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That link works.
The list is not comprehensive.
Carey Frisch IS an MVP.

"Mick Murphy" wrote in message
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> Brad, that link to find out if someone really is an MVP does not work!!
> I have my suspicions about a poster here who clains to be an MVP.
>
> His name is: Carey Frisch
>
> Your help would be appreciated
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>
>
> "Brad Dinerman [MVP - Enterprise Security" wrote:
>
>> MVPs.org is definitely not the authoritative list of MVPs. As you had
>> observed, my Web site link was out of date on that list. My original
>> site was http://www.neisug.com, but we decommissioned that quite a while
>> ago as our group evolved into http://www.naisg.org.
>>
>> Personally, I visit mvps.org once per year or less, so I did not notice
>> that the link still pointed to the old site and forgot to notify them.
>> That's all there is to it; nothing more and nothing less.
>>
>> If you want an authoritative list of MVPs, then go to
>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvp.aspx. That is the
>> ONLY list that is considered official by Microsoft. All MVPs will be
>> listed there, though the amount of information that is available about
>> any given MVP is at the discretion of that individual. Some MVPs list
>> as much information as possible, others are more humble or concerned
>> about their privacy.
>>
>> Also, for what it's worth, MVPs do not choose to be nominated as you
>> indicated. Anyone can be nominated by anyone else with or without their
>> consent. However, the MVP must decide whether to accept it if the
>> nomination is turned into an award.
>>
>> VanguardLH wrote:
>> > "Tom [Pepper] Willett" wrote in message
>> > news:OtxfGf5fIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> >>
>> >>> When someone claims to be an MVP that I don't recognize, I visit the
>> >>> biglist page at MVPS.org to verify that who they claim they are is
>> >>> actually listed as an MVP. I have seen some posters that claimed to
>> >>> be an MVP but were not.
>> >>
>> >> Not all MVPs choose to have themselves listed on mvps.org, or publicly
>> >> on
>> >> the MS site.
>> >
>> >
>> > Then where is the verification that someone did not self-nominate
>> > themself as an MVP? If someone puts a certificate on the wall, they
>> > had
>> > better expect that someone might actually check that the paper is
>> > valid. Odd that someone who was nominated and elected to be an MVP -
>> > and who CHOSE to be elected and nominated - decides to hide that fact.
>> > A
>> > doctor whose credentials you cannot verify should NOT be trusted. Same
>> > for MVPs