Notes from SQLSaturday Tampa 2019

Late notes! Great signs at the event, all hand written on flip chart paper. Cheap and effective, the “different” nature of the signs made them easy to spot Rooms were scattered again. Not much to be done, we take what’s available, but it does add a little bit of friction The acoustics in the main […]

SQLSaturday Atlanta & South Florida 2019

I’ll be in South Florida again this year and will stay over as usual for a couple days of vacation. I see Brent is attending; I’ll have to make sure we’re not scheduled at the same time so that he gets a few attendees in his session! I had not planned to travel outside Florida […]

Notes From the 2nd SQLOrlando Lunch Meetup

I won’t blog all of these we do, but wanted to capture a few thoughts and then revisit later in the year. 6 attendees (and I think we missed one that showed up and couldn’t find us, not great) Met at Friendly Confines which worked out well We had 19 sign up, a couple cancel […]

Notes From the Feb 7, 2019 Spacecoast Meetup

I drove over to Melbourne on to speak to the group, hadn’t been over in a while. Quick notes: 8 attendees, not bad for a small group, and they always appreciate someone visiting Same location as before – Sonny’s BBQ. Appreciate the consistency, it’s easy to find/get to. If only the full parking lot was […]

Notes on our First SQLOrlando Lunch Meetup

Notes: We had 17 register and 8 attend our first lunch meetup of the year at Fuzzy’s Tacos Great venue. $10 for lunch, plenty of seating, and vegan options A couple of our attendees were from 30+ minutes away! I didn’t expect that for a “no training” lunch, but very pleased they joined us We […]

SQLOrlando Tax Filing

Last year (the first filing) I had my accountant do the filing for SQLOrlando, but this year I wanted to do it myself. Last week I tried and the site wasn’t available due to the government shutdown, so I tried again today and it was operational. First I had to set up an account. Enter […]

Call for Speakers – SQLSaturday Jacksonville 2019

SQLSaturday Jacksonville 2019 is scheduled for May 4, 2019. The call for speakers closes on March 5.

Call for Speakers – SQLSaturday Tampa 2019

SQLSaturday Tampa just went live and the call for speakers is open through February 23, 2019. I’ll be attending, hope to see you there!

PayPal for Non Profits

Part of having 501c(3) status is figuring out where and how it might make a difference. Applying for non profit status with PayPal is one of the experiments. It took about 5 minute to apply; needed the tax id, a copy of the letter from the IRS, and a bank statement. I just got the […]

PASS, Meetup, and Sponsors

I’ve always been in favor of trying to use the PASS tools and web site as much as possible, but it’s hard to argue again the discoverability of Meetup. Certainly we get people joining the list via PASS, but we seem to get more new people that actually attend via Meetup. Meetup isn’t free, but […]

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