NomCom Election
I've waited until I got
confirmation that I would indeed be included on the slate of applications for
the 2012 NomCom Committee before publishing this blog
Now I have been given the GREEN light on that from PASS
I want to provide you
with some brief background about myself, as you may not know me well or have no
idea even who I am.
I also wanted to give
you some insight into why I submitted my application to be a part of this
NomCom committee, so I think it is useful to answer the key question for you
"Why I want to be part of the NomCom committee"
Firstly, let
me begin with a summary background on myself, I'm Neil Hambly, based in the
United Kingdom, I work full-time as a Database Architect for MDSL and Proud to be a SQL family member
I've been a SQL Server
Professional for the past 13 years and in that time have worked in many of the
different roles our profession DBA, Developer, BI Specialist and now as an
Architect, I got interested in the
SQL community after attending local user-group events in London some years
back, after attending a few of these I got to know the Leader of that
user-group Tony Rogerson, he is a well-known long-time MVP in the UK.
As some point I got the
gentle nudge to speak @ one of the events and after agreeing to do and then
duly preparing my 1st session, which was on "Indexed Views and Computed
Columns" on the 17th March 2010 I presented to a pack house of
around 100+ SQL people in London. It is needless to say after this I was
completely hooked and then went on to speak @ further SQL Events in the UK
during 2010, with even my 1st Conference appearance @ SQLBits in York in
October 2010, Luckily I have been a presenter & volunteer @ each SQL Bits
since (4 in a row, I'm so fortunate)
I asked to become more
involved in the background duties of the London User-Group and was eagerly
welcomed to the UG family with a lot of encouragement and support, after
running some events and asking other UG leaders
to speak @ their events I gradually started to become a regular face @ UK and
other international events, over the last 2 years so tally includes the
following
International: Summit 2011
{310 ppl - 9th highest attended session), SQL Rally 2012, 24HOP & 4 SQL
Saturday's (in 4 Countries) and most recently SQL Day in Poland
UK: SQL Relay 2011 &
2012, SQLBits 7,8,9,10 & SQL in the City {London} , and around 20+ UG
events - and soon helping host a new UG in Belfast Northern Ireland in August
Also in the UK I have taken
part in GiveCamp (Oct 2011) and will be soon taking part in Dev4Good (July
2012), and also proud to be part of group who are going to TechED Europe
(Amsterdam) to help staff the PASS Booth
and represent the organization, I think my drive to become a regular and
committed SQL Server community member is fairly evident from these multiple
events and if you have meet me @ any of the events
So onto the Question: "Why
I want to be part of the NomCom committee"
Looking back over the past
couple of years, we have made considerable progress as an organization, with
the huge explosion of new events {many many} SQL Saturdays and the SQL Rally's,
along with the Virtual Chapters
and 24HOP successful virtual events, the attendance @ events is steadily
growing and new members join us each month, however we have seen some
controversial event, especially in our recent elections.
This has revealed we do still
have some way to go, to grow into an organization in which we can all be proud
to be members of, with fair unbiased decisions and integrity visible at all the
levels, should be one of our primary goals we constantly strive to achieve, If
I was fortunate to be elected I would undertake my duties with the upmost care
and dedication, as it would allow me to bring my passion for the SQL Community
by helping identify those who would be worthy of representing us all and
to take us closer towards our goals, this does require that we elect the suitable individuals
who possess both the communication and leadership skills, this is why I would
like to undertake the NomCom committee challenges to ensure we are putting
forward those who would enable us to reach our goals
I'm of course counting on
some of your votes in this NomCom election. Wish me Luck
Don't forget you
can visit the "Elections" to view all us 12 NomCom candidates
and see progress on the election http://www.sqlpass.org/Elections.aspx
Here is my Election page http://www.sqlpass.org/Elections/Candidates/Candidate8.aspx