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Not IME.
I was very surprised to be asked a few years ago, based on trying to be
helpful in several of the public newsgroups related to software development.
Although I'm categorized as [Visual Developer C++], I don't claim to be an
expert in anything :)
As Cindy said, the secret is to get noticed (in a positive way, of course).

--
Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
Jack of all trades, master of none.

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Pardon the interruption...
I don't believe you can nominate directly, but I don't believe anybody would
be offended if you were to mention a worthy potential recipient to an MVP.
If the MVP agreed with your recommendation, she/he could then forward the
information to her/his MVP Lead for consideration. My lead periodically asks
us if we have any nominations.
There are many great benefits associated with being an MVP. A few examples:
Access to private newsgroups, webcasts, etc.; either a MSDN or Technet
subscription *free*; etc.

--
Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
Jack of all trades, master of none.

Hi Stanley,

"Community support" encompasses quite a variety of activities and these may
vary somewhat among product groups.

Fox MVPs are active here in these newsgroups (there are a handful for my
product), as well as Fox-related discussions in other areas such as SQL
Server and .NET). Also listservs, web-based forums (hosted by Microsoft,
CompuServe, etc., other non-Microsoft NNTP groups (comp.databases.xbase.fox,
for example). They also may speak at conferences and user group meetings,
and write blogs, whitepapers, books, and websites that are full of hints and
tricks (for example lists of how-tos and registry hacks hosted on Windows
MVPs personal websites).

Some MVPs are active across several product areas, for example Access,
VB.NET and SQL Server, and it's sort of a toss-up as to which area they are
associated with. Most likely all of their activity is evaluated together
even though they may be VB.NET MVPs.


--
Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
cindy_winegarden@msn.com www.cindywinegarden.com


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