The PASS Summit 2013 call for speakers has come and gone and from the looks of things there were a TONNE of last minute abstract entries. I am a first time abstract submitter for the Summit. I’ve graduated from talking to myself, to speaking at PASS Chapters, to speaking at SQL Saturdays and Microsoft events [...]
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Summit 2013 – Team Lead for the PPT Review Team
I’m happy to announce that I’ve been selected to the Program Committee for the PASS Summit in 2013!! I’ll be taking on the role of Team Lead for the PPT Review Team. I’ve served on the Program Committee before as a member of the Abstract Selection Team and it was a great experience and a [...]
PASS Summit 2012 and Happy Halloween!!
Next week at this time madness will ensue. That madness is the 2012 PASS Summit. Now I mean madhouse is the bestest way possible as the Summit is the annual event where “SQL geeks” from around the world invade Seattle and drink from the firehouse of SQL goodness. There have been numerous amazing posts on [...]
Shocked and Honored
Talk about an absolute shocker opening up my email this morning and finding this: This is an amazing feeling and I want to let you know how truly grateful and honored I am to receive this award for the first time. The SQL Community is unlike any other technical community I’ve seen or been a [...]
#OKPASS was more than “ok” it was GREAT!
On the last PASS Regional Mentor call it was announced that (on a trail basis) the Regional Mentors would be allowed a fixed budget of money to recoup travel expenses for getting out and seeing chapters in their region. This is AMAZING for regions like mine (Canada) which span thousands and thousands of kilometers (or [...]
