Annual Corporate Report Filing for SQLOrlando

As a Florida corporation we have to file an annual report. Sounds complicated, but for us it’s a five minute task. Here’s the Trello card for the work I just did: One of the habits I’ve tried to stick to is when I do a task, especially one I don’t do often, is it look […]

Requesting Comments on the SQLOrlando Operations Manual

For the past couple weeks I’ve been trying to capture a lot of ideas about how and what and why we do things in Orlando and put them into an organized format. I’m sharing here in hopes that some of you will find it useful and that some of you will have questions, comments, or […]

SQLOrlando Update

We’ve cancelled our upcoming Meetups in April and May due the loss of our venue (due to corona virus worries) though we would have probably cancelled them anyway. Our lunch meetups – typically 5 to 10 attendees – remain scheduled, but we’ll evaluate those as we get closer to the dates. For the most part […]

Building the Monthly Newsletter for SQLOrlando

One the things I’ve been doing over the last year is sending out a monthly reminder email of upcoming events. Not revolutionary, I know. I’m sharing what we do now to make that newsletter happen. It’s definitely a process that continues to evolve as we balance effort and value to those on the various lists. […]

SQLOrlando 2019

We just had our final event of the year and looking back, not bad at all. No event in June or November, but 18 overall (16 listed below, plus SQLSaturday, plus I forget to add the half day precon SQLGrease did on Sep 27). Looking at the list I realize we need to work on […]

The Two Year Plan

Earlier this year as I thought about what I wanted to try in Orlando related to the SQL community and thought about the time commitment, I realized it was also “time” to think about what comes next for me. I came up with this: I want fewer ongoing commitments so I can spent that time […]

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 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 […]

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 […]