Presenting at the Space Coast SQL Group on August 13, 2015

I’m heading to the coast on August 13, 2015 to talk about database corruption, SQLSaturday Orlando, and the possibility of a SQLSaturday Cocoa Beach in 2015 with the members of the Space Coast SQL Group.

Presenting at the Jacksonville SQL Group on September 16, 2015

I’ll be driving up to speak to the Jacksonville SQL group on September 16, 2015 on database corruption. Meeting starts at 6 pm. You can join their meetup group now, but the September meeting isn’t listed yet.

Marketing Materials for PASS Chapters

I brought this back with me from SQLSaturday South Florida. It’s postcard sized and laminated, and information dense in a good way. It feels like something that would be kept far more than a paper flyer or a business card. Might be interesting to make it magnetic to get it on the fridge at work […]

Notes on the May 27, 2015 PASS Town Hall

I attended the online Town Hall yesterday, the second one that PASS has held this year. The recording should be available soon (next week) for those that missed it. On to my thoughts: Bravo to PASS for continuing to do this. More communication, more channels, I like the trend. I think it’s tough/distracting to have […]

More Notes on the Updated SQLSaturday Web Site

A few things I had sitting in my draft folder: Privacy policy has not updated since May 2009. I’d like to see it updated and make sure it clearly addresses raffle tickets/sharing with sponsors, connection to the local group. I’d like to see SSL everywhere. No reason to not do this Reserving a date for […]

Make Sure You’re Eligible to Vote in the 2015 PASS Election.

Per the post from Bill Graziano, if you want to vote in the 2015 election you have to make sure your PASS profile shows “eligible”. That means you need to login to sqlpass.org. I know you may not remember your password or your user name – spend 5 minutes to figure it out and get […]

Come Speak at SQLSaturday Orlando on October 10, 2015

It’s five months until SQLSaturday Orlando, have you thought about your speaking plans for October? We’d love to have you come talk to our attendees! We have 50+ slots we need to fill and we try to build a schedule with a wide assortment of topics and skill levels. Here are my unofficial (because I don’t […]

Thoughts on INETA Shutting Down At the End of 2015

INETA is shutting down at the end of this year. I’ve only been involved in INETA a bit. I was invited to join in one of their meetings of group leaders in Orlando way back in 2005? 2007? Good meeting as I remember it. They gave us time to talk to each other and it […]

Thinking Ahead to SQLSaturday Orlando 2016-Tenth Anniversary

I’ve been talking to Team Orlando recently about following the great example set by Code Camp Orlando for celebrating 10 annual events. Our first was in 2007. That is an impressive run. We’ve been lucky to be able to transition leadership of the event many times, from me to Jack Corbett to Karla Landrum to […]

Thoughts On The SQLSaturday Upgrade & Security Issue

Last week PASS deployed an update to the SQLSaturday web site and then had to take the site down for almost four days to fix security issues. You can read about the features and the issues in these posts from PASS: SQLSaturday Site Redesign: Better than Ever SQLSaturday Website Update SQLSaturday Website Update Timeline I […]