PASS Community NewsJanuary 2013

SQLSaturday Events – January/February

Upcoming North America Events Upcoming International Events

• Feb 9 #183 Albuquerque, NM• Feb 16 #198 Vancouver, Canada• Feb 23 #177 Silicon Valley, CA• Mar 02 #184 North Haven, CT• Mar 02 #192 Tampa, FL• Mar 09 #187 Richmond, VA• Mar 16 #204 Detroit, MI• Apr 06 #203 Boston, MA• Apr 06 #206 Madison, WI• Apr 06 #197 Omaha, NE• Apr 20 #201 Orange County, CA• Apr 27 #210 Phoenix, AZ

• Jan 25 #185 Trinidad & Tobago• Feb 2 #195 Mexico City, Mexico

Virtual Chapter Meetings

VIRTUAL CHAPTER MEETING TOPIC

DBA Fundamentals January 8 – 11:00 am CST

What Counts for a DBA – presented by Louis Davidson

Professional Development

January 9 – 1:00 pm UTC

Brent’s Crazy Career Challenges – presented by Brent Ozar

Performance January 24 – 6:00 pm GMT

The Performance Impact of Database Design – presented by Audrey Hammonds

Check out the sqlpass.org for more information on all the Virtual Chapters including•App Dev•Azure•Big Data•Business Intelligence•Data Architecture•DBA•DBA Fundamentals•Education•Healthcare•Master Data\Data Quality

• Performance• Oracle• Powershell • Professional Development• Virtualization• Women in Technology• Virtual PASS Portuguese• French (CFSS)• Global Chinese• Global Spanish

24 Hours of PASS: Business Analytics

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Mark your calendars for January 30, 2013! The event starts at 13:00 GMT. Be sure to double check on the event site for a time zone translation!

This 24 HOP will feature 12 hours of back-to-back webcasts on Business Analytics related topics, followed by 12 hours of on-demand replay.

24hoursofpass.com

www.passbaconference.com

Early bird pricing until Dec7. As of Dec 8 use $150 discount code for PASS chapter member: CHM2D

#passbac

Volunteer Recognition Programs

Outstanding Volunteer Program

•PASS invites you to nominate your favorite volunteers for "Outstanding Volunteers of the Month.“

•Submissions can be sent anytime to VolunteerRecognition@sqlpass.org Please provide:• nominated volunteer's contact details,• a brief list of the PASS programs the member has participated in• the number of years in the community• a short description of why you think they should be recognized

•Chosen nominees will be announced in the PASS Connector newsletter and receive a Certificate of Appreciation

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