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What Should PASS Be and Do?

Alright. So my last post (PASS Is Not The SQL Community) generated some interesting feedback so far and it was posted later on a Friday. I am sure there will be some more generated. In the meantime I wanted to put up a quick post with a disclaimer and something more constructive.
Disclaimer
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PASS Is Not The SQL Community

Alright, so maybe the title was inflammatory. Let me explain what I mean. This is a thought that has been brewing for a bit. Reading Andy Leonard’s recent post about SQL People and then his post from August (somehow I missed it when it came out even though I regularly read his blog) brought the [...]

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Community, Community, Community!

Picture Steve Ballmer doing his “Developers” moment of keynote insanity. (yes the link is to a google property.. Don’t ask me what hardware I’m writing this post on… but the software is Windows at least).
Replace it with Community. That’s what makes SQL Server different than a lot of other technology areas. I was selected to [...]

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People pay to listen to speakers…

So it is just about time to leave for the SQLPASS Summit and I wanted to air a couple pet peeves that I sometimes see at such events as an audience member. The pet peeves center around the fact above. Yes, I enjoy the networking, chance to help give back through volunteering, interaction with vendors [...]

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My PASS Summit Schedule – Pass Prayer Update

Howdy – Quick Post. I wanted to let folks know more about the times for the PASS Prayer post I wrote last week and then just talk about where I’ll be. There are a LOT of people I want to say hello to that I’ve met last year or at a SQL Saturday. There are [...]

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PASS Summit MVP Birds of a Feather Lunch 2010

Hello! Less than a month to go before the #SQLPASS North American Summit for 2010 begins! Wow! This year will mark my third PASS conference. The first was in 2006 and I was a quiet, shy wall flower who hung out with a few folks that I knew (Like Andy Kelly, though he’ll deny it [...]

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