{"id":1918,"date":"2017-04-27T15:43:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T14:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andreas-wolter.com\/amt-als-pass-regionalgruppenvertreter-niedergelegt\/"},"modified":"2017-10-17T18:21:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T17:21:47","slug":"amt-als-pass-regionalgruppenvertreter-niedergelegt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andreas-wolter.com\/en\/amt-als-pass-regionalgruppenvertreter-niedergelegt\/","title":{"rendered":"Resigned from post as PASS Chapter Leader in Cologne\/Rheinland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-922bf97eb2b78a4dbcfbad3bf166e5d2\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-922bf97eb2b78a4dbcfbad3bf166e5d2{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-922bf97eb2b78a4dbcfbad3bf166e5d2 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-922bf97eb2b78a4dbcfbad3bf166e5d2 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-922bf97eb2b78a4dbcfbad3bf166e5d2 av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Resigned from post as PASS Chapter Leader in Cologne\/Rheinland<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-0ff602b3e980a3377077ff3c1c834df6 hr-default  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-2de302bf1aa3cf4c9157dbe6f50ac7eb '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>It is with a certain nostalgia that I announce my resignation from my post as (Co-) Chapter Leader of the PASS regional chapter \u201cRheinland\u201d in Germany (comprising Cologne and Dusseldorf). I had been Chapter Leader since January 2011 \u2013 quite exactly for 6 years.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A short note to the not-yet-PASS-members: <a href=\"https:\/\/sqlpass.de\/Verein\/Einleitung.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PASS Germany<\/a> is a registered association which, as a \u201cMicrosoft Data Platform Community,\u201d addresses interested parties and professionals from the entire Microsoft SQL Server environment. It ranges from the Core Database Engine to the Business Intelligence components directly involved with it such as Reporting or Analysis Services, up to analytic areas such as Azure Machine Learning, just to name a few. PASS Germany is organized in <a href=\"https:\/\/sqlpass.de\/Regionen\/Deutschland.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regional chapters\/groups<\/a> (RG) in various urban areas where face-to-face meetings take place.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\r\n\r\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_partner-725aba63aa9d0582748ff9e52a732500\">\n.avia-logo-element-container.av-av_partner-725aba63aa9d0582748ff9e52a732500 .av-partner-fake-img{\nbackground-size:cover;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-logo-element-container av-av_partner-725aba63aa9d0582748ff9e52a732500 avia-logo-slider avia-content-slider avia-smallarrow-slider avia-content-slider-active noHover avia-content-slider-odd  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-nav-arrows-visible av-nav-dots-visible av-no-slider-navigation av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless avia-content-slider1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"><div class='avia-smallarrow-slider-heading  no-logo-slider-heading '><div class='new-special-heading'>&nbsp;<\/div><\/div><div class=\"avia-content-slider-inner\"><div class=\"slide-entry-wrap\"><div  class='slide-entry av-av_partner_logo-988ab8fa9a97d4b7ad6b29dc11d7795b flex_column no_margin av_fullwidth real-thumbnail post-entry slide-entry-overview slide-loop-1 slide-parity-odd post-entry-last first'><span class='av-partner-fake-img' style='padding-bottom:46.666666666667%; background-image:url(https:\/\/andreas-wolter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Pass_Deutschland_Logo.jpg);'><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-2de302bf1aa3cf4c9157dbe6f50ac7eb '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The <strong>background<\/strong> to my resignation is, first and foremost, that I <strong>moved<\/strong> from D\u00fcsseldorf <strong>to Frankfurt<\/strong> back in October (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/sarpedon-quality-lab\/comments?topic=6188648042309222400&#038;type=U&#038;scope=6249283&#038;stype=C&#038;a=Ak4i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News page at LinkedIn<\/a>). And after a trial period it became clear that <u>in theory<\/u> it might be possible to support a regional group from a distance via email and the like, but the 1.5-hour-journey to \u201cstop by\u201d for an evening cuts down on the motivation (and, let\u2019s face it, the purpose). A further reason is hidden in the text below. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>That is why by January I had decided to resign from this post. My two, now former, RGV colleagues, Tillmann Eitelberg and Christoph Muthmann, went along with my decision and will now be taking care of the RG together. In fact, the change took until April, but merely due to organizational reasons. At this point, many thanks to the longtime, good cooperation \u2013 also to Olaf Pietsch (whose post I took over at that time, and who was always ready to give advice). Whenever someone couldn\u2019t make it, someone else was there to jump in and take over a task.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Those who know me will also know that I am absolutely against accumulating undeserved titles (see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidesql.org\/blogs\/andreaswolter\/2015\/09\/tales-from-certification-hell-what-mca-mcm-mcsm-charter-member-mvp-really-means\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Topic \u201eMCSM Chapter Member\u201c<\/a>, or accumulations of redundant titles \u00e0 la \u201cMCP + MCSA + MCSE\u201d). So, since stopping to actively exercise this post I definitely have not been profiting from my being Chapter Leader, and that is also why I requested this resolute step.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the pre-previous section, I said \u201cfirst and foremost.\u201d As a matter of fact, I had previously played with the idea to give up the post in favor of a \u201cfresh\u201d candidate. Even if I managed to win 3 speakers during the first half of 2016, and jumped in twice myself, my guts had long been telling me that a new RGV would benefit the RG and give new impetus. In principle, I think it would be <strong>nice if more people <u>actively<\/u> supported the Community<\/strong>. Whether as an RGV or a speaker in public, or even more backstage, such as the newsletter team \u2013 who, almost since I started being involved, has always been struggling with resource problems (here again, <strong>kudos to the entire team<\/strong>, especially to those who have been involved for years, for their perseverance) \u2013 or also the technical team, without whom no mailing list or addresses of PASS would be working. Unfortunately, there are not enough volunteers to really achieve more frequent changes.<\/p>\n<p>This idea of \u201cmaking room\u201d had been dashed then, but the relocation reshuffled the deck.<\/p>\n<p>(And since I recently joined the \u201cbaby daddy club\u201d (aka, \u201creason no. 2\u201d), I understand even more that such a post won\u2019t be considered by many.) Here, once more my <strong>appeal<\/strong> from 2015, which lost none of its relevance: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidesql.org\/blogs\/andreaswolter\/2015\/03\/die-sql-pass-deutschland-sucht-sprecher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SQL PASS Germany is looking for speakers \u2013 call to all SQL Server professionals<\/strong><\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of speakers: Besides the men of our <a href=\"https:\/\/sqlpass.de\/Kontakt\/Vorstand.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">board<\/a> (Oliver Engels, Tillmann Eitelberg, Klaus H\u00f6ltgen, Frank Geisler, Constantin Klein), who almost without exception somehow manage to give many presentations <u>in addition to the time-consuming tasks in the board<\/u>, I would like to <strong>draw attention to<\/strong> some <strong>speakers<\/strong> who have <strong>increasingly established themselves in the last years as \u201cregular speakers:\u201d<\/strong> Uwe Ricken, Torsten Strau\u00df, Gabriele M\u00fcnster, Ben Weissmann (and don\u2019t get me started on the \u201cfirst regular players\u201d like Christoph Seck) \u2013 please forgive me if I didn\u2019t mention someone deserving. I do not claim to have a complete overview of all RGs, and even less so now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanks<\/strong> also to the \u201cusual suspects\u201d \ud83d\ude09 from Microsoft: Frank Seiwerth, Patrick Heyde, Ralph Kemperdick, Volker Hinz, \u2026<\/p>\n<p>All of them have honored the Rheinland regional group with their time and presentation skills, and <strong>I would like to extend my thanks to all on parting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Does this mean I am saying goodbye to PASS altogether?<\/strong> Definitely not. You will be seeing me in the future at least as a speaker. Yes, I\u2019m serious \u2013 even if I can\u2019t make any promises as to the frequency (funnily enough, since August 2016, I had been in Singapore more often than in Cologne \ud83d\ude00 \u2013 but this, too, for the purposes of PASS).<\/p>\n<p>Whether I will take on a different post in PASS Germany isn\u2019t entirely up to me, of course. Even though the topic \u201cSocial Media\u201d has been irking me for years. (About 1.5 years ago, I offered to invest 80% of the time to rebuild and maintain Facebook and Xing \u2013 but unfortunately, no one popped up for the remaining 20% (because I, too, will want to take time for vacation or when sick).) But maybe this topic is already outdated.<\/p>\n<p>And lastly, there are still the PASS Essentials (seminars), where I would, in principle, give presentations again after having taken a year-long break and also having been requested many a time. They are pending in the pipeline of PASS, which is always being managed on top of regular working hours, as one should bear in mind before faulting the occasionally amazingly slow processes, with or without board or Chapter Leader.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s see what the future holds in store. 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