What is SWE Communities anyways?

SWE Communities is a cross between Facebook and file-sharing, where you can go to find other SWE members that have something in common with you. This can range from being on the same national committee to sharing a love of autocross. To log on to SWE Communities, go to SWE Communities and log in with your username and password. You can share files, find out what’s going on in a committee, and, most importantly, join the Region F SWE Community to find all the documents that you’ll need, including Annual Reports, Financial Reports, and the SWE Bylaws template. To join a community, log in and then search for Region F, and join! Once you’re in a community (any community), you can adjust the notification settings, and have e-mails sent to yourself at different times depending on how important the information is to you. For example, I adjusted my notification settings so that when Sharon posts a new Document, I’ll get an e-mail within a day. You could change this to within an hour, week, month, etc., depending on when you’d like to be notified. To do this, click the “Notifications” link to the right of the title in any community.

How to Change your SWE User ID [How]

How do I change my username so it’s not a random number so that people can recognize me on SWE Communities?

1. Log onto the SWE Home Page.
2. Click “SWE Member Data Services“.
3. Under “Membership Management”, choose “Profile Update“.
4. Login with your current info.
5. Scroll down and update your User ID to something more descriptive. Also, enter your password.
6. Scroll to the bottom and click “Save and Close”- All done!