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I'm Running for the PASS Board of Directors: My name is Denise McInerney, and I am running for the PASS Board of Directors in the upcoming election. In the coming weeks there will be a lot of discussion about the candidates, our qualifications and our points of view on various questions, and I'll participate in those conversations. I wanted to take the opportunity to introduce myself and tell you why I've decided to run. Who I Am: DBA I have been a SQL Server DBA since 1998. I currently work at Intuit, where I've been for seven years. Prior to that I worked at several start-ups and did a bit...; posted @ Tuesday, October 04, 2011 6:36 PM | Feedback (0)

A seat at the "24 Hours of PASS" table: "Sit at the table." This was a piece of advice offered to women by Microsoft GM Billie Jo Murray during the recent PASS Women in Technology Panel Discussion. Sometimes the tables we encounter are actual tables (do you sit against the wall at big meetings?) and sometimes they are figurative tables, like the upcoming 24 Hours of PASS (24HOP.) The March 2011 edition of 24HOP is celebrating Women's History Month by featuring female speakers presenting on a variety of SQL Server topics. Abstract submissions are being accepted until January 14 at 24hours@sqlpass.org We (female SQL Server professionals) are being invited...; posted @ Tuesday, January 04, 2011 6:01 PM | Feedback (0)

PASS BOD Election: One NomCom Member's Perspective: This year I was asked to serve on the Nominating Committee for the PASS Board of Directors election. I was one of two "community" representatives, i.e. nom com members who are not currently on the Board. I was honored to be asked because I felt it meant the leadership of PASS trusted my judgment. I took the job seriously, as did everyone else on the committee. Running an organization of any kind is hard. Defining what type of leadership is needed is hard. And identifying who can provide that leadership is even harder. A big part of the...; posted @ Thursday, August 19, 2010 5:50 PM | Feedback (3)

What can men do?: The PASS Women in Technology luncheon topic of "Energizing the Next Generation" must have resonated with a number of men attending the conference, since more of them came to the luncheon than ever before. Several men spoke during the discussion, and one asked the question "how does a man inspire girls to get interested in technology?" Steve Jones also mentioned this in his blog post on the luncheon. The first thing I think men can do is to be open to the conversation. Obviously by attending the WIT event the men in the room were showing their interest. But they...; posted @ Saturday, November 07, 2009 2:24 PM | Feedback (1)

18 Percent: 18 percent. That's the percentage of undergraduate degrees in Computer Science awarded to women in the U.S. in 2008. Twenty years ago 37% of CS degrees were awarded to women. Why such a precipitous decline? Why aren't more young women interested in pursuing a technical education? What can be done to encourage and support school-age girls who are interested in math, science and technology? This will be the topic on Wednesday Nov. 4 at the PASS Women in Technology Luncheon. Everyone at the PASS Summit is welcome to join us at 11:30 in room 6C to hear an engaging panel of speakers...; posted @ Monday, November 02, 2009 1:28 PM | Feedback (1)

Women in Tech at PASS Summit: "Energizing the Next Generation: Encouraging and Inspiring Young Women to Choose Tech Careers" will be the topic of the 7th Annual Women in Technology Luncheon and Panel Discussion to be held at the PASS Community Summit. This year's speakers include SQL Server MVPs and PASS leaders Kathi Kellenberger and Jessica Moss as well as Digigirlz organizer Lyn Langit and Cathi Rodgveller, founder of IGNITE (Inspiring Girls Now in Technology.) The luncheon will be on Wednesday November 4 at 11:30 a.m in room 6C. All Summit attendees are welcome. Visit the summit web site for more information.; posted @ Thursday, October 08, 2009 7:03 AM | Feedback (2)

PASS Debut: I've attended every PASS Summit since 2002. While there is always a lot of quality technical content presented, I particularly admire the speakers who really make their sessions interesting and engaging. There are a number of such speakers, but three of my personal favorites are Kimberly Tripp, Kalen Delaney and Andrew Kelly. I highly recommend you attend a session presented by any of these speakers. Over the years I would occasionally consider trying to become a speaker myself, but it wasn't until this year that I followed through and actually submitted an abstract for consideration. I had completed a complex project...; posted @ Saturday, October 11, 2008 5:52 PM | Feedback (2)

Women in Tech Panel Adds Speaker: Kalen Delaney: Well known SQL Server MVP, trainer and author Kalen Delaney has been added to the PASS Women in Tech panel. The event will be held Thursday November 20 at the PASS Community Summit in Seattle. All Summit attendees are welcome. Visit the summit web site for more details on this fun and interesting event.; posted @ Thursday, October 02, 2008 7:39 AM | Feedback (0)

PASS 2008 Women In Tech Panel: The PASS Community Summit will be site of the 6th Annual Women in Tech Luncheon and Panel Discussion. Speakers include: Billie Jo Murray, General Manager SQL Central Services, Microsoft Crystal Robinson-Pipersburgh, Sr. Manager Database Administration, Intuit Kimberly Tripp,SQL Server MVP and Microsoft Regional Director Lynda Rab, Sr. Data Warehouse Analyst and PASS Program Director ...; posted @ Monday, September 22, 2008 11:22 AM | Feedback (0)

PASS Women in Tech Survey: The PASS Women in Tech SIG is starting to plan the WIT event for the 2007 PASS Community Summit. In the past those of us planning this event have relied on informal feedback and the evaluations completed by participants at previous events when making decisions. This year we would like to get more input to aid us in our planning. To that end, the WIT SIG is conducting a short survey. Please take a few minutes to give us your opinions on the WIT event. The survey will close on March 23, 2007.; posted @ Saturday, February 17, 2007 3:25 PM | Feedback (0)

PASS launches Women in Tech SIG: The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) has launched a new special interest group dedicated to the interests of women working in hi-tech. The Women in Technology SIG is a way for women in PASS to meet, network and learn from one another. Since 2003 the PASS Community Summit has hosted the popular Women in Technology luncheon and panel discussion. The discussions at these events are always lively and thought-provoking. The WIT SIG web site is a place where these conversations can continue year-round. I encourage you to visit the site, post on the discussion board, suggest a topic or contribute...; posted @ Wednesday, November 29, 2006 9:23 PM | Feedback (0)

Worth the price of admission: This year I attended the PASS Community Summit for the 4th time. Every year, there is at least one session, or one moment in a session when I think "that alone was worth the price of admission." That happened a couple of times this year. The first was when Ken Henderson demonstrated the Read80Trace tool. Apparently this tool, formerly used internally only, was made available to the world last year. But it was never on my radar, which is too bad, because it is a big timesaver. It is a tool that reads sql trace files into database tables normalizes the...; posted @ Saturday, October 15, 2005 5:27 PM | Feedback (1)

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