Minutes of the April 2010 PASS Board Meeting Published

This was a phone meeting on April 8th, 2010, that covered: Possibility of an online track at the 2010 PASS Summit Discussion of changes to by-laws (term limits and others) Possible formats of Spring 2011 event (East coast) You can read the full minutes here (login required): http://www.sqlpass.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=WPcw5oAuEA0%3d&tabid=118 We have a meeting on May 13th […]

Minutes of the February 2010 Board Meeting Posted

Strangely we’ve had the March minutes up for many weeks, but just now getting the February minutes posted. This was the meeting where we discussed the 2011 Summit location. There was a second meeting in February that covered SQLSaturday and adding additional staff. http://www.sqlpass.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=BDY8b_A7AD4%3d&tabid=118 http://www.sqlpass.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=saMkY5RvGrk%3d&tabid=118 I urge you to read them – be a good […]

Notes from the May 6th, 2010 oPASS Meeting

We moved to Thursday this month to line things up so that Dean Richards from Confio could do a presentation to our group and then head to Jacksonville for SQLSaturday #38. Attendance was good, about 30, for the presentation on wait state analysis. Jack started the meeting off with the standard intro discussion and as […]

SQLSaturday Summit at the PASS Summit

Now that we’ve moved SQLSaturday to PASS and we’re seeing some really nice growth in the number of events, I think it makes sense to gather all the thinkers, doers, and dreamers that got us this far and figure out where to go next. With that in mind, I’ve asked for space to seat 100 […]

Notes on SQLSaturday #38

Started Friday by picking up the shirts for the event in Orlando, then heading to Jacksonville with the family, getting there in time for my almost annual tradition of a bison burger and iced tea for a long lunch. From there checked in at Hotel Indigo, interesting, a bit different than the usual chain, but […]

Reminder – SQLSaturday #38 in Jacksonville Tomorrow

It’s the third time for Jacksonville, hosting SQLSaturday #38 tomorrow at the University of North Florida. It’s about an hour and a half drive for me, just far enough to merit staying over when combined with the chance to do some networking Friday and Saturday evening. I’m doing one presentation, will try to do some […]

New SQL Server Standard: Resource Governor by Roy Ernest

The latest issue of the SQL Server Standard is available for download (login required, free registration). Volume 7 Issue 4 features an article titled Resource Governor by Roy Ernest (LinkedIn, Twitter). Good free learning! Ready to write something professional and share it with your peers? You need some previous writing experience (and obviously strong technical […]

American Express PASS Card (Not What You Think)

Had logged in to American Express check my business account and noticed this on on the front page – a PASS Card targeting teens and young adults, essentially a refillable pre-paid card (which costs you $3.50/month). You can even customize it with the persons picture. Not as thrilled about organization based cards, usually not a […]

PASS Update #31 (Election Prep)

Sometime soon we’ll start the process of the 2010 PASS election, with three seats on the Board of Directors being on the ballot. Before we get to the details of the election, I thought I’d look back at my 16 months on the Board so far and share some thoughts on what I’ve learned from […]

Upcoming Presentation for Professional Development Chapter

I’ll be presenting “Building a Comprehensive Professional Development Plan” on May 13th via Livemeeting to members of the PASS Professional Development Chapter. Here is the revised abstract: A good professional development plan has to go far beyond ‘learning more technology’, it has to encompass the wide variety of skills you need to build the next […]