BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240508T162959Z UID:4BA1BE1C-A77C-4E23-B861-76B6AD2946E4 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240504T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240504T160000 DESCRIPTION:[CVOW Pilot Turbines]\n\nThe Richmond\, Hampton Roads\, and Bal timore-Washington Sections of the Society of Women Engineers has invited t he IEEE Richmond Section to join it on a boat tour to the two pilot turbin es of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project. These are the first two of 176 turbines that are to be installed 27 miles off the coast of Virgini a Beach. When it is completed\, the 2.6 GW wind farm will generate enough electricity to power up to 660\,000 households. Although this trip is not sponsored by Dominion Energy\, there will be Dominion Energy engineers onb oard who will give a brief presentation on the project and answer question s.\n\nTicket sales are being handled through the Society of Women Engineer s Eventbrite ticket website. The General Public ticket price is $110\, but IEEE Richmond Section members and their families can get tickets for $60 (for the member) and $80 (for their family members) by using a special dis count code. If you received this announcement through an eNotice\, the dis count code would have been included in that eNotice. If you are viewing th is announcement online and are a member of the Richmond Section\, contact allen.jones@ieee.org to get the discount code.\n\nTo purchase tickets\, pl ease follow these directions carefully:\n\n- Go to https://www.eventbrite. com/e/boat-tour-to-offshore-wind-turbines-with-swe-tickets-808702660427 an d click the "Get tickets" button.\n- Enter the discount code that you rece ived in the Promo Code box and click Apply. Please do not share this disco unt code with others since the IEEE Richmond Section will be covering the difference between the General Admission price and the discount price.\n- Enter the number of IEEE Richmond Member tickets you are buying (1 max) at $60 each.\n- Enter the number of IEEE Richmond Family tickets you are buy ing (5 max) at $80 each.\n- Scroll down and change the General Admission t icket quantity from its default value of 1 to 0 to avoid buying an extra G eneral Admission ticket.\n- Click Check out.\n- Enter your name and email address\, choose your payment option\, and click Place Order.\n- In additi on to entering your payment details\, you will need to enter your IEEE mem ber number in the provided field. Your IEEE member number will be verified against our roster and SWE will cancel any tickets that were sold to non- IEEE Richmond Section members who used the discount code. (The Hampton Roa ds Section may also attend\, but will use a different discount code.)\n\nT he boat holds 50 people and we need a minimum of 36 people to make the tri p. (SWE has already sold 26 tickets as of 5 pm on April 1\, 2023.) If we d on't reach 36 people by two weeks before the trip\, then SWE will cancel t he charter and fully refund everyone's ticket purchases.\n\nThe boat is eq uipped with two viewing levels\, two bathrooms\, climate-controlled cabin\ , full bar\, and snack bar. You can also bring your own food and alcohol-f ree drinks on board.\n\nWe hope that you and your family can attend.\n\nCo -sponsored by: SWE sections in Richmond\, Hampton Roads\, and Baltimore-Wa shington\n\nRudee Tours\, 200 Winston Salem Avenue\, Virginia Beach\, Virg inia\, United States\, 23451 LOCATION:Rudee Tours\, 200 Winston Salem Avenue\, Virginia Beach\, Virginia \, United States\, 23451 ORGANIZER:allen.jones@ieee.org SEQUENCE:154 SUMMARY:Boat Tour to Dominion Energy Offshore Wind Turbines URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/415710 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/v tools_ui/media/display/1fa68ea7-6353-4284-a506-c3fb940a6b9b" alt="CVOW Pil ot Turbines" width="902" height="508"></p>\n<p>The Richmond\, Hampton Road s\, and Baltimore-Washington Sections of the Society of Women Engineers ha s invited the IEEE Richmond Section to join it on a boat tour to the two p ilot turbines of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project. These are the first two of 176 turbines that are to be installed 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. When it is completed\, the 2.6 GW wind farm will gener ate enough electricity to power up to 660\,000 households. Although this t rip is not sponsored by Dominion Energy\, there will be Dominion Energy en gineers onboard who will give a brief presentation on the project and answ er questions.</p>\n<p>Ticket sales are being handled through the Society o f Women Engineers Eventbrite ticket website. The General Public ticket pri ce is $110\, but IEEE Richmond Section members and their families can get tickets for $60 (for the member) and $80 (for their family members) by usi ng a special discount code. <strong>If you received this announcement thro ugh an eNotice\, the discount code would have been included in that eNotic e. If you are viewing this announcement online and are a member of the Ric hmond Section\, contact&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:allen.jones@ieee.org">allen. jones@ieee.org</a> to get the discount code.</strong></p>\n<p>To purchase tickets\, please follow these directions carefully:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to < a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boat-tour-to-offshore-wind-turbines-w ith-swe-tickets-808702660427">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boat-tour-to-of fshore-wind-turbines-with-swe-tickets-808702660427</a> and click the "Get tickets" button.</li>\n<li>Enter&nbsp\;<span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; fo nt-family: 'Aptos'\,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos\; mso-fare ast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos\; mso-font-kerni ng: 0pt\; mso-ligatures: none\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-lan guage: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\;">the discount code that you rece ived in the Promo Code box and click Apply. <strong>Please do not share th is discount code with others</strong> since the IEEE Richmond Section will be covering the difference between the General Admission price and the di scount price.</span></li>\n<li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-famil y: 'Aptos'\,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos\; mso-fareast-them e-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos\; mso-font-kerning: 0pt\ ; mso-ligatures: none\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: E N-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\;">Enter the number of IEEE Richmond Membe r tickets you are buying (1 max) at $60 each.</span></li>\n<li><span style ="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Aptos'\,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font- family: Aptos\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family : Aptos\; mso-font-kerning: 0pt\; mso-ligatures: none\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\;">Enter t he number of IEEE Richmond Family tickets you are buying (5 max) at $80 ea ch.</span></li>\n<li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Aptos' \,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos\; mso-fareast-theme-font: mi nor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos\; mso-font-kerning: 0pt\; mso-liga tures: none\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso -bidi-language: AR-SA\;">Scroll down and change the General Admission tick et quantity from its default value of 1 to 0 to avoid buying an extra Gene ral Admission ticket.</span></li>\n<li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; fo nt-family: 'Aptos'\,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos\; mso-fare ast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos\; mso-font-kerni ng: 0pt\; mso-ligatures: none\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-lan guage: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\;">Click Check out.</span></li>\n< li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Aptos'\,sans-serif\; mso -fareast-font-family: Aptos\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bi di-font-family: Aptos\; mso-font-kerning: 0pt\; mso-ligatures: none\; mso- ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR -SA\;">Enter your name and email address\, choose your payment option\, an d click Place Order.</span></li>\n<li><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font- family: Aptos\, sans-serif\; background-color: rgb(251\, 238\, 184)\;">In addition to entering your payment details\, you will need to enter your IE EE member number in the provided</span><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font -family: Aptos\, sans-serif\;"><span style="background-color: rgb(251\, 23 8\, 184)\;"> field.</span> Your IEEE member number will be verified agains t our roster and SWE will cancel any tickets that were sold to non-IEEE Ri chmond Section members who used the&nbsp\;discount code.<span style="font- size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Aptos'\,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos \; mso-font-kerning: 0pt\; mso-ligatures: none\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\ ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\;"> (The Hampton Roads Section may also attend\, but will use a different discount code.)</ span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Aptos'\,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos\; mso-fareast-theme- font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos\; mso-font-kerning: 0pt\; mso-ligatures: none\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN- US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\;">The boat holds 50 people and we need a mi nimum of 36 people to make the trip. (SWE has already sold 26 tickets as o f 5 pm on April 1\, 2023.) If we don't reach 36 people by two weeks before the trip\, then SWE will cancel the charter and fully refund everyone's t icket purchases.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-fami ly: 'Aptos'\,sans-serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos\; mso-fareast-the me-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos\; mso-font-kerning: 0pt \; mso-ligatures: none\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\;">The boat is equipped with two viewing levels\, two bathrooms\, climate-controlled cabin\, full bar\, and snack b ar. You can also bring your own food and alcohol-free drinks on board.</sp an></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Aptos'\,sans-se rif\; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin \; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos\; mso-font-kerning: 0pt\; mso-ligatures: no ne\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-lan guage: AR-SA\;">We hope that you and your family can attend.</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR