1. PASS Community News January 2013

2. SQLSaturday Events – January/February Upcoming North America Events Upcoming International Events Feb 9#183Albuquerque, NM Feb 16 #198Vancouver, Canada Feb 23 #177Silicon Valley, CA Mar 02 #184North Haven, CT Mar 02 #192Tampa, FL Mar 09 #187Richmond, VA Mar 16 #204Detroit, MI Apr 06 #203Boston, MA Apr 06 #206Madison, WI Apr 06 #197Omaha, NE Apr 20 #201Orange County, CA Apr 27 #210Phoenix, AZ Jan 25#185Trinidad & Tobago Feb 2 #195Mexico City, Mexico

3. Virtual Chapter Meetings VIRTUAL CHAPTERMEETINGTOPIC DBA FundamentalsJanuary 8 – 11:00 am CSTWhat Counts for a DBA – presented by Louis Davidson Professional DevelopmentJanuary 9 – 1:00 pm UTCBrent’s Crazy Career Challenges – presented by Brent Ozar PerformanceJanuary 24 – 6:00 pm GMTThe Performance Impact of Database Design – presented by Audrey Hammonds Check out the sqlpass.org for more information on all the Virtual Chapters including App Dev Azure Big Data Business Intelligence Data Architecture DBA DBA Fundamentals Education Healthcare Master Data\Data Quality Performance Oracle Powershell Professional Development Virtualization Women in Technology Virtual PASS Portuguese French (CFSS) Global Chinese Global Spanish

4. 24 Hours of PASS: Business Analytics 4 Mark your calendars for January 30, 2013! The event starts at 13:00 GMT. Be sure to double check on the event site for a time zone translation! This 24 HOP will feature 12 hours of back-to-back webcasts on Business Analytics related topics, followed by 12 hours of on-demand replay. 24hoursofpass.com

5. www.passbaconference.com Early bird pricing until Dec7. As of Dec 8 use $150 discount code for PASS chapter member: CHM2D #passbac

6. Volunteer Recognition Programs Outstanding Volunteer Program PASS invites you to nominate your favorite volunteers for "Outstanding Volunteers of the Month.“ Submissions can be sent anytime to VolunteerRecognition@sqlpass.org Please provide: nominated volunteer's contact details, a brief list of the PASS programs the member has participated in the number of years in the community a short description of why you think they should be recognized Chosen nominees will be announced in the PASS Connector newsletter and receive a Certificate of Appreciation

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