The Suwanee Network was formed in August 2010 by a group of professionals to create an affiliation of professionals committed to the true concept of business networking.  It was their belief that to become a member of this new networking group, an applicant had to come to hte meeting table with something to give rather than simply "their own appetite."  We have al experienced too many "networking" meetings wherein the individuals present were oly trying to sell their service/product to the other attendees.  They were not really interested in helping others. 

If the first 3 rules of real estate are:  location, location, location; the first 3 rules of The Suwanee Network would be give first, give first, give first.  The long term vision of the membership process has always been to find individuals that establish a proven track record of being:

1. a strong professional in his/her given discipline
2. A person who genuinely enjoys helping others, and seeks out opportunities to do so.
3. One who desires to commit to attend meetings weekly, bring guests to those meetings, meet with members for Get 2 Know U Conferences, and giving Doing Business Thank You's. 

The benefit of comgining those attributes in membership would be the creation of a dynamic organization that would ultimately be sought out by a wide range of outstanding professionals, who are interested in helping other businesses.