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Greetings, data enthusiasts!

Our April meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 20th, at 5:30 pm! We will meet in person at: Troy Web Consulting, 135 Mohawk St, Cohoes, NY 12047.

Please RSVP if you are attending, so we can purchase an appropriate amount of food for everyone. This is a ROUNDTABLE meeting, therefore the schedule, topics, and presentations will be shorter, more casual and ad-hoc. Food is TBA until we get closer to the event date.

Our meeting schedule is as follows:

5:30 PM: Food, soft drinks, and networking 6:10 PM: Chapter news and announcements 6:15 PM: Roundtable We will wrap up between 7:30 PM and 8:00 PM.

This month's meeting is a CASSUG Roundtable! Bring your own topics and we will discuss and try to solve them! Some ideas on what makes a successful roundtable:

Questions Discussions Conundrums Challenges Personal victories Code sharing Job search status/requests

While there will not be a formal speaker for this meeting, having an agenda makes things move more smoothly. If you have anything to present, discuss, or ask and know in advance, please message me or reply to this event and I will create a rough agenda of what we will tackle! As a bonus, this allows us to prepare a bit more and look up some resources ahead of time.

Details on topics, proposals, and requests will be added closer to the meeting date. Feel free to bring your own content or ideas to share, as this is a casual/relaxed meeting.

Greetings, data enthusiasts!

Our April meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 14th, at 5:30 pm! We will meet in person at: Rensselaer Chamber of Commerce, 90 4th Street, Troy, NY.

Please RSVP if you are attending, so we can purchase an appropriate amount of food for everyone. Food will be from the venerable (and conveniently located) K-Plate! For this meeting, we are welcoming Kristen Hubler, who is joining us from New York City! Thank you for taking the time and energy to join us and share your knowledge!

Our meeting schedule is as follows:

5:30 PM: Food, soft drinks, and networking 6:15 PM: Chapter news and announcements 6:30 PM: Presentation

We usually wrap up between 7:30 PM and 8:00 PM. Kristen's session will be, "Mastering the Soft Side of Your Technical Role: From SME to Manager":

Studies show that while IQ is important for landing your technical dream job, it is actually EQ (emotional Intelligence) that will set you apart from your colleagues.

In this session, Mastering the Soft-Side of your Technical Role, we will learn the basics of emotional intelligence and essentials needed for your transition from SME to manager.

We’ll walk through your first week, month, and year as a people leader as well as some habits you can develop now so you’re ready for that promotion when it comes.

Greetings once again, data enthusiasts!

Our April meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 8th, at 5:30 pm! We will meet in person at: Rensselaer Chamber of Commerce, 90 4th Street, Troy, NY.

Please RSVP here if you are attending so we can purchase an appropriate amount of food for everyone. Food will be pizza from the always-excellent DeFazio's!

Our meeting schedule is as follows:

• 5:30 PM: Food, soft drinks, and networking
• 6:15 PM: Chapter news and announcements
• 6:30 PM: Presentation

We usually wrap up between 7:30 PM and 8:00 PM.

This month, we are assembling a short list of locally-presented talks, all aimed to be 30mins or less each. I am going to throw my hat in the ring to get this list going, and I will add additional talks as they are confirmed:

Ed Pollack: All About Partitioning in SQL Server (20mins) Ray Kim: Breaking the Ice: Ways to Initiate Networking (15mins)

This will differ from our roundtable discussions as they will be more formalized presentations, but they can be short. Even if you have a topic that only requires 5 or 10 or 15 minutes, feel free to let me know! Similarly, if you have a topic but would prefer to not present, I'll find a willing victim (volunteer) to take up the task :-)