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The PgUS Board has set the Annual Meeting of Members for August 24, 2023 at 10:00 AM Pacific Time. A Notice of Meeting with the agenda was sent by email to all active Members on August 8, 2023.
A reminder email with the connection information was sent on August 22, 2023.
If you did not receive the email, please contact us so we can re-send it.
We look forward to this opportunity to speak directly with our members.
The PgUS Board has set the Annual Meeting of Members for August 24, 2023 at 10:00 AM Pacific Time. A Notice of Meeting with the agenda was sent by email to all active Members on August 8, 2023.
A reminder email with the connection information was sent on August 22, 2023.
If you did not receive the email, please contact us so we can re-send it.
We look forward to this opportunity to speak directly with our members.
PGConf NYC 2023 is a 3-day conference packed with user stories and best practices for how to use PostgreSQL, the world's most advanced open source database. Join us in New York City and connect with other developers, DBAs, administrators, decisions makers, and contributors to the open source PostgreSQL community!
PGConf NYC 2023 is October 3-5, 2023 at Convene 237 Park Avenue, New York, New York.
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View the schedule: https://www.postgresql.us/events/pgconfnyc2023/schedule/
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF UNITED STATES POSTGRESQL ASSOCIATION
The undersigned, as Secretary of the United States PostgreSQL Association (the "Association"), hereby provides notice of the annual meeting of the Association's Members.
The meeting will be held:
AUGUST 24, 2023 1:00 PM US/Eastern 10:00 AM US/Pacific 18:00 GMT 19:00 Europe/Paris 18:00 Europe/London 03:00 [next day], 2023 Australia/Sydney
Location: This meeting will be held virtually.
Each member joining the meeting will need a password to join the meeting. The password will be available to members in good standing by going to: https://postgresql.us/membership/meetings/ and then clicking on the meeting. The meeting page will include the password and instructions for joining the meeting.
AGENDA * Welcome and introductions * Declaration of quorum according to organization by-laws * Business arising from minutes of the last AGM, if any * Report from Board President with reference to the Strategic Plan * Questions/discussion of this information * Report from Treasurer * Questions * Annual Reports from Committees * Conference * Diversity * Expo * User Group * Any other business according to by-laws * Adjournment of business meeting.
Members of the Association are welcome to attend the meeting, but only Members in the Association in good standing as of July 25, 2023 are entitled to vote, and only one vote may be cast on behalf of each Member at the meeting. In addition to such other business as may properly come before the Members at the meeting, the Members may be asked to consider and act on items.
Remote Communication Voting. Members in the Association are permitted to participate in meetings by remote communication and member ballots and proxy votes are permitted to be transmitted electronically.
Committees: Current members are encouraged to participate in the further development and growth of the Association through committee participation. Current committees include: * Conference: To support the Association's fundraising efforts, this intent of this Committee is to manage United States PostgreSQL conferences. * Diversity: To support the Association's intent to increase the diversity of PostgreSQL users in the United States, this committee will support the management of the scholarships including person eligibility, guidelines and eligible conferences. In addition, the committee will evaluate and recommend an initiative to support diversity, inclusivity, and equity for the Association's members. * Expo: To support the Association's conference exhibiting efforts, the intent of this Committee is to support United States PostgreSQL exhibitions at non-PgUS conferences. * User Group: As part of PgUS' mission is to establish and support user groups in all major regions of the US (Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, South, Northeast), as well as internationally, this committee will support the Association by evaluating and developing guidance for user groups, and provide recommendations to the Board.
Candidates for committee membership should be able to participate in regular conference call meetings, and be able to commit to a minimum of 5 hours per month for committee contributions. Interested members should send their intent to contact@postgresql.us for consideration. All candidates will be reviewed by the Board and the current members of that Committee, and upon approval will be appointed by the Board.
DATED this 8th day of August 2023
Michael Brewer, Secretary United States PostgreSQL Association
We are pleased to have Stephen Frost and Stacey Haysler continue on the PgUS Board for an additional term.
Thank you to all of our members who took the time to vote!
PgUS is excited to announce PgDay Chicago 2023!
This one-day event will be held April 20, 2023 at the Convene on West Adams. It will be a one-track, full day event with presentations, networking, and sponsor hall.
The website will be launched soon, with details of the Call For Papers, Registration, and Sponsorship information.
We look forward to seeing you in Chicago!
because they make the magic happen
Stacey Haysler is the CFO and COO of PostgreSQL Experts, Inc. She first became involved in the Postgres community in 2010, and has worked as an organizer and conference staff for a number of conferences, both in North America and Europe, as well as being part of the start up team for PgDay San Francisco. She founded the Django Events Foundation North America (DEFNA), a nonprofit associated with the Django Software Foundation, and was a principal organizer of DjangoConUS for three years. She also served as Treasurer of the DSF for a year while starting DEFNA. She is a PostgreSQL contributor.
She worked with the Core Team to develop the PostgreSQL Community Code of Conduct in 2017, and served as the Chair of the Community Code of Conduct Committee through September 2021.
Stephen Frost is the Chief Technology Officer for Crunchy Data Solutions, Inc as well as a PostgreSQL Committer and Major Contributor. His previous work has included implementing the role system in 8.1 (replacing the previous user/group system), column-level privileges in 8.4 and improvements to PL/pgSQL.
Mark Wong is currently employed by EDB and is a PostgreSQL Major Contributor. His background is in database systems solutions and performance. He first introduced himself to the PostgreSQL community in 2003 with open source benchmarking kits and performance data. Since then, he has continued to contribute to various aspects of the community such as a Google Summer of Code mentor, PGConf.US Organizer, Portland PostgreSQL Users Group Co-Organizer, PostgreSQL Fundraising Group Member, and Treasurer and President of PgUS.
Jonathan S. Katz is a Principal Product Manager - Technical at Amazon on the Amazon RDS team. Jonathan is also a Core Team Member of the PostgreSQL Project, responsible for advocacy, release and governance efforts and is Secretary and a board member for the nonprofit PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada.
Prior to Amazon, Jonathan as VP of Platform Engineering at Crunchy Data. Before that he was CTO at VenueBook and VP of Technology at Paperless Post. At all companies Jonathan developed robust platforms using or delivering PostgreSQL, taking advantage of its many features, from complex data types to its ability to stream logical changes.
Jonathan graduated from Tufts University with a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Mathematics.
Michael Brewer is a Web Developer Principal in the Franklin College Office of Information Technology at The University of Georgia. Michael's responsibilities include developing applications for intranet and internet use, creating and managing databases, and desktop and network support. One of the applications he developed won a national award for innovation in advising technology. He is one of the founding board members of the United States PostgreSQL Association.