The MVP started with a welcome day - and a DotNetNuke team. DotNetNuke Corp. had an open house it its office just aside the convention center, where we had some time for exchanging ideas personally and get feedback from MVP outside the core team. It has been 2 1/2 hours of intensive discussion about expectations of users - coporate as well as from the community.
I the evening we had a dinner together, joined by Shaun's Family (Scott took the chance, how good he can handle with kids - may sth. he needs as well to manage the project teams ;-)). Sitting at a round table in an italian restaurant, supervised by the pope in the middle, we had mega-portions of pasta, pizza and dessert.
The "hard gourp" continued the evening in an English pub, and there were rumors nect morning, that two of the team had continued their bar tour until 2 am - but those are only rumors, for sure, as the following day started at 9 am with Bill Gates' key note ;-)