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Each year at the PASS Summit I carry around a little black notebook that easily fits in my pocket.  Any time I come across something I need to fix I write it down.  Any time someone makes a good suggestion I write it down.  Any ideas or thoughts on future…

I was recently asked if I thought the PASS Summit [http://summit2009.sqlpass.org/] was appropriate for new database administrators.  My answer was a resounding YES!  But I wanted to add some specific reasons.  If I was a new DBA here are the 12 sessions I’d try to attend…

At PASS we’ve been interviewing our pre-conference and post-conference speakers [http://summit2009.sqlpass.org/Agenda/PrePostConferenceSessions.aspx] and publishing the interviews.  The topics revolve around the speaker’s session and what they’re going to cover.  For example, Brian Knight [http://summit2009.sqlpass.org/Agenda/PrePostConferenceSessions/KnightQA.aspx] discussed…

In many of the PASS Conferences I’ve attended I can usually point to one thing I learned that was the most valuable.  Usually this was enough to justify the cost of the entire conference.  I learned something that would save me so much time or money it would “pay”…

I’ve really enjoyed reading the blog posts and tweets from people that are reviewing the PASS abstracts for the Summit this fall.  I was involved in that process for four years and still have fond memories of it.  It’s a tremendous amount of work to review each abstract…

I posted a quick update from the PASS European Conference [http://www.sqlpass.org/Community/PASSBlog/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/71/PASS-Europe-2009.aspx] on the PASS Blog.  And it include a picture of our Executive Vice-President Rushabh Mehta.  With Hair.  I’m so jealous!…

[http://summit2009.sqlpass.org/ ] PASS launched the web site for the PASS Summit Unite 2009 [http://summit2009.sqlpass.org/] today.  Lots of fantastic information about the conference.  A couple of key points: * The conference is expanding from 144 to 168 technical sessions. * The call for speakers is open [http://summit2009.…

The annual elections for the Board of Directors [http://www.sqlpass.org/CallforNominations.aspx] is coming up.  The nomination process is open right now. Serving on the Board is a very rewarding experience.  I've had the chance to meet a number of great people and be part of…