Robin Edwards is the leader of the Roanoke Valley .Net User Group. They did something really cool for their last meeting (July 2008). As Robin describes it: Some of the members of RV.NUG tossed around a way to get more involvement during the meeting AND deal with the low summer attendance by coming up with something fun and easy.  We were ...

No one panic - I'm still a Solid Quality Mentor. :) I am honored to accept the responsibilities of PASS Regional Mentor for the US Southeast! What does this mean? Well, I get to work with SQL Server User Groups and PASS chapters from Texas to North Carolina. If you're interested in starting a SQL Server Users Group - regardless of ...

Dear Google,    I am not a spammer. I'm a guy trying to inform 500 people in the Richmond .Net and SQL Server Developer Communities about upcoming meetings and events of interest to them. To protect their privacy and my sanity, I keep their email addresses in a Google Email Group and BCC that group each time I send them an ...

Richmond Code Camp 2008.1 is Saturday, 26 Apr 2008! This is our fifth Code Camp in two years - we're so excited! They just keep getting bigger, better, and more fun. Kevin Israel and the gang have done an outstanding job organizing this event - kudos to the entire team: G. Andrew Duthie Robin Edwards Kevin Hazzard Kevin Israel Frank La ...

Introduction  One take-away from the MVP Summit last week is: We're doing some pretty cool stuff in the Richmond (Virginia) Developer Community. I attended a breakout session on Developer Communities and found the room divided into roughly two groups: Those who were active in a thriving local developer community Those wanted to ...

Adam Machanic is addressing the Richmond SQL Server Users Group tonight! In fact, I have to go now and pick him up from the airport. Now if I could only get this other SQLBlog guy to present... :{> Andy

I'll be presenting Testing the Database to the Roanoke Valley .Net User Group Thursday 3 April 2008. If you read this blog and you're in the area, stop by and introduce yourself! :{> Andy

Now that our 5-month old son - Riley Cooper - is on the mend, I am hitting the speaking trail again! 09 Jan 2008: I'm presenting Testing The Database to the Triangle .Net User Group (TRINUG) Wednesday evening in Research Triangle Park, NC (location details). 12 Jan 2008: I'm presenting Incremental Loads With SSIS - by far my most popular SSIS ...