05Aug 2015 by Grant Fritchey 5 Comments

PASS Needs You!

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It's time. No more procrastinating. No more complaining about the process from the outside. No more excuses. You have to run for the PASS Board. The Nominations Committee is all set, off and running. We've got great people involved who are going to do their best to ensure that the community gets the right people to run for the board. However, the NomComm isn't running for the board and the NomComm can't compel people to run. It's up to you to step forward and take on this task. If you've been out there thinking that maybe you need to step up, you do. If you've been thinking that you might be able to give back a little more, you can. If you think you might be the right person to…
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22Sep 2014 by Grant Fritchey 1 Comment

Communication and the Board: #PASSVotes

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The whole idea behind PASS is to build a community of people who can assist each other in their daily work lives. PASS succeeds at that wonderfully. Further, PASS, the organization, tries extremely hard to let you know what it's doing and how it's doing things. You can read the PASS Blog to get all sorts of good information. One of my recent favorites was this great summary of how the Summit speaker selection process was run. I think it's a positive thing that the organization is so open. I intend to take it one more step. If I get elected (huge "if"), I'm going to make a point of blogging about, well, the stuff I end up doing. No, I'm not going to be the official mouth-piece for the organization,…
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17Sep 2014 by Grant Fritchey 2 Comments

I Am Running For the PASS Board of Directors: #passvotes

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This year, I submitted my application to run for the PASS Board and it was accepted. This then is my announcement to all of you and the beginning of my campaign for election. My name is Grant Fritchey and I'm running for the PASS Board. It's traditional to either make all sorts of promises for the things you're going to do or to attack your opponents. I'm not going to do either. I don't have any grand promises to make. I'm not going to attack my opponents because I know and respect them. I'm voting for James Rowland-Jones myself and so should you. Let's do this instead. Let's talk about PASS, you, me, your career, mine, and how PASS can change your life. PASS changed my life for the better. Like…
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23Sep 2013 by Grant Fritchey 2 Comments

PASS Votes and So Should You

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To put it bluntly, you need to go cast a vote for Allen Kinsel for the PASS Board. In his own words, here's why Allen is running. Why am I supporting Allen? First, he's a friend. But ignore that. This isn't, or at least shouldn't be, a popularity contest. It's about getting what you want, what you need, out of the PASS organization. I absolutely believe that Allen has the best interests of this organization at heart. He wants to make a difference for the better. More than that, I've seen him working as a volunteer within the organization where he does make a difference, does make things better. He brings passion to the job. If you've ever volunteered to help run any kind of organization, you'll know that one…
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25Jun 2010 by Grant Fritchey No Comments

PASS Board Nominations

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If you haven't heard, please allow me to let you in on a little secret. The Professional Association of SQL Server users (PASS) is holding open nominations for the board. If you are interested in running for the board or know someone who should run for the board, get to this location as soon as possible and get their name in. I feel that PASS does a lot for individual database users all over the world. I know people who take the contrary position and say that PASS doesn't do anything for them. If you're of that opinion, that's great. As a matter of fact, if you're of that opinion, I'd suggest you should run for the board. Now is your chance to make a difference. Now is the time…
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29Sep 2009 by Grant Fritchey 3 Comments

Vote for Mr. LaRock

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It is rapidly coming up on election time at the Professional Association of SQL Server users (PASS). Once more, a person I respect and admire is running for office. Tom LaRock has been a volunteer with the organization longer than I have (I'm approaching four years) and for the entire time I've been involved he's been in the thick of things, working for the organization and working with the other volunteers. He does great work. He's presented at the Summit, three times I think, and he's presenting again this year. He's one of the people chiefly responsible for the new Virtual Chapters. He's been serving on the Board as an appointee. I think it's finally time to make it official and elect this great guy to the board. He'll do a good…
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