IEEE - Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Merger

It should have a positive impact on IEEE. As far as HKN goes, it
destroys the 100+ year old organization. The main reason for the
merger from IEEE's point of view is to retain members (ie. get more
money). As such, part of the merger is the requirement that all
future HKN members will be required to have and maintain membership in
IEEE. Once they stop paying their dues, they are no longer part of
HKN. Is this seriously what HKN is supposed to be about? I don't
think so. 100 some odd years of service and academic excellence in
HKN are getting thrown down the drain because some board of governers
don't know how to budget money appropriately? This is appaling.
- HKN Alumni

OK - so not much discussion about this matter here.

Beta Chapter at Purdue university has created a central place
for posting messages in regards to this issue. But from what I can see - not much activity there either.

http://www.runboard.com/bhknforum

MRDPE

TheProfessionalEngineer.com

Just FYI to all, if you're interested a LOT of discussion has been going on in a google group by many HKN chapters and alumni. If you're interested in joining in on the discuss or simply want to understand the sentiment out there from active HKN chapters go to:

http://groups.google.com/group/hknieeemerger