Why I DON'T WANT to be an MVP ! (dedicated to Robert McLaws)

Robert as usual you prove to the whole planet what you really are !!

I am not posting to be an MVP, and I DON'T WANT to be one :-((

Being an MVP is a full commitment and I don't have the spare time for that. Other can do better.

If you read what I wrote and not what you think I wrote, my rant is about the fact that Ireland is always ignored when the MVP stuff is coming. If I was rude (and I don't qualify myself as a usual rude person), it's because I wanted to have some reactions.Yes I got the reactions, indeed some very positive, but I didn't expect some bigotry on my post. A lot of very good developers are working in Ireland, and I am preaching for this country to have a better representation.

Some Microsoft people are doing an incredible job here since two years for the whole Irish community (Thanks Clare, Bill and Robert), but I just like to scream, guys something good is happening here, why are you constantly ignoring us. I agree Ireland is surely not the only one, but I can't really fight for Zimbabwe or Tanzania, for the simple reason I am not living there.

And no no and no I don't want to be an MVP. Just happy to have the opportunity to lead an extraordinary league of gentlemen.

So finally Robert McLaws, before spitting your diatribe all over the place, do some research. And finally even if I respect your opinion, you don't have the authority to tell what to DO and what to DON'T.

And I will keep my right to push the interests of my local user group as long as I think it's necessary.

8 Comments

  • I apologize for misreading. It was not diatribe, and it was not directed at you. It was directed at others who want to become MVPs. Your post was just inspiration for it. Even if I misread, it still applies for others.



    If the post HAD been directed at you, I would have sent you an e-mail offline, because I have nothing to gain from publicly admonishing you.



    If you want your opinion to be taken well by others, you might consider how it is interpreted. If you want Microsoft to take notice of Ireland, dropping the F-bomb might not be a good idea.



    And BTW, I do have the authority to give suggestions on what to do and what not to do... because I am an MVP, and that's how I got there.

  • I can say tow things.

    first efore you both assume use some sort of online communication.

    secound i can find a couple of places in the world other then Irland that are been deprived in the look for MVP. so Robert you can stop saving the world since the play fied will never be leveld.



    Yuval

  • God that guy realy annoys me.

  • Honestly, I read it too as that you felt you should be rewarded. Now, I'm not a native english speaker so let's leave it at my fuzzy English interpreter engine ;)

  • To be honest I find Roberts' comments to be incredibly patronising, hey we'd all love to be awarded an MVP, just as I'd love to get free pizza (I'm open to offers :-)).

  • Oh, and one more point is anyone else sick of seeing people getting MVP awards for just doing their job? If you run a company which pushes a product how does that justify an MVP? How does writing a couple of books / getting paid to speak at user groups justify an MVP?

    I'm not getting at anyone in particular here it's just that that particular type of award devalues MVP in general...

  • First, you dont ask to become MVP



    you are asked to, and proposed by either Microsoft peoples and other MVPs

  • Kieran isn't our first MVP. I am actually. I found out about 2 months ago but wasn't allowed to say anything :)

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