meetings take place in the Oxton Village Hall, situated in the middle of the village on Main Street, just north of Nottingham and on the road to Southwell.

Set your Satnav or Google maps to NG25 0SA.

Meetings are normally held on the third Saturday of January, May (Auction) and September (AGM) each year.

The hall offers plenty of space for members and their models. Two smaller rooms are used by dealers, and our helpers in the kitchen serve great refreshments!

There is a large car park in front, but please leave a central lane through it clear at all times.

You are invited to bring a model or a Meccano related exhibit for display in the main hall but it is not a condition of entry!

We are glad to welcome children, but they remain the responsibility of those bringing them while they are on the premises.

The meetings open officially at 10am, though doors open before then for setting up of tables, models, etc. We clear the hall at the end of the day by 5pm

Meetings are open to all members and their guests. Club meetings are not open to the public, but non-members are welcome to attend as a Member’s guest or by prior application to one of the committee members. For security reasons it is essential that Guests should introduce themselves on arrival to one of the officers.

Guests are welcome to attend their first meeting free of charge, but should they wish to come again, they would be expected to join the Guild. A year's subscription is £18.50 and includes 3 issues of our magazine, the Meccano Newsmag.

There is no size-limit on exhibits, but at busy times exhibitors will be expected to squeeze up without question to make room for late arrivals.

Again for reasons of space if you have any items for sale please display them either within the table length occupied by your model or on one of the tables in the back room with either an honesty box or a note about to whom payment should be made.

Members and Guests may also bring their own table coverings and signage.

During each meeting a member produces a report describing the various models. Exhibitors – please offer this poor reporter as useful a write-up on your display as possible. It will appear in our next Newsmag report but we can't invent what you don't tell us!

Photographs may be freely taken, as long as you seek permission of their parents or guardians where children are major characters in the shot.

The editor is glad to consider graphics or text for publication in Newsmag.

Mains Power leads are provided by club. PAT testing of electrical items is not specifically required, but Guild officials reserve the right to inspect any items and to reject those deemed dangerous.

Modellers themselves are responsible for both setting up and clearing away the hall's tables and chairs.

A short business meeting takes place at 3 p.m. It is open to all, though only members are entitled to vote. An agenda is displayed during the meeting: please give good notice to the committee if you wish to raise anything under ' Any Other Business'.

Oxton Village Hall, NG25 OSA