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Selected to Speak at SQLRally 2012
I was excited to receive the email on Friday that I’d been selected to present at SQLRally #2 in Dallas this year, doing my presentation Building Your Professional Development Plan. Always nice to get some good news on a Friday!
PASS Chapter Tools–My Wish List
I’m hoping this year will be the year that PASS makes a substantial investment in tools – the online kind – for chapters. Just providing DNN hosting is not enough, and while I like having that option for the group … Continue reading
Petitions on Change.org and Thoughts on Changing PASS
I tried this out – Change.org that is – recently as part of a post about PASS and wanted to post a few comments about the experience. Setting up a petition was very easy and they do a good job … Continue reading
PASS: Time to Change the By-Laws
Yesterday Bill Graziano announced the appointment of two Directors (Kendal Van Dyke and James Rowland-Jones) to fill vacancies on the PASS Board (one vacated by me as of Dec 31st, and one vacated by Douglas McDowell moving into the VP … Continue reading
Presenting at OPASS on January 10, 2012
I’m stepping out of blogging-break mode for a few minutes to share that I’ll be presenting Building Your Professional Development Plan to the members of oPASS on January 10, 2012. It’s obviously not a technical presentation, but one that has … Continue reading
PASS Election Results
The 2011 Election results were just posted, congratulations to Adam Jorgensen, Denise McInerney, and Rob Farley for taking the top three positions and earning a two year term on the Board. Thanks to Kendal Van Dyke, Sri Sridharan, and Geoff … Continue reading
PASS Update #69 (The Wrap Up)
Next week marks the end of my third and final year serving on the PASS Board of Directors. I’ve struggled to write this, to find the right focus, and in the end decided to write just a few thoughts that … Continue reading
PASS Summit 2011 Eval Results
My presentation on Professional Development Plans ended up being ranked 47th out of 190, with an overall score of 4.63. The range is 1-5 with 5 being good, but it’s also a game of inches. If my score had been … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
