Richmond and Olympia

That would be Richmond in Virginia and Olympia in Washington. :)

I'll be speaking at the Richmond Code Camp 2008.2 on October 4 about custom code in Reporting Services. Richmond is my local user community, and I can't say enough good things about the crew that organizes and speaks in that area. I hope to see some familiar faces during the day.

The following Saturday (October 11), I'll be presenting at Olympia SQLSaturday about Reporting Services 2008. I enjoy SQLSaturday events because they are all about SQL Server! This one includes talks on Business Intelligence, TSQL, and internals.

Both events have a great speaker lineup and should be a lot of fun. Hope to see you there!

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