CincyDATA Is Back

V-RodDBA · Community

CincyDATA Is Back

Online meetups start November 18. In-person networking in Cincinnati is planned for early 2027.

The Cincinnati Data and AI Users Group (CincyDATA) is meeting again. I'm stepping in as interim organizer to get things moving, and I need help to make it work.

The group is for people who work with data and AI, on-premises and in the cloud, with a focus on Microsoft's data platform. It has been without an organizer for a while, and its Meetup page has been quiet since 2022.

First Session

Detail	Value
When	Wednesday, November 18, 5:45 pm ET
Where	Online
Schedule	Third Wednesday of each month
Format	Featured speaker, plus updates from the Microsoft data and AI world
Register	CincyDATA on Meetup

Interim, On Purpose

I'm based in Indianapolis, not Cincinnati, so I'll be upfront about what this is. It's an interim arrangement. The goal is to keep the group alive, get meetings back on the calendar, and hand it to a Cincinnati-based organizer when the right person is ready.

Online meetups come first because they're the quickest way to get people back in the same room, so to speak. Once there's some momentum, we'll start meeting in person in Cincinnati. Details on that will follow as plans come together.

How You Can Help

Spread Share this with coworkers, former colleagues, and anyone in the Cincinnati data community who might want to join.

Speak Talks on SQL Server, Power BI, Azure, Fabric, AI, or anything else in the data world. First-time speakers are welcome, and a short talk or demo is plenty.

Host If your company has space for in-person events in Cincinnati, or would like to sponsor food or drinks, get in touch.

Lead If you're in Cincinnati and want to take over as organizer, let's talk. I'll help with the handoff.

Get in Touch

Meetup LinkedIn Group LinkedIn Email

See you on November 18.

V-RodDBA · October 24, 2026 · CincyDATA on Meetup

Hitting the Road to the Pacific Northwest

V-RodDBA on the Road

Hitting the Road to the Pacific Northwest

Nov 4–16, 2026  ·  PNW Day of Data · PASS Summit · Seattle Day of Data

IND → LAS → PDX bus → SEA → MDW then a Budget rental home

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Thirteen days, three data events, one PASS Summit, and a bus between Portland and Seattle. I fly out of Indy on the 4th with a Las Vegas connection and fly home from Seattle on the 16th. No bike on this one. The V-Rod stays in the garage.

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Days on the Road

3

✈ Flights

3

🚗 Rental Cars

2

🏠 Hotels

3

Data Events

1

Sessions Presented

4

🏍 H-D Dealers

Wednesday · Nov 4

Indianapolis to Vancouver, WA

Southwest · IND → LAS → PDX

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✈ Out of IND at 11:20 AM, change planes in Las Vegas, land at PDX at 4:45 PM Pacific. That's 8h25m with the three-hour time change. Window seats both legs (22F, 19F) so I can see north on the way out.

🍽 Open for dinner in Portland or Vancouver. [TBD: dinner plans]

🚗 Then across the Columbia to Vancouver, WA. SELECT * FROM adventure WHERE city = 'Vancouver' AND state = 'WA'.

Thursday · Nov 5

Goonies never say die. DBAs say SET XACT_ABORT ON.

Vancouver, WA · Oregon coast

🚗 Up early for the 110 miles to Astoria, a bit under two hours on US-30. Wheels rolling by 7:45 to be at the museum around 10:15.

🛒 Oregon Film Museum, in the old Clatsop County Jail from the opening of the movie. Open 10 AM to 4 PM.

🛒 Lower Columbia Bowl on Marine Drive. Too early for pizza, so no Truffle Shuffle needed.

🛒 "Break Point": Ecola State Park, just north of Cannon Beach, for the coastline from the end of the film.

🍽 Lunch at Mo's Seafood & Chowder in Cannon Beach. Open 11 AM to 9 PM daily.

🛒 Cannon Beach and Haystack Rock. Don't forget to pack the doubloon.

🍽 Back to Vancouver for dinner with Jason & Sheila Romans at a tiki bar.

Friday · Nov 6

Pre-Con and Speaker Dinner

PNW Day of Data · Vancouver, WA

📊 Three all-day pre-cons to pick from. [TBD: which one I'm attending]
• AI at the Gates: The DBA’s Guide to Surviving in an LLM World — Kevin Feasel
• Enterprise data engineering in Fabric: from Medallion to metadata-driven automation — Tomislav Hlupić & Ivan Kesedzic
• SQL AI App in a Day — Jerry Nixon

🍽 Speaker dinner Friday night. [TBD: location]

Saturday · Nov 7

PNW Day of Data

Event #1149 · 10:15 AM session

Data Platform Community Event

PNW Day of Data 2026 (#1149)

A full day of data sessions put on by the local community.

