Come on chaps ( Microsoft ) lighten up, George is one of the first people to offer assistance on anything he feels qualified to do so on, how about retrospective monitoring? Pete Kane n.b. I suppose that's blown my chances of ever getting my MVP! > >I have nothing against George and Michel getting well-deserved MVP awards, but I just have to say that I don't like the "campaigning" that's been going on here. > >As I understand the process, you're nominated for the award, and then the MVP Buddies monitor your posts for about four months. There is no 'voting', and it's not a popularity contest. > >If you see someone on the groups that you think is particularly helpful, go ahead and nominate them at http://support.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/supportp artners/mvps/brochuregeneral.asp.