>>>>>>The "community rep" didn't represent me. Frankly I doubt any one would dare speak out against the judges, so that proves nothing. The panel is completely trustworthy and there was no need of a community rep.
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>>>>>There's just no way to do something nice to recognize a lifetime of contributions to our community without making it political, huh? It's a wonder anyone sticks their neck out in this crowd.
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>>>>>Doug
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>>>>Frankly, I thought including a " community rep" was a fantastic idea. Regardless, I think the results speak for themselves. Great choices! :o)
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>>>I haven't been keeping up - who was the community rep ? ( just curious - choices were spot on )
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>>Fabian Pascal....
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>I'm assuming that was a jest. :o) Not THE Fabian Pascal of Database Debunkings? Can't be. He would not really fall into the "VFP community" would he? More of an expert in the field in general. If he does fall into the "VFP community" umbrella, then I totally was blind to that.... I picture a "community rep" to be from the typical VFP developer community...not an expert and not an MVP, but an active participant in the community (for years) for sure. Even an MVP or former MVP of course (Foxpro of course given the award) would be fine.

That was an old CIS Foxforum in-joke. Fabian - yeah, that one - was a regular gadfly on the foxforum along with Jeff Winchell. They were brilliant but their need to have that brilliance acknowledged, deferred to and generally tolerated was legendary.