Recently there have been a number of PASS members who have become unhappy with the direction of the organization and are wishing for something different - something less political, less structured, maybe a bit more people-focused, edgy, and fun. I've thought about how to channel that unhappiness in a way that does good without harming PASS along the way and I've come up with an idea.
Today I'm announcing a new social group for PASS members who want less professional and more fun from it: the Association For SQL Server, or A.S.S.
A.S.S doesn't really have an agenda - after all it's just a social group - except to make the most of when we all get together at SQLSaturday and the Summit. But what we lack in direction we more than make up for in marketing coolness. Here's a couple of ideas I had so far:
- Get branded apparel. I'm thinking hats for starters, and we wear it to identify that we're part of the cool kids club. Want to know who's in? Just look for the A.S.S hats at any event!
- If we ever needed to vote on something that required quorum we'll say that we have to do it with at least half A.S.S. effort.
- We could have our own Women In Technology group - we'll call them Sassy A.S.S., or maybe just sASSy for short.
- When the board meets to discuss the future of the group we can say they've got their heads in their A.S.S.
- Members need a sense of humor, and the light hearted ones amongst us will be known to everyone as the A.S.S. clowns.
Sounds great, right? On second thought…
(Happy April Fools' Day!)
About Kendal
Kendal is a database strategist, community advocate, public speaker, and blogger. A practiced IT professional with over 15 years of SQL Server experience, Kendal excels at disaster recovery, high availability planning/implementation, & debugging/troubleshooting mission critical SQL Server environments. Kendal is a Senior Consultant on the Microsoft Premier Developer Support team and President of MagicPASS, the Orlando, FL based chapter of PASS. Before joining Microsoft, Kendal was a SQL Server/Data Platform MVP from 2011-2016.
13 comments
Where's the logo? I want to be sure to be able to distinguish your new organization from a hole in the ground.
Thanks!
Of course, now you're just daring me to actually startup this group, aren't you? Cause I was really diggin' on it there for a min. Still am really.
I'm down with this all the way. Does that make me a total A.S.S.?
Non-nosebleed Professional? Sign me up!
I'm still trying to come up with something that would make me a jack A.S.S.
If we only show up for 50% of the meetings would that be considered a half ass effort.
of course A.S.S. needs a Professional Interview Techniques VC, P.I.T.A.S.S.
The top guys are called "Bad A.S.S"
Kendal - you're awesome. I laughed and now have to clean up my desk. Thanks!
Very cheeky! :)
This is great!
Love it! =^D
So a DBA walks into a bar and selects a table with a view...
[rimshot!]
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