The STAR eXchange

“STAR is moving forward-STAR is not done!” – that was the main message that was resonating from the STAR Members that were in attendance at the Feb 11th 2010 STAR Meeting.  The comments shared from the STAR Members in attendance at the meeting is a testament to STAR that its members believe in STAR, have seen its value, have experienced the benefits and have realized that STAR is Technology Dedicated to Business Efficiency!  Hearing these comments from the membership community is  a strong show of the value, benefits, effectiveness and work of the STAR Organization!  The STAR Members showed their unwavering support, dedication and participation of the STAR Organization despite the struggles that many of them have faced in the past year.  There are many new and improved projects that were discussed at the meeting – as they say…’our work here is never done!’

The STAR Steering Committee made it clear that STAR has strong goals & projects set for the next couple of years.  The STAR Steering Committee conducted an Open Discussion Forum and shared ideas and asked questions of the members.  This sparked great comments, ideas, discussions from the Members!  The STAR Members spoke…and the STAR Steering Committee listened intently…

Stayed tuned…its going to be a great year for STAR and its Member Community!

One of the benefits of STAR membership is the ability communicate with the people contributing time, and resources to it’s development. In the last several months, STAR has been upgrading the tools that it provides to it’s membership to make this collaboration easier and more frequent. We’ve recently upgraded the look for the forum itself:

The forums are a great opportunity for STAR members to collaborate on the development of the standards and participate in workgroups, when they have the time. Not everybody can make the scheduled workgroup calls, so we encourage members to participate in other methods. The newest workgroup that has been introduced is the STAR Marketing Workgroup. The marketing workgroup will be working at ways in which STAR and Members can help promote the usage of the standard.

So even if you are not into the technical development of the standards, there is a way for you to participate and give back. If you are a STAR member consider joining the Marketing Workgroup, and if you are not a member, please consider becoming one to help us promote the standard.