>>>But there were some people who even would ask specifically what was required to get an MVP.
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>>>You wouldn't be talking about Naomi, would you?
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>>I'm talking about a number of people and not just in the VFP world. I was fairly disappointed in the ways that the MVP program changed over the years to be more about promoting the Microsoft party line and less about supporting people.
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>>Tamar
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>Examples?

I won't name names, but there were (and probably still are) absolutely people getting awarded who weren't doing anything but peddling Microsoft's official line. That wasn't everyone or even the majority, but there were some by the end of my time as an MVP.

It's possible that in the years since Microsoft dropped VFP out of the MVP program that it's gotten better. I don't have any way to know.

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>A question - in the last five years, how many Code Camp events, how many SQL Saturday events, SharePoint Saturday events, and CodeStock events have you attended?

None. I've considered going to SQL Saturday the last couple of years, but frankly, don't want want to give up a Saturday. If there were an event during the week, I'd be much more likely to be there.

The truth is that events that are speakers only and no papers to take home are nowhere near as useful to me as something where I can hear the material once and then use the paper to follow up. I learn much better by reading than by listening. (I'm lousy at sitting still, as you can tell by every elementary school report card I ever got.)

Tamar