[Dan Freeman]

Hmmmm.... we're missing out on SWAG!!!! g

Dan

"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message
...
That's a real good question - and to be honest with you, I haven't a clue
what the purpose of those medals could be. I don't worry about it. I read
and respond to the groups in Outlook Express so I'm not exactly racking up
whatever counts to accumulate medals. That's *not* why I try to help.

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MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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"DougieVan" wrote in message
...
Would you say then that it is the consensus of MVPs that trying to earn
the
medals is not a proper goal? Why then are the medals awarded?


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Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen
Office System Solutions Specialist
3Sharp
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"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote:

Those "medals" only count when you use the Microsoft web interface. I
think
it's safe to say that most MVPs do not use that. We use various
newsreaders
instead.

(And mentioning an MVP award only impresses your boss if your boss has
any
idea what it is.)

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"DougieVan" wrote in message
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John,

In retrospect, my previous response was overly glib.

I request that people mark my responses as having answered the
question
when
warranted in order to increase my reputation within the community and
to
mark
myself as a reliable source of information about Office. As someone
new to
the profession, and even newer to working as an Office Solutions
Specialist,
I am searching for ways to increase my participation and enhance my
abilities.

I am not sure if you are aware, but when you get to 50 questions
answered,
you get a bronze medal next to your name in these forums. You get the
silver
medal at 100 and the bronze at 500. MVPs get an MVP badge. While I
don't
pretend that getting a bronze medal is a "great" accomplishment, it is
something. Additionally, I hope to become an MVP in the next few
years,
and
since community participation is one of the considerations for MVP
status,
I
see participation here, and my reliability here, as one of the means
to
achieve that goal. Additionally, obtaining one of the medals is
something
I
can mention when reviewing my performance with my boss as evidence of
my
professional development and my involvement in the Microsoft Office
community.

Since I am helping people here largely voluntarily (though I do admit
that
I
often post during "down time" at work or while waiting for things to
load,
copy, or save, and I do have the alterior motive of having my posts
drive
traffic to my blog), I do not feel bad about asking people to mark my
questions as helpful. I have spent as much as several hours on
individual
responses (usually much less!), so asking for a few seconds doesn't
seem
too
overbearing. I also only try to ask when I have clearly answered the
question
and the poster has responded thanking me for my post.

Doug


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Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen
Office System Solutions Specialist
3Sharp
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"John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote:

Hi Doug:

Why would you ask him to do that? Does anyone take any notice of
those
silly ratings?

I wonder if you know that most of the posters in here are coming in
via
NNTP
or some other site and can't even SEE the ratings :-)

Cheers


On 4/2/07 7:01 AM, in article
, "DougieVan"
wrote:

I'm glad it could help. I would appreciate it if you could mark
this
post as
having answered your question in the forum.

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Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not
email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst,
Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410