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FAQs about the dissolution of PASS

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:00:14 -0500

In my prior post, I talked about how all signs pointed to it being Closing Time for PASS. Since then, PASS has announced the organization will “cease its operations and pursue dissolution.”

TL;DR;

The short version is that on 15 January, 2021, PASS will shut down all operations, including various technology assets, such as the SQLSaturday site, User Group tools, etc.

Closing Time

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 10:59:37 -0500

Open letter from Mindy Curnutt to the PASS Membership. (zoom)

This year, I’ve written a couple of critical posts targeted at PASS. If you follow me on Twitter, you know I’ve been critical there, too.

Last week, the PASS Board of Directors had their December meeting. Coming out of that meeting, Mindy Curnutt (blog|twitter) resigned from her position on the board citing “morally wrong” decisions and an experience that I will describe as being excluded from participation on the Board. We don’t know what those “morally wrong” decisions are, but I trust Mindy is not over-reacting and her concerns are legitimate.

Updates to the Data Blogger Resource Kit

Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:31:46 -0400

Earlier this year, I published the first crack at a Data Blogger Resource Kit. When I initially created the kit, I wasn’t quite sure exactly what direction I would go with it. In the months since, I’ve started to get a better idea of where I want to go, and I’ve collected some additional resources that might be helpful for folks who are bloggers or who are interested in becoming bloggers.

Data Blogger Resource Kit

Mon, 27 May 2019 09:00:04 -0400

When I started out blogging 5 years ago, there was a lot that I didn’t know. I figured things out as I went. The FreeCon helped give me a giant push in the right direction. But there are some things that nobody ever tells you. While sitting in a coffee shop I decided that I wanted to have a place to drop helpful tidbits that might be useful for other bloggers, new & old.

Ten tips for PASS Summit Attendees

Sun, 29 Oct 2017 11:54:54 -0400

I won’t be at PASS Summit this year, but that doesn’t mean I can’t give advice to those who will be there. I got an email asking for advice for Summit First-Timers, and after sending over the list of tips, I figured I’d write a blog post on the topic while I was thinking about it.

We’re still dealing with the same problems

Sat, 08 Oct 2016 16:03:29 -0400

Back in August, Allan Hirt (blog|twitter) tweeted:

In the roughly 25 years of I have been in IT, we’re still dealing with the same problems.

I had a slow day, so I generated a storm of responses. This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is inspired by this tweet. Here’s my list of problems: