Registration Open for SQLRally 2012 in Dallas

On my list of things to get done this week is register for SQLRally 2012 in Dallas. It’s a quick flight from Orlando and I’m looking forward to being an attendee rather than the organizer this time around! This may be one of the ‘take the family trips’ if we can reconcile the schedules for […]

PASS Update #67

It’s been a slow few weeks since my last update. This week I did a call with Karla and Wes from PASS HQ to go over the SQLSaturday IT wish list, prioritizing requests as high, medium, and low, and then turning Wes loose to do the hours estimate on the medium and high items. It […]

PASS Update #67 (Election)

Today the slate of candidates for the 2012-2013 term was announced; Adam Jorgensen, Denise McInerney, Geoff Hiten, Kendal Van Dyke, Rob Farley, and Sri Sridharan. We’ve got six candidates to fill three seats (two additional seats will be filled by appointment next year to fill the vacancies created due to Mark Ginnebaugh and I leaving […]

PASS Update #66 (All Good Things)

Last week I emailed the Board of Directors my resignation effective December 31st of this year, ending my current term one year early. It’s a decision I’ve been thinking about since May and explaining it could well consume several posts – though I’m not sure it would be that interesting! I’m no less passionate about […]

Final Prep for the 2011 Summit

I’m running through my mental (and some written) pre-travel checklist, tickets, clothes, a few odds and ends, trying to be reasonably ready for the the evening flight to Seattle on Saturday. I’m also looking at my schedule and thinking about what I really want to do. I have some PASS commitments, some personal commitments, and […]

Attending the Summit? Learn Networking With Don Gabor!

2011-10-04 00:16:47

Notes from SQLSaturday #85

I’m writing this on Sunday afternoon after the event, thinking about the event and what I want to share with you: The speaker party started with a down pour, forcing us into a too small back room that still worked. Great evening conversations. We used the built-in SpeedPASS for the first time. For those that […]

PASS Update #65 (Officers, September Meeting)

I wanted to start with a follow up to my last post about the officer elections and the concerns about having two officers from the same company. The question came in about whether having two from the same company increased the risk, and I want to try to answer that. The first risk is fraud. […]

My Sessions & Schedule at the 2011 PASS Summit–Early View

I was just checking the event calendar and saw that my Building a Professional Development Plan presentation is on Wednesday at 3:00 pm. It’s one of my favorite presentations and out of all the ones I’ve done, it’s the one that I get follow up email on the most. I’m also part of a panel […]

PASS Update #64 (Officer Elections)

Recently former PASS President Kevin Kline posted his thoughts on the current slate of officers. I encourage you to read it, but the crux of the post is that Kevin opposes having two members of the same company serve on the Executive Committee as a protection against undue influence. There’s some good discussion in the […]