http://weblogs.asp.net/paulballard/archive/tags/MVP/default.aspxTags: MVPenCommunityServer 2007 SP1 (Build: 20510.895)http://weblogs.asp.net/paulballard/archive/2009/01/08/happy-to-not-be-and-mvp.aspxThu, 08 Jan 2009 23:14:00 GMTc06e2b9d-981a-45b4-a55f-ab0d8bbfdc1c:6828619PaulBallard0http://weblogs.asp.net/paulballard/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=6828619http://weblogs.asp.net/paulballard/archive/2009/01/08/happy-to-not-be-and-mvp.aspx#comments<P mce_keep="true">Wait, it's not what you think.&nbsp; This isn't some "sour grapes" post where&nbsp;I bitch and complain about not getting awarded the MVP this year.&nbsp; I'm not tossing Vista out the window for penguin software nor am I going to start abbreviating Microsoft with M$.&nbsp; It was actually my choice.</P> <P mce_keep="true">Receiving the MVP award is a great honor, and one that has to be earned each year.&nbsp; I was very proud of having received it for the past four years and appreciated Microsoft recognizing the support I gave the community.&nbsp; But this past year I've been buried with work in my new job and just didn't have the time to speak and write as much as I should have (as the lack of blog posts here shows).&nbsp; So this year I didn't ask to be renewed, preferring instead to step down and make room for some other more deserving folks like <A class="" href="https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=269E4429-E37A-4D45-BC5E-28795976ACD6" mce_href="https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=269E4429-E37A-4D45-BC5E-28795976ACD6">Rob Marshall</A> and <A class="" href="https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=006511FA-FF63-4338-851C-B2A8314DFD5F" mce_href="https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=006511FA-FF63-4338-851C-B2A8314DFD5F">Chris Hay</A>.&nbsp; </P> <P mce_keep="true">I want to thank my US MVP Lead Ed Hickey for supporting me all those years as well as Akim Boukhelif for supporting me on this side of the big pond.&nbsp; Best of luck to all of the new MVPs&nbsp;and maybe when my work life settles down I'll once again be worthy of the MVP title.</P><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6828619" width="1" height="1">.NETMVP