Hello John,

I don't ask questions in the Vista group all that often. But I have read
many of the replies from the MVPs to those who do pose questions in here.

From the tone of their posts, it would seem that SOME MVPs are really burned
out, and should probably consider 'retiring.'

Alan

"john" <john@msn.com> wrote in message
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>I can remember "back in my day" (pre Win95) when as an MVP, you were bound
>by a certain code of conduct.
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> I was one of the lucky few on the basketball court back in 1995 in
> Redmond, with Brad Silverman, when a new online support group was formed.
> It was called ClubWin, and it was formed, among other things, in an effort
> to try and "fix" what had gone awry with the recently formed MVP group.
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> We were told that zealots need not apply, and that flaming in any way
> would not be tolerated.
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> Seems these lessons have not carried over.
> This is in no way intended for ALL MVP's, but obviously some would benefit
> from reading the basic rules of engagement, since you've never seen them.
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> from http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs:
> Q8: What does Microsoft expect of its MVPs?
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> A8: Because the MVP Award is an award-based program with criteria based on
> past contributions, Microsoft has no expectations of MVPs beyond the
> expectations of courtesy, professionalism, code of conduct and adherence
> to the community rules that we ask of all Microsoft community members.
> These rules can be found on the Microsoft Communities code of conduct
> page.
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