Leading HP-related
Facebook groups – including predecessors and successors.
(Jul 5, 2024)
Reconnect, celebrate the good times, and appreciate those who have
passed. There are many HP-related social groups on
Facebook, including: HP, Agilent, Apollo, Avondale, Boise,
Colorado, Compaq, Corvallis, Cupertino, DEC, EDS, Japan, Keysight, Medical,
Midwest Sales, Norway, Response
Center, Roseