Submitted My Application For the 2014 PASS Nominating Committee

I just finished up the short and not very painful application to be a candidate for the NomCom this year. Hoping there is a lot of competition for the seats, a good NomCom selection process is a great way to kick off election season.

oPASS Tonight! (April 17, 2014)

I’m presenting tonight at oPASS, two presentations worth! If you’re in Orlando I hope you’ll attend, details at http://orlando.sqlpass.org/.

PASS Election Season Begins

Saw the announcement in the Connector today that the process of selecting the Nominating Committee (which vets applications for the PASS Board of Directors) will start on May 14 this year. I’m debating whether I will be a candidate for the NomCom. It’s a good place for me to add value, the downside is that […]

Submitting PASS Summit Sessions

I’ve been thinking for a while about what to submit for this year. I knew I wanted to have one be about PCI and security because I enjoy the topic and have some experience I’d like to share. Career planning is always interesting to me. As is mentoring, networking, SQLSaturday, writing, and a few more […]

SQLSaturday #318 in Orlando on September 27, 2014

Number 8! Our eight annual SQLSaturday in Orlando is coming up on September 27th (note, it’s technically our tenth, but my friend Kendal Van Dyke says that #3 & #4 – the ‘tweener’ weekend – shouldn’t count!). Either way, I’m excited that it’s time to start the planning and the work for the event later […]

PASS, Evangelism, Goals, Dreams

The role of PASS in the community has evolved a lot over the past few years. Back in 2006/2007 PASS was mainly about the Summit and trying to grow new chapters, not a lot of emphasis on doing more for chapters and not much interest in a day based event like SQLSaturday. In those days […]

PASS Goals Published

Hopefully you got the email today from PASS containing these: Volunteer Goals Program Goals SQLSaturday Goals Reading them I’m first struck that we often see goals set, but rarely see the end of year scorecard published the same prominence. Which are real goals and which are stretch goals? Are there stretch goals, or are they […]

How To Encourage Someone To Run For the PASS Board

Email them, call them, instant message them – pick your preferred method, and send a message that says “I think you’d be a great candidate for the PASS Board this year”. Add to if you will, but start the conversation. Remember that we all struggle to know when and if we’re ready for a challenge, […]

Should You Run For the PASS Board? How Do You Decide?

Here are some of the questions I ask when someone is thinking about running for the Board: Are you eligible? Read the application. Do you have meet all the requirements? Can you get credible letters of recommendation to support the application?Willing to put in the 2+ hours to fill it out? Do you have the […]

Time to Plan For Running For The PASS Board

I know it’s only January, but if you’re at all considering being a candidate you need to get going now. You need time to figure if you’re eligible, qualified, and have the time and energy for a campaign and then two years of service. You might note that I left out determining if you’re electable, […]