Each month I try to post a personal review of what happened at vbCity during the previous month and this month is no exception although it is somewhat late.
Helper Of The Month (HOTM)
Congratulations to Ben Spencer aka Spebby for winning the April 2005 HOTM. After the last few months providing a close competition for the winner Ben was an easy winner this month.
.NET Fella
Congratulations to Martin de Klerk aka Emdek for winning the April 2005 .NET Fella Award.
Newsletters
Just one devCity Newsletters was sent out in April, on April 15th. We are always on the lookout for people to write articles for our newsletter so if you would like to get involved please contact Ged Mead, aka xTab
vbCity sends out a community newsletter email once a month, usually around the last week. All registered vbCity members can choose to receive it by going to their profile, selecting preferences and then ticking the Yes, send me monthly Community Update mailing checkbox. You might notice some items from this post appear in the newsletter!
Site News
There has been a lot of debate between the leaders about some changes to the HOTM award. May will see somes changes to the way in which it is awarded which we hope will get the support of the members. The concern has mainly been about a number of posts that are non-VB related that are allowing some members to gain a huge amount of points. We will be annoucning the changes in May.
We also had a little April Fools fun, Changes to forums
Leader News
Each month our resident genealogist, Wonkotsane digs up some fascinating and little known facts about our new leaders and this month it was the turn of Spebby, aka Spencer Of Tryall
MVP Awards. A number of vbCity members were awarded MS MVP status in April. As it happens they were all leaders but this award can be awarded to any vbCity member who MS believes meets their criteria for the award. To see who is an MS MVP at vbCity checkout the Awards column from the Users Rating Chart. The next round of MVPs is due for July and MS are looking for candidates now so if you think a vbCity member deserves MS MVP status why not email MS?
Other News
One of most popular post in the vbcity Lounge Forum was What's your favourite one liner from a film?. I find It's always interesting to get an insight into other vbCity members and see what films they like watching.
The vbCity Introduce Yourself forum continued to be popular and has provided an excellent insight into some of the vbCity member's other interests. I found TAILOR's entry particularly interesting. TAILOR is a new member who has instantly fitted into the vbCity community.
From The Archives
Each month I'm going to try and bring up an interesting thread from the vbCity archives. This month I thought I'd mention, How long have you been programming?!. This is a thread that still gets replies to it to this day, 12 months on from its conception. I find it an interesting read.