{"id":683,"date":"2014-11-06T08:07:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T16:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.209.169.194\/blogs\/erin\/?p=683"},"modified":"2018-12-14T09:07:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T17:07:20","slug":"pass-summit-2014-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/pass-summit-2014-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PASS Summit 2014: Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re kicking off Thursday’s PASS Summit keynote<\/a> in about 5 minutes, and the good news is that I have network connectivity today and I’ll really<\/strong> be live-blogging today.\u00a0 Stay tuned for updates throughout the morning!<\/p>\n

Ok, I guess I need to start with this picture of Brent Ozar and Grant Fritchey:<\/p>\n

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Brent and Grant with their rainbow leggings to support Doctors Without Borders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brent and Grant will be wearing these lovely leggings today when they present as part of an effort by to help raise money for Doctors Without Borders<\/a>.\u00a0 You can still donate!<\/p>\n

8:15 AM<\/strong><\/p>\n

We’re off and running with Adam Jorgensen, PASS EVP of Finance.\u00a0 Adam is going to provide an update about the financial status of PASS.\u00a0 Funny enough, doing this at Summit satisfies the requirements of the by-laws.\u00a0 The largest source of revenue is the PASS Summit (not a surprise): 96% of the revenue for PASS is generated by Summit and the Business Analytics conference.\u00a0 The money raised goes to provide activities throughout the community, and there are reserves of over one million dollars (pretty good).\u00a0 These funds protect the PASS Community in case the Summit is cancelled due to a natural disaster.\u00a0 In fiscal year 2016, PASS wants to focus on projects already scoped and also provide funds for new projects that are yet to be determined.\u00a0 PASS publishes the budget every year.\u00a0 The community members have access to this, and starting in 2016 portfolio-level budgets will be published so it’s easier to drill into the areas of PASS which interest members the most.\u00a0 The focus in 2015 includes conferences, the global alliance program, investing in IT, community events, data culture, and the business and data analytics community.<\/p>\n

8:22 AM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adam finishes up and PASS President Tom LaRock comes on stage.\u00a0 Tom takes a few minutes to say goodbye to members who are ending their term on the board, including Sri Sridharan and Olivier Matrat.\u00a0 Sri managed the Volunteer profile within PASS and did a phenomenal job trying to bring more volunteers into the community to help PASS.\u00a0 Tom also introduces new Board members: Sanja Mishra and Grant Fritchey.\u00a0 Next up is Denise McInerney, EVP of Marketing.<\/p>\n

Denise mentions that over 5000 people are watching today’s keynote online on PASStv in over 113 countries.\u00a0 Denise starts by talking about her involvement with PASS, which started back in 2002 with a session she attended by Kimberly Tripp. (ES: SQLskills shout out!)<\/em>\u00a0 Denise then got involved locally and at the national level.\u00a0 When you volunteer for PASS you help other members, and you broaden your own network.\u00a0 A point from Denise: many of the people she met in the beginning are the ones she still turns to.\u00a0 Denise announces this year’s PASSion Award winner: Andrey Korshikov, who is based in Russia and a SQL Server MVP and BI Developer.\u00a0 Andrey is a PASS Regional Mentor and the founder of the Russian VC.\u00a0 He’s managed four SQLSaturdays and three Russian editions of 24 Hours of PASS.<\/p>\n

Denise also mentions those who were also nominated for the PASSion award – but I couldn’t type them all fast enough \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 She then highlights the PASS Outstanding Volunteers that have been recognized through the year and asks them to stand and be recognized.\u00a0 (ES: It takes a village – there are so many fantastic people who contribute to this community.)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

On Friday, from 2:15 to 2:45, in room 307\/308, there will be a Business Analytics Direction Board Discussion.\u00a0 If you want to provide feedback about the Business Analytics Conference (taking place April 20-22, 2015 in Santa Clara, CA) and\/or this direction that PASS is going, please attend the discussion.\u00a0 Denise also reminds people to update their PASS profile, particularly if you want to volunteer and and get involved.<\/p>\n

The next PASS Summit will be in Seattle, October 27-30, 2015.\u00a0 Registration is already open!<\/p>\n

\u00a08:35 AM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Rimma Nehme finally takes the stage for her keynote: Cloud Databases 101.\u00a0 She is a Principal Research Engineer at the Microsoft Jim Gray Systems Lab.<\/p>\n

Dr. Nehme has been watching this conference for the past 5 years, and starts by thanking the organizers for inviting her, and mentions Dr. DeWitt.\u00a0 And she was thinking about how she could be like Dr. DeWitt, and then realized, “trying to be a man is a waste of a woman”.\u00a0 She won’t try to be like Dr. DeWitt, she will just be herself.\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 Dr. Nehme was born in Belarus, she knows a little bit about databases from an academic and real-world perspective, and she is learning a lit bit about business too.\u00a0 (Dr. Nehme is getting her MBA in her “spare time”…seriously…and did I mention that she’s also a mom of two kids?\u00a0 SO impressive.)<\/em>\u00a0 Dr. Nehme is a big fan of the PASS Community.<\/p>\n

Today’s topic is: What is a cloud database?\u00a0 Our roadmap for today:<\/p>\n