Mike, Earl has an excellent point with this comment: "I don't think it would be a good idea to plan your actions based on the input from X12 members only. In fact, you would be ignoring a much larger segment of your audience - the people who are _not_ currently members."
When you consider that the current roster of X12 members is about 356 and the total number of users/implementers of the X12 standards is considerably more, I would think it's long over due for X12 to solicit its customers about customer satisfaction, etc. And of course, customers include not only the end user/implementer but the solution vendors. As I'm sure you've observed, many of the vendors that used to be members and actively participated in X12 meetings no longer do. I'm sure you recall the days of the Strategic Implementation Task Group! <grin> Rachel Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Voice: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-589-8081 _____ From: Earl Wertheimer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 6:15 PM To: Mike Rawlins; 'EDI-L Mailing List' Subject: RE: [EDI-L] DISA and X12 standards formats Mike > >Why are you getting so bothered, Mike? I was complaining about DISA's > >prices, > >not X12. > > These prices aren't set by DISA, they are set by X12. So, you are > complaining about X12's prices. X12's Steering Committee sets those > prices, so I'm one of the people to whom you are complaining. Excellent. At least I'm reaching the correct people ;-) > Your complaining about X12, while being an X12 consumer but not an X12 member, strikes me as being very similar to someone who pays taxes and complains about the government, but yet won't bother to vote. That's what bothers me. I understand your irritation. As a consumer, I certainly have the right to complain about X12 or any other standards organization. (We could start a thread on AS2 Certification if you want..) I don't think it would be a good idea to plan your actions based on the input from X12 members only. In fact, you would be ignoring a much larger segment of your audience - the people who are _not_ currently members. I'll answer your analogy with the following: I DO pay taxes and I DO complain about the government. I am also one of the founding members of a Provincial Political Party that had 4 candidates elected and I've run as a candidate in 3 Federal Elections (I'm in Canada, so we don't have States here). I certainly don't believe in complaining about things that I have no control over. Think of me as a private lobby group ;-) PS: Don't forget to vote next week! Earl Wertheimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.spe-edi.com . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=129a429qp/M=315388.5526708.6599542.3001176/D=gr oups/S=1705005582:HM/EXP=1098832254/A=2372354/R=0/SIG=12id813k2/*https://www .orchardbank.com/hcs/hcsapplication?pf=PLApply&media=EMYHNL40F21004SS> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=315388.5526708.6599542.3001176/D=groups/S= :HM/A=2372354/rand=593160516> _____ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/OIFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
