>This is not directed at you- apart from SWFox I haven't seen your opinions or attitudes- but if some of our "leaders" really do object to consulting the community even wrt a community award, one approach would be to add a "Microsoft" tag to the award... though the cynicism of so doing would be another nail in the coffin of the VFP "community" IMHO.

I don't understand. What does Microsoft have to do with VFP nowadays? That episode is in the past.