BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 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:20250125T170546Z UID:DD50DFE5-39A2-479C-AA03-62DBF666022A DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250122T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250122T203000 DESCRIPTION:Dear IEEE Richmond Section ExCom Members\,\n\nThis is a formal request for your attendance at the upcoming IEEE Richmond Section Executiv e Committee (ExCom) Meeting scheduled for:\n\nDate: Wednesday\, January 22 \, 2025\nTime: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM (EST)\nLocation: Virtual Meeting via We bex - [Join the Meeting Her](https://ieeemeetings.webex.com/meet/wx3richmo ndieee.org)\n\nYour participation is critical as we need a quorum (50%+ of voting members) to approve the budget for the upcoming year. Approval of this budget is essential to fund activities and initiatives planned for 20 25. Without this approval\, we will not be able to proceed with planned pr ograms\, events\, or expenditures.\n\nTo achieve quorum\, we require at le ast 8 voting members to be present.\n\nAgenda:\nThe detailed agenda will b e distributed by next week. In the meantime\, please mark your calendars a nd plan to attend this important meeting.\n\nVoting and Representation Det ails:\n\nChapter Chairs\, Affinity Group Chairs\, and Student Branch Chair s may designate an alternate representative to vote on behalf of their gro up. If you wish to assign an alternate\, please notify Allen Jones (allen. jones@ieee.org) and me in advance to include the alternate in communicatio ns.\n\nNote: Allen Jones can't be a substitute or alternative for the belo w.\n\nEligible Chairs for Alternates:\n\n- PES Chapter Chair – Alan Ott\ n- Computer Society Chapter Chair – Johnny Johnson\n- MAG/EMB Chair – Radhika Barua\n- Education Society Chapter Chair – Vennie Filippas\n- IA S Chapter Chair – Zach Devlin\n- YP Affinity Group Chair – John Moody\ n- WIE Affinity Group Chair – Raisa Fabiha\n- VCU Student Branch Chair – Cade Anderson\n\nNote: Substitute votes are not permitted for the foll owing positions:\n\n- Section Chair – Gokul Pandy\n- Section Secretary – Jayanna Hallur\n- Section Treasurer – Suhas Jangaon\n- Section Past Chair – Allen Jones\n- Member-at-Large – Dale Herdegen\n\nIf you hold one of these roles and are unable to attend\, please inform Allen Jones (a llen.jones@ieee.org) and me at your earliest convenience so we can monitor quorum status.\n\nWe will try to cover the budget approval early in the m eeting for those who are not able to attend the entire meeting.\n\nThanks for all that you do to help IEEE’s members.\n\nGokul Pandy\n\nChair\, IE EE Richmond Section\n\nRichmond\, VA 23060\n\nEmail: gokul.pandy@ieee.org\ n\nCell: +1 804 709 6460\n\nLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gokulpandy\n\nVi rtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462847 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462847 ORGANIZER:gokul.pandy@ieee.org SEQUENCE:12 SUMMARY:Richmond Section EXCOM Meeting URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462847 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Dear IEEE Richmo nd Section ExCom Members\,</strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">This is a&nb sp\;<strong>formal request for your attendance</strong>&nbsp\;at the upcom ing&nbsp\;<strong>IEEE Richmond Section Executive Committee (ExCom) Meetin g</strong>&nbsp\;scheduled for:</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Date:</s trong>&nbsp\;Wednesday\,&nbsp\;<strong>January 22\, 2025</strong><br><stro ng>Time:</strong>&nbsp\;7:00 PM &ndash\; 8:30 PM (EST)<br><strong>Location :</strong>&nbsp\;Virtual Meeting via Webex -&nbsp\;<a href="https://ieeeme etings.webex.com/meet/wx3richmondieee.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ieeemeetings.we bex.com/meet/wx3richmondieee.org&amp\;source=gmail&amp\;ust=17375014804650 00&amp\;usg=AOvVaw0YBeRaYBY_5lnNaku-WPFb">Join the Meeting Her</a></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">Your participation is&nbsp\;<strong>critical</strong>&n bsp\;as we need a&nbsp\;<strong>quorum (50%+ of voting members)</strong>&n bsp\;to approve the&nbsp\;<strong>budget for the upcoming year</strong>. A pproval of this budget is essential to fund activities and initiatives pla nned for 2025. Without this approval\, we will not be able to proceed with planned programs\, events\, or expenditures.</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">To &nbsp\;<strong>achieve quorum</strong>\, we require&nbsp\;<strong>at least 8 voting members</strong>&nbsp\;to be present.</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"> <strong>Agenda</strong>:<br>The detailed&nbsp\;<strong>agenda</strong>&nbs p\;will be distributed by&nbsp\;<strong>next week</strong>. In the meantim e\, please&nbsp\;<strong>mark your calendars</strong>&nbsp\;and plan to at tend this important meeting.</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Voting and Representation Details:</strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">Chapter Chairs\ , Affinity Group Chairs\, and Student Branch Chairs&nbsp\;<strong>may desi gnate</strong>&nbsp\;an alternate representative to vote on behalf of thei r group. If you wish to&nbsp\;<strong>assign an alternate</strong>\, pleas e notify&nbsp\;<strong>Allen Jones</strong>&nbsp\;(<a href="mailto:allen.j ones@ieee.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allen.jones@ieee.org</a>) an d&nbsp\;<strong>me</strong>&nbsp\;in advance to include the alternate in c ommunications.</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">Note: Allen Jones can't&nbsp\;be a substitute or alternative for the below.</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><stro ng>Eligible Chairs for Alternates</strong>:</p>\n<ul type="disc">\n<li cla ss="MsoNormal">PES Chapter Chair &ndash\;&nbsp\;<strong>Alan Ott</strong>< /li>\n<li class="MsoNormal">Computer Society Chapter Chair &ndash\;&nbsp\; <strong>Johnny Johnson</strong></li>\n<li class="MsoNormal">MAG/EMB Chair &ndash\;&nbsp\;<strong>Radhika Barua</strong></li>\n<li class="MsoNormal"> Education Society Chapter Chair &ndash\;&nbsp\;<strong>Vennie Filippas</st rong></li>\n<li class="MsoNormal">IAS Chapter Chair &ndash\;&nbsp\;<strong >Zach Devlin</strong></li>\n<li class="MsoNormal">YP Affinity Group Chair &ndash\;&nbsp\;<strong>John Moody</strong></li>\n<li class="MsoNormal">WIE Affinity Group Chair &ndash\;&nbsp\;<strong>Raisa Fabiha</strong></li>\n< li class="MsoNormal">VCU Student Branch Chair &ndash\;&nbsp\;<strong>Cade Anderson</strong></li>\n</ul>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Note:</strong> &nbsp\;Substitute votes are&nbsp\;<strong>not permitted</strong>&nbsp\;for the following positions:</p>\n<ul type="disc">\n<li class="MsoNormal">Sec tion Chair &ndash\;&nbsp\;<strong>Gokul Pandy</strong></li>\n<li class="Ms oNormal">Section Secretary &ndash\;&nbsp\;<strong>Jayanna Hallur</strong>< /li>\n<li class="MsoNormal">Section Treasurer &ndash\;&nbsp\;<strong>Suhas Jangaon</strong></li>\n<li class="MsoNormal">Section Past Chair &ndash\;& nbsp\;<strong>Allen Jones</strong></li>\n<li class="MsoNormal">Member-at-L arge &ndash\;&nbsp\;<strong>Dale Herdegen</strong></li>\n</ul>\n<p class=" MsoNormal">If you hold one of these roles and are&nbsp\;<strong>unable to attend</strong>\, please inform&nbsp\;<strong>Allen Jones</strong>&nbsp\;( <a href="mailto:allen.jones@ieee.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allen .jones@ieee.org</a>)&nbsp\;<wbr>and&nbsp\;<strong>me</strong>&nbsp\;at you r earliest convenience so we can monitor quorum status.</p>\n<p class="Mso Normal">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">We will try to cover the budget approval early in the meeting for those who are not able to attend the ent ire meeting.</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">T hanks for all that you do to help IEEE&rsquo\;s members.</p>\n<p class="Ms oNormal">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Gokul Pandy</strong></p >\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Chair\, IEEE Richmond Section</strong></p> \n<p class="MsoNormal">Richmond\, VA 23060</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><stro ng>Email:</strong>&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:gokul.pandy@ieee.org" target="_bl ank" rel="noopener">gokul.pandy@ieee.org</a></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><st rong>Cell:</strong>&nbsp\; +1 804 709 6460</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><stro ng>LinkedIn:&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</strong><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/gok ulpandy" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www. google.com/url?q=http://www.linkedin.com/in/gokulpandy&amp\;source=gmail&a mp\;ust=1737501480465000&amp\;usg=AOvVaw0zyP7CAZXnl83Kn6pSRWig">www.linked in.com/<wbr>in/gokulpandy</a></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR