Hampton Roads Section Discussions

[Electrical Engineers Network]

This forum provides an opportunity for IEEE Hampton Roads Section members to converse, exchange meeting dates and information and attached files for each others use. The IEEE Hampton Road Section web-site is: http://ewh.ieee.org/r3/hampton_roads/

[William Clayton]

So I guess one question is how many social networks do we need. What is better about this one than the IEEE group in LinkedIn with its 680 members?

[Electrical Engineers Network]

Thanks for the question. Linkedin is a very good networking site. Our focus is electrical engineers connecting with each other, so we try to allow one-on-one discussions much easier than Linkedin. We would also like to add more functions to your local IEEE Section web-site, without your web-team extending the extra efforts. If the IEEE Hampton Roads Section uses the link to this discussion section, this can allow for ongoing local member discussions which could be time consuming and costly to add to your local IEEE Section website. We, or you, can start your own discussion for a specific group within our site, or start your own group, etc. Linkedin does offer some of these same features, but one of Linkedin's primary focuses appears to be on employment opportunities. We're hoping this can become a more customized site for local IEEE chapters to use, if they wish. Thanks again for checking in. I'll review Linkedin's site a little more and get back to you about any other differences.
Thanks,
Gabe