BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20220118T190340Z UID:1F13E896-46D0-4956-A3FA-9A5EFF92D352 DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20220118T120000 DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20220118T133000 DESCRIPTION:Winner of the IEEE Northern Virginia Chapter of the Year 2017\n Winner of the IEEE Northern Virginia Chapter of the Year 2018\n\nTHE REGUL ARLY SCHEDULED VTS MEETING WILL BE HELD ONLINE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE\n\nYou will need a computer with speakers to watch the presentation. A microphon e and webcam are optional but encouraged.\n\nCost: Free!\n\nPlease regist er by 5 pm Monday\, January 17\n\nWebinar login details will be provided b y 8:00pm on Monday\, January 17.\n\nCheck the Chapter website for updates: \nhttps://r2.ieee.org/dcnova-vts/\n\nSpeaker: Ken Briers\, Chair\, Board o f Directors\, Rail Passengers Association\n\nTopic: Crossing the County at Amtrak's Beginning\n\nNote: You only need to provide the required informa tion (noted with a red *) on the registration web link\, BUT please help u s out and let us know if you are an IEEE or VTS member. Everyone is always welcome at our meetings and membership is NOT required\, but when we send meeting reports to IEEE\, we need to list the number of IEEE/VTS members who participate.\n\nSpeaker(s): Ken Briers\, \n\nAgenda: \n- 12:00 pm - In troductions/roll call and discussion of current rail industry news and hap penings\n- 12:25pm - Election of Chapter officers for 2022\n- 12:30 pm - T echnical presentation & discussion\n- 01:30 pm - Adjourn\n\n-------------- ---------------------------------\n\nAbout the Topic:\n\nKen will show us photos from a trip he took across the country in August of 1971\, over 50 years ago. Amtrak was only four months old\, and the trains were a mix of what had been and what Amtrak was considering.\n\nWe will travel from Chic ago to Los Angeles aboard the Super Chief\, still a Santa Fe train\, in bo th equipment and service. And what a wonderful train it was! Then we go up to San Francisco on the Coast Starlight\, still almost all Southern Pacif ic. After a visit to San Francisco\, we will travel east to Chicago on the San Francisco Zephyr\, in a rainbow of pre-Amtrak western train colors. T he Seaboard Coast Line will take us to St. Petersburg on The Floridian\, w ith help from the Louisville & Nashville\, before we return us to DC.\n\nA lot has changed since then\, and it is interesting to see the differences .\n\n-----------------------------------------------\n\nIEEE VTS CHAPTER O FFICERS:\n\n- Chair: David (DJ) Johnson\n- Vice-Chair: Reg Mitchell\n- Sec retary: Karl Berger\, PE\n- Treasurer: Steve Bezner\, PE\n- Cashier: Ken B riers\n- Program Committee: Heather Roman\, Matt Nawn\n\nPlease help your VTS Chapter: If you would like to speak or have contact information for a speaker\, please contact Heather Roman <hroman at [omni-strategy dot com]( http://omni-strategy.com/)> or Matt Nawn <matthew.nawn at dot.gov>\n\nWash ington\, District of Columbia\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vt ools.ieee.org/m/299777 LOCATION:Washington\, District of Columbia\, United States\, Virtual: https ://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/299777 ORGANIZER:ieee.vts.dc@gmail.com SEQUENCE:4 SUMMARY:VTS: Crossing the County at Amtrak's Beginning URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/299777 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div> &nbsp\;</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\ n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;< /div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>&n bsp\;</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n< div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div><span style="color: #0000ff\; background-color: #f fff00\;"><strong>Winner of the IEEE Northern Virginia Chapter of the Year 2017</strong></span></div>\n<div><span style="color: #0000ff\; background- color: #ff9900\;"><strong>Winner of the IEEE Northern Virginia Chapter of the Year 2018</strong></span></div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div><span style= "text-decoration: underline\;"><strong><span style="background-color: #fff fff\;">THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED VTS MEETING WILL BE HELD ONLINE UNTIL FURTH ER NOTICE</span></strong></span></div>\n<div>\n<p>You will need a computer with speakers to watch the presentation.&nbsp\; A microphone and webcam a re optional but encouraged.</p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>< strong>Cost:&nbsp\;</strong> Free!</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>\n<p><s pan style="text-decoration: underline\;"><strong>Please register by 5 pm M onday\, January 17</strong></span></p>\n</div>\n<div>Webinar login details will be provided by 8:00pm on Monday\, January 17.</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</d iv>\n<div><strong>Check the Chapter website for updates:</strong></div>\n< div><a href="https://r2.ieee.org/dcnova-vts/" target="_blank" rel="noopene r">https://r2.ieee.org/dcnova-vts/</a></div>\n</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n <div>\n<p><strong>Speaker:</strong> &nbsp\;Ken Briers\, Chair\, Board of D irectors\, Rail Passengers Association</p>\n<p><strong>Topic:</strong> &nb sp\;Crossing the County at Amtrak's Beginning</p>\n<p><strong>Note:</stron g> You only need to provide the required information (noted with a red *) on&nbsp\;the registration web link\, BUT please help us out and let us kno w if&nbsp\;you are an IEEE or VTS member.&nbsp\; Everyone is always welcom e at our&nbsp\;meetings and membership is NOT required\, but when we send meeting&nbsp\;reports to IEEE\, we need to list the number of IEEE/VTS mem bers who&nbsp\;participate.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n</div><br /><br />Agenda: < br /><ul>\n<li>12:00 pm - Introductions/roll call and discussion of curren t rail industry news and happenings</li>\n<li>12:25pm - Election of Chapte r officers for 2022</li>\n<li>12:30 pm - Technical presentation &amp\; dis cussion</li>\n<li>01:30 pm - Adjourn</li>\n</ul>\n<p>--------------------- --------------------------</p>\n<p>About the Topic:</p>\n<p><br />Ken will show us photos from a trip he took across the country in August of 1971\, over 50 years ago. Amtrak was only four months old\, and the trains were a mix of what had been and what Amtrak was considering.</p>\n<p>We will tr avel from Chicago to Los Angeles aboard the Super Chief\, still a Santa Fe train\, in both equipment and service. And what a wonderful train it was! Then we go up to San Francisco on the Coast Starlight\, still almost all Southern Pacific. After a visit to San Francisco\, we will travel east to Chicago on the San Francisco Zephyr\, in a rainbow of pre-Amtrak western t rain colors. The Seaboard Coast Line will take us to St. Petersburg on The Floridian\, with help from the Louisville &amp\; Nashville\, before we re turn us to DC.</p>\n<p>A lot has changed since then\, and it is interestin g to see the differences.</p>\n<p><br /><br />---------------------------- -------------------</p>\n<p><span style="color: #ff9900\;"><strong>IEEE VT S CHAPTER OFFICERS:</strong><br /><br /></span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair: Davi d (DJ) Johnson</li>\n<li>Vice-Chair: Reg Mitchell</li>\n<li>Secretary: Kar l Berger\, PE</li>\n<li>Treasurer: Steve Bezner\, PE</li>\n<li>Cashier: Ke n Briers</li>\n<li>Program Committee: Heather Roman\, Matt Nawn</li>\n</ul >\n<p><strong><span style="color: #ff9900\;"><span style="color: #000000\; "><span style="text-decoration: underline\;">Please help your VTS Chapter: </span> If you would like to speak or have contact information for a speak er\,&nbsp\;please contact&nbsp\; Heather Roman&nbsp\;&lt\;hroman at&nbsp\; <a href="http://omni-strategy.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferr er" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://omni-strateg y.com&amp\;source=gmail&amp\;ust=1586649713004000&amp\;usg=AFQjCNEdJGLl4xf p1uW0i0c9GWSLNQ30Eg">omni-strategy dot com</a>&gt\; or</span></span>&nbsp\ ;Matt Nawn &lt\;matthew.nawn at dot.gov&gt\;</strong></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR