====== Field Trips ======


You should help organize field trips to cool places for other VHS Members!


==== Booked ====

  - 2014-01-19 - Confederation Park Train Station (organized by lukec)


==== List of Places We Have Contacted ====

  * BC Ferries (lukec - 2014-01-13)
  * Translink (lukec - 2014-01-13) - Update - does not do public tours.
  * Rogers Sugar (lukec - 2014-01-13)
  * BC Place (lukec - 2014-01-13 - update: not at this time. lukec will check back on 2014-06-01)
  * Metro Vancouver - Cap Water plant & Twin Tunnels (lukec - 2014-01-13) - they only have this tour: http://www.metrovancouver.org/region/calendar/Pages/WatershedTours.aspx
  * Burrard Generating Station (lukec - 2014-01-13) - Update: They do not allow public access to facilities for security & safety reasons.
  * TRIUMF (lukec - 2014-01-13)
  * Science World can be done any time [talk to Arthur, John, Andrew]

==== Places we should Contact ====

  * D-Wave
  * TOORCAMP	http://www.toorcamp.org
  * General Fusion [talk to James]	http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/05/general-fusion-on-track-for.html?spref=tw
  * Iona Treatment Plant - http://www.richmond.ca/plandev/planning2/heritage/HeritageInv/details.aspx?ID=32
  * Molson Brewery - http://www.vancouverfoodtour.com/tours/molson-brewery/
  * Rogers Arena - http://rogersarena.com/plan-your-visit/tours
  * Treo BC Operations room
  * Back Bone Tech	http://www.backbonetechnology.com/ 
  * Poo2Power Plant	 https://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/false-creek-neighbourhood-energy-utility.aspx
  * Seymour-Capilao water treatment facilities	http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/constructionprojects/water/Pages/seymourcapilano.aspx
  * Burrard Thermal Plant	http://www.portmoody.ca/index.aspx?page=839
  * Iona (Waste) Treatment Plant	http://www.richmond.ca/plandev/planning2/heritage/HeritageInv/details.aspx?ID=32
  * Richmond Plywood	http://www.richply.com/
  * BC place	 http://www.iesbc.org/Calendar/BC%20Place%20Stadium%20Facility%20Tour
  * Wastewaster Treatment Plant	http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/wastewater/treatment/Pages/default.aspx 
  * BC Hydro dam	 http://www.bchydro.com/energy-in-bc/our_system/generation/our_facilities/lower_mainland.html 
  * MDA Corp	http://www.mdacorporation.com/
  * Kruger Paper
  * Molson Plant 
  * steamworks at UBC
  * Rogers Arena
  * Shaw head stations
  * abandoned BChydro facilities
  * UBC IT server room
  * Skytrain and Canada Line
  * Coast Mountain and/or West Van Bus yards
  * Rogers Sugar
  * Main Post Office 
  * Port of Vancouver 
  * Maybe a freighter or cruise ship
  * Vancouver Convention Centre
  * International Submarine Engineering Ltd
  * Highland Foundry Ltd
  * Canadian Autoparts Toyota Inc
  * Oce Display Graphics Systems.
  * White Water West.
  * Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd
  * Chevron Burnaby refinery.
  * Honeywell Process Solutions
  * Boeing
  * Allied Shipbuilders Ltd
  * Any ship yard (there is one near the Second Narrows on the North side just east of the bridge)
  * West Coast Reduction (though it may not be fun to see animal waste products or its smell)
  * The Waste treatment plant on Annacis Island (again may not be all that awesome, it is shit after all)
  * Lumber Mills, I think the closest one is on Mitchell Island
  * Grain elevators? A few to choose from. There is the one at the end of Victoria Drive on the Port side of the fence, and another one by New Brighton park
  * a corporate electronics recycling facility like E-Cycle in Chilliwack, or FCM on Annacis Island
  * the VIA rail yard off Industrial Ave
  * Victoria Gin Still
  * http://www.pilkingtonmarine.com/


==== How to Ask for a Tour ====

Customize this template, and use tips below.

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Subject: Tour Inquiry

Hello XXX,

My name is FIRST LAST, and I'm with a Vancouver community group of engineers, programmers, tinkerers and crafters called the VHS.

Could refer me to someone who I could talk to about organizing a private tour of some of the cool behind the scenes stuff related to YYYY.  (eg: checking out a ZZZZ, or the machine shop where QQQ are fixed.)  Our group loves to learn how things work!

Apologies if you're not the best contact - if you could refer me to someone I would really appreciate it.

Best,

YOURFIRST ANDLAST

Outreach Coordinator, Vancouver HackSpace Society
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===== Tips =====

* Try finding someone who has given a tour in the past, eg: someone mentioned in a newspaper article.
* Keep your note super brief
* Asking for a referral is a good hack - you either get that person to help you, or you give them permission to ask someone else instead of just not responding. If they do refer you, your request will seem more credible because of the referral.
* You are now an Outreach Coordinator. Congrats. Use the title wisely.