📍 WSU Vancouver 🗓 Sat, Nov 7, 2026 🎤 My session: Your Script Called. It Wants to Be a Function. · 10:15 AM

→ Event page & registration

Sunday · Nov 8

Portland to Seattle

Data Bus · SQLFamily Sushi

🍳 Breakfast with Jason & Sheila Romans at 13 Coins.

🚌 No SQLTrain this year. There's a Data Bus from Portland to Seattle instead. [TBD: confirm bus details]

🍩 Voodoo Doughnut on the bus.

🍽 #SQLFamily sushi at Japonessa once we get into Seattle.

Monday · Nov 9

PASS Summit Pre-Con

Seattle

☕ Large mocha from Monorail Espresso to start the day. One-track mind.

📊 9:00 AMPre-con: Learning the Cloud: From Managing Resources to Designing Solutions with Joey D'Antoni.

📊 5:00 PMCommunity Kickoff & Power Hour, 5:00 to 7:00 PM, withBen Weissman & Kristyna Ferris.

Tuesday · Nov 10

PASS Data Community Summit

Seattle

☕ Monorail Espresso first. Large mocha.

📊 8:15 AMMicrosoft keynote:AI Starts with Data: Building the Foundation for What's Next with Shireesh Thota.

🍽 12:45 PMRedgate luncheon:AI: BDR (AI; Because Didn't Read) with Kellyn Gorman.

📊 5:30 PMExhibitor Reception.

📊 5:45 PMBook signing at the Microsoft booth with Bob Ward.

📊 7:00 PMRedgate Summit Social, 7 to 10 PM.

Wednesday · Nov 11

PASS Data Community Summit

#SQLKilt Day

🛒 #SQLKilt Day. Group pic from 2025 is up top; we'll see who shows up this year.

☕ Monorail Espresso again.

🍽 7:00 AM, breakfast with the Azure Data Leadership Team. It's an AMA.

📊 8:15 AM, Redgate keynote: Cleared for Takeoff: Database Estate Governance and Control Alongside AI.

🍽 12:45 PM, WIT luncheon: What Do You Do When You Hear the Word "No"? with Ginger Grant.

📊 1:45 PM, exhibitor raffles.

Thursday · Nov 12

Museum of Pop Culture

Seattle

☕ Derail the routine: swap the Monorail mocha for some B&G from Biscuit Bitch, or add one to the order.

🛒 Museum of Pop Culture.

🛒 Sunset at the Space Needle.

Friday · Nov 13

Seattle Day of Data

Event #1155 · Crab Pot dinner

☕ Another large mocha from Monorail Espresso.

Data Platform Community Event

Seattle Day of Data 2026 (#1155)

🗓 Fri, Nov 13, 2026

→ Event page & registration

🍽 #SQLFamily dinner at the Crab Pot. Thanks Jeff Taylor?

Saturday · Nov 14

Wide Open Throttle

Breakfast, Harley dealers, Cedarbrook Lodge, chowder

🍳 Breakfast with Jason & Sheila Romans at Lowell's.

🚗 Pick up the Budget rental on 5th Ave.

🏠 Up to the Residence Inn Seattle Downtown to check out and get the luggage.

🏍 Optional: Sound Harley-Davidson, Marysville, WA. Depart hotel by 11am to stay on track.

🏍 Eastside Harley-Davidson, Bellevue, WA.

🏍 Grit City Harley-Davidson, Fife, WA.

🏍 Trident Harley-Davidson, Silverdale, WA.

⛴ Bainbridge Island ferry back to Seattle. Time to downshift.

🏠 Idle back to the pits at Cedarbrook Lodge and relax before the final round home.

🍽 Dinner with Jason & Sheila Romans at Wally's Chowder House.

Sunday · Nov 15

Tacoma

Zoo or cars, depending on the sky

🏠 Leave Cedarbrook for Tacoma by 8:15 if it's dry, 9:15 if it's raining.

🦁 Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium first, if it's dry. Opens at 9.

🏎 If it's raining, LeMay - America's Car Museum goes first instead. Opens at 10.

🍽 Lunch at 2 at Stack 571 Burger & Whiskey Bar.

🌲 Drive through Point Defiance Park.

🚗 Afternoon: LeMay Collections at Marymount if it rained and the car museum is already done. If it stayed dry, the car museum is the afternoon.

🍽 Dinner at Duke's on Ruston Way.

Monday · Nov 16

Seattle to Home

Southwest SEA → MDW · one-way Budget rental

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🏠 Check out of Cedarbrook at 9:00 AM.

✈ Nonstop, SEA at 11:20 AM to Midway at 5:10 PM Central. Window again (23F), this time for the southern view.

🚗 One-way Budget rental from Midway to get home. Midway at 6 PM is a full table scan, and every row is a brake light.

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V-RodDBA · Nov 2026 · Vancouver, WA & Seattle  |  PNW Day of Data 2026