• Andy makes some great suggestions. I too have advocated some of these in the past within my own circle of influence.

    There is alot that our chapters can do outside of the PASS umbrella. IndyPASS has been working at trying to get contact information of regional PASS Chapter leaders as well as yet-to-be PASS Chapters to form some dialogue among them. This dialogue would provide a level of peer support to increase the strength of these groups as well as help the start-ups to get things rolling... not to mention getting SQL Server user groups started in cities that have none.

    Once this dialogue is well established, it will be mind-blowing what the PASS Chapters can do regardless of what is offered at the National level. In fact, it may be even more effective at the chapter level.