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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.block.net.au/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>K Blog : MVP</title><link>http://www.block.net.au/blogs/kieran/archive/tags/MVP/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: MVP</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>Microsoft MVP Award!</title><link>http://www.block.net.au/blogs/kieran/archive/2007/04/02/microsoft-mvp-award.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">39dbe0eb-6070-40b4-bb7b-e3178263f421:14</guid><dc:creator>Kieran.Block</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.block.net.au/blogs/kieran/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=14</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.block.net.au/blogs/kieran/archive/2007/04/02/microsoft-mvp-award.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Huzzah!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A month ago now I got an email from the MVP awards folk advising me that I had been nominated, this was a bit of a surprise since I had been told in November last year that I was nominated (unofficially) and had just figured that I missed out.  Apparently you only hear from MS if you win the award.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, this email said that I would find out in early April whether or not I had been successful.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Last night, at about 8:30, I realised that it was the first of April, and already had a slight doubt that I had not heard anything - even though it was a Sunday :)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, expecting an email on a Sunday about the MVP program was HIGLY unlikely, but I checked anyway - and there it was.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am still in a slight state of shock, I wasn't really expecting to win this time around, and was gearing myself for the intake after this one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Going forward, I will write more about what it all means, but right now I am just too excited and overwhelmed with what I now seem to have at my fingertips&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Kieran.Block"&gt;http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Kieran.Block&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kieran&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.block.net.au/aggbug.aspx?PostID=14" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.block.net.au/blogs/kieran/archive/tags/Exchange/default.aspx">Exchange</category><category domain="http://www.block.net.au/blogs/kieran/archive/tags/MVP/default.aspx">MVP</category></item></channel></rss>