*Q: Why Should I Participate?*
*A:* Offering Duke Stars to other forum members incents them to answer your questions. You can win prizes from Sun by having the highest number of Duke Stars each month.
*Q: How Can I Join?*
*A:* You are automatically enrolled in the Duke Stars program when you log-in to the SDN forums for the first time. New users are granted 30 Duke Stars when they first login to any of Sun Developer forums.
*Q: How can I check my Duke Stars balance?*
*A:* You can view your point balance here (http://forum.java.sun.com/myrewards.jspa) You must be logged into the forums in order to view your point balance.
*Q: What if I run out of Duke Stars?*
*A:* You won't. Every time balance gets below 15 Duke Stars, you will automatically be granted 25 additional Duke Stars
*Q: How long do you have to decide who will receive your Duke Stars when you ask a question?*
*A:*There is no specific time limit. Once your question has been answered to your satisfaction, it's best to reward your fellow forum members as soon as possible by giving out the Duke Stars you assigned to the question.
*Q: If multiple people answer my question and I want to give them all Duke Stars, can I do so?*
*A:* Based on the amount of Duke Stars you pre-assigned to the question, you can divide the amount among the forum members who responded.
*Q: What do I do if the person asking the question never assigned the Duke Stars to anyone?*
*A:* There could be several reasons they did not give the Duke Stars out. Perhaps their question was never fully answered or did not solve their problem. Or maybe they forgot to go back and award the Duke Stars. If you felt your answer was a good one, you might try contacting the forum member or catching them in another thread and ask them.
*Q: What if I have more questions that are not answered here?*
*A:* Contact the [Duke Stars program owners|http://developers.sun.com/contact/feedback.jsp?referer=http://forum.java.sun.com&category=sdn&mailsubject=Forums%20or%20Community] and we will be happy to help.
*A:* Offering Duke Stars to other forum members incents them to answer your questions. You can win prizes from Sun by having the highest number of Duke Stars each month.
*Q: How Can I Join?*
*A:* You are automatically enrolled in the Duke Stars program when you log-in to the SDN forums for the first time. New users are granted 30 Duke Stars when they first login to any of Sun Developer forums.
*Q: How can I check my Duke Stars balance?*
*A:* You can view your point balance here (http://forum.java.sun.com/myrewards.jspa) You must be logged into the forums in order to view your point balance.
*Q: What if I run out of Duke Stars?*
*A:* You won't. Every time balance gets below 15 Duke Stars, you will automatically be granted 25 additional Duke Stars
*Q: How long do you have to decide who will receive your Duke Stars when you ask a question?*
*A:*There is no specific time limit. Once your question has been answered to your satisfaction, it's best to reward your fellow forum members as soon as possible by giving out the Duke Stars you assigned to the question.
*Q: If multiple people answer my question and I want to give them all Duke Stars, can I do so?*
*A:* Based on the amount of Duke Stars you pre-assigned to the question, you can divide the amount among the forum members who responded.
*Q: What do I do if the person asking the question never assigned the Duke Stars to anyone?*
*A:* There could be several reasons they did not give the Duke Stars out. Perhaps their question was never fully answered or did not solve their problem. Or maybe they forgot to go back and award the Duke Stars. If you felt your answer was a good one, you might try contacting the forum member or catching them in another thread and ask them.
*Q: What if I have more questions that are not answered here?*
*A:* Contact the [Duke Stars program owners|http://developers.sun.com/contact/feedback.jsp?referer=http://forum.java.sun.com&category=sdn&mailsubject=Forums%20or%20Community] and we will be happy to help.