Peter,
Unfortunately, I do not agree with either. First, I believe that not granting mvp status next year is NOT enough, it should be more fair to strip their current status, regardless of how close we are to the end of the year; but then, I agree with Alan that we should not use the same methodology they are using. Second, I do not think Naomi should be granted with mvp status either, not for her contributions, but for some of her conduct, the fact that what AK and AM (why not the full names?) did was wrong, we can not forget that Naomi also did things that are questionable to say the least
Oh, and last, I do not care who is MVP and who is not <g>
[Update]
Oh, I just thought about something, my guess is that before granting MVP status there must be some kind of conversation between MS and the current MVPs, then I hope this matter can be put forward by some of those MVPs that are questioned.
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