You know I love learning more about the members in our community and this week was no exception!  I had the pleasure of sitting down with Malcolm,  a new Verizon employee who works with the FIOS TV product team. 

 Here is what he had to say:

As most of you know, I’m fairly new to the Verizon Forums, so when I was asked to find a member of our community to highlight, I was thrilled! This gave me a great reason to dive into the boards and check people out- which satisfies my nosiness.  After pouring through the boards, I finally made the really tough decision to narrow things down and talk to Somegirl.



It’s that time again.  Time for me to help you learn more about the different folks around the community.  I thought it would be good for you to meet the newest member of the Community Management Team, Heather_VZ.   

I think I have one of the best jobs here in Verizon.  As part of the Verizon Community Management team, I get to take the lead in recognizing great work when I see it.  Usually, I get to do this on our weekly posting of the MVP List which has been on hold while we were tallying up the votes for our 2011 Community All-Stars.  Sometimes I also get to dig a little deeper and get to share stories and tidbits about our members.....I thought it was about time for the community members to learn more about...

My daughter enjoyed her last day of school activities today.  Both the ice cream social and extended recess with her friends was well deserved.  The class worked so hard memorizing their verses, forming sentences with the weekly spelling word lists, and using her addition and subtraction facts to solve simple everyday problems (Intro to Algebra???...wow first grade isn’t what it used to be!).   I also enjoyed my nephew’s kindergarden program which focused on “Community Heroes.”  Each child got to wear a costume of what they want to be when they grow up.  I have to say in about twenty years there will not be a shortage of veterinarians!

With the innovative, new ideas you have been giving us on the Verizon Idea Exchange,the interesting comments on our blogs,and of course the lively discussions amongst peers on our Verizon Community Forums, here at Verizon we are recognizing every day how much we appreciate our community members.  We can see that you want a place to talk with Verizon and other Verizon customers about your Verizon products and services that tie so closely into your everyday life.  That is why this month we are bringing you

Thank you for all the great posting and participation in 2010.  I can hardly believe January is nearly over.  I am excited to see that we are off to a great start for 2011.  Just like last year, you can expect your Community Beat Blog to continue to be the same place you hear from your community managers on whatever “community topics” that meet our fancy.

So…its time to fill up the wheelbarrow with rocks again!   When this city girl moved to “out to the sticks” I never imagined that I would make friends with my neighbors over the spreading of gravel over holes in the road.  Little did we know when we bought this house what was really meant by “you own up to the middle of the road or passway meant”…it means that if you and your neighbors don’t maintain the road

Recently, on National Lasagna Day , my wife, who is a fabulous cook, tried a new recipe. A lasagna with mushrooms and spicy Italian sausage that was delish. This all of course reminded me of one of our most active and helpful community members, Lasagna. I'm not sure Lasagna is a lasagna fan. Lasagna is not even Italian, but used to be a big Garfield fan, probably back when Garfield was still funny. Garfield is a lasagna fan, and thus...Lasagna, one of our Top Kudoed Authors. We can tell the community likes Lasagna too.

My daughter just learned this year (in April) what April Fools meant. However, it is now June and she is still telling little jokes and saying "April Fools" afterwards so she doesn't get in trouble for picking on everybody. As a mom, you tend to choose your battles when you need to. After reinforcing that we always need to "Be ye kind!" we made up a new joke...April Showers brings May Flowers and May Flower(s) (brought Pilgrims in 1620) and "JUNE BUGS!" in 2010. We still have the jokes its only..."June Bugs!" now instead of "April Fools!" ...so I scoured some info we've collected from our members looking for a bug enthusiast and I found

 Okay…so you’ve been saying that you want to know more about our members well here you go!  Our moderation staff provided a random list of members and after years of ballet slippers and princess crowns in recent times (the last year and a half) I have been drawn to all things that bounce and go vrroooom!! 

The first community member to be spotlighted is