Growing the Pool of SQL Server Speakers

In a nutshell, I’m interested in growing and diversifying the pool of speakers that focus on SQL Server. You might ask why, is there a shortage? The answer to that is…in some areas. For example, when Greg Larsen set up SQLSaturday #11 in Tacoma we really struggled to find speakers. But that’s not all of […]

Notes from the February 2010 oPASS Meeting

Really rainy in Orlando today, traffic is horrible. We had a higher than usual number of RSVP’s for the meeting, but attendance ended up being about our usual, 19 total. Jack did the intro using the PASS chapter deck (the color/gradient on some of the slides needs some work!), and we stretched out the opening […]

SQLSaturday #43 Announced!

Greg Larsen is hosting SQLSaturday in Redmond, WA again this year, this time on June 12, 2009. Call for speakers and registration is open. I think it’s a good date – it would sure be nice to be in the Seattle area when it wasn’t cold (though probably still raining?).

Who Would You Like To See as a PASS Summit Keynote Speaker?

Note: These are my opinions and don’t reflect the official views of PASS, just my thoughts! I’ve been to every PASS Summit since 2000, and we’ve only had a few great keynotes. Many that were ok, a few that were horrible, and only a few – such as the one by Dr. Dewitt in 2009 […]

South Florida Geek Golf

Scott Klein has put together the first annual Geek Golf event. Scheduled for May 8th, 2010, it’s being held at Binks Forrest Golf Club, 400 Binks Forest Drive, Wellington, FL 33414 (www.BinksForestGC.com). It’s $95/person. I’m not a golfer, but maybe I’ll drop by and just be a cart driver!

Attending SQLSaturday #33 in Charlotte, NC

Just booked the travel, going up the afternoon of March 5th and returning on an early evening flight on the 6th. They haven’t build the final schedule yet, but the list of submitted sessions and speakers looks strong, should be a good event. The location has been changed to the Microsoft Charlotte Offices on 8050 […]

oPASS Meeting Reminder – February 9, 2010

Our next meeting is February 9, 2010, We’ve got Ronald Dameron coming to speak this month on Database Hardening using Powershell. We’ll be broadcasting on on LiveMeeting again as well, you can join us for the presentation which should start around 6:45 pm eastern. Here’s the link: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mvp/join?id=24PPGB&role=attend.

SQLSaturday #42 Announced!

Dave Schutz will be leading the first ever SQLSaturday in Columbus, OH on June 5, 2010 at the Fawcett Center in Columbus. Registration and call for speakers is now open.

PASS Update #23

January has been a slow month for me as far as PASS involvement, I show about 10 hours logged for the month, most of that on calls or email. I’m still thinking on the speaker bureau project and expect to send Rushabh some early options in the next couple weeks. Work on the online store […]

SQLSaturday & PASS – More Details

Yesterday I posted the news that SQLSaturday is now owned by PASS, today I’d like to share a bit of the history behind SQLSaturday and why we thought it made sense for it to transition to PASS. I’ve promised my friend Andy Leonard an “exclusive” interview on some of the details and with luck you’ll […]

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