New Orleans
After Mexico I’m flying directly to New Orleans. I arrive on Saturday, so if anyone is looking to do something over the weekend. I’m in. This is my second trip, but my first one after Katrina. I remember an MGB (Microsoft Global Briefing) from back in 2001 or so, where I spoke for the first time ever in front of a SharePoint Audience. I shared a session with Kimmo Forss who was a Lotus Notes developer out of Finland who now a Microsoft employee working in BPOS after years of MCS SharePoint Rangers in Europe and is one of the most respected SharePoint Architects on the planet. So New Orleans has a special place in my memories.
I’m interested in seeing how the area has changed and not changed.
I’ve got 2 sessions at Teched. I’ve got one in the SQL track and one in the SharePoint Track. Woohoo! This is my 25th Teched and 8th Teched North America speaking gig. As you can tell I’m kind of a Teched junkie. I really love these. Next to the SharePoint Conference we just had, I have high hopes. This being the first conference after the SharePoint 2010 Launch I expect to feel a strong SharePoint vibe at the conference.
Tuesday JUNE 8
SQL Track:
3:15 PM DAT313 - “Planning Large-Scale Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition Deployments with Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010,” Tues., June 8 at 3:15 p.m. (room 283)
Office & SharePoint Track:
5:00 PM OSP312 - “Help! My Users Are Everywhere: Designing (Developing) for a Global SharePoint Audience,” Tues., June 8 at 5:00 p.m. (room 356)
Invitation only:
7:00 pm customer appreciation dinner @ Brennan’s 417 Royal Street - New Orleans, LA 70130
Wednesday JUNE 9
At the Quest Booth in the Expo Hall…
2:45 PM ASK THE EXPERTS SESSION – SHAREPOINT 2010 UPGRADE
BOOK “SIGNING” IMMEDIATELY TO FOLLOW - Signing is in quotes because it’s going to be more like signing a book sleeve that will give you access to the ebook online.
Greater New Orleans SharePoint User Group (GNO SPUG)– Kick off Event!!!
So excited to be speaking at the launch of the New Orleans SPUG. I hear Todd Klindt will also be speaking. That’s a lot of SharePoint IT Pro under one roof.
5-7 pm GNOSPUG Cap De Ville; 520 Capdeville Street; New Orleans, LA 70130
http://gnospugkickoff.eventbrite.com/
(At 7 there’s an invite only FPweb Party and a Office/SharePoint Speaker & invite Party.)
9:00 PM TWEET UP @ BOURBON STREET BLUES COMPANY in the French Quarter(Drinks sponsored by Quest)
THURSDAY June 10
@michaeltnoel and I are doing a bit of a road trip to fit in a few states on our maps. Both of us are missing Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas, so we’re doing a bit of a road trip. He’s also missing TN and OK, so we’ll be hitting those before the trip is over… So why not visit a few user groups on our trip, or bring out the community that wants to meet up!
SharePint in Birmingham Alabama
http://www.goodpeoplebrewing.com/ @GPBC
1035 20th Street South, Birmingham
We’ll start gathering around 8PM. Watch the tweetstream… @michaeltnoel @lorigowin @mattgowin and me @joeloleson
Friday June 11
#ShareBBQ in Memphis
You’ll have to watch the tweetstream on this one, and ping me if you want to join us. We are going to be caravaning on our way to Ozarks and BBQ is on the menu in memphis. We’ll be coming from BHAM and plan to arrive in Memphis in the early afternoon. We need recommendations on where to go… We’ve had NC BBQ, KC BBQ and SL BBQ. This will be a nice round out for the #ShareBBQ’s this year.
Friday night speaker dinner/party #SPSOzarks
Saturday
SharePoint Saturday Ozarks
Details: http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/ozarks
Hotel Seville appears to be the place to stay mention SPSOzarks for a discount.
Register for the event:
http://spsozarks.eventbrite.com
