A slightly outdated post but recently i was lucky enough to be added to the VMware vExpert Cloud program with some really big names, its a privilege to be apart of the group and I look forward to getting involved. As part of the group there is a private slack channel and already seeing some cool whitepapers around VMConAWS.
https://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2017/10/vexpert-cloud-2017-award-announcement.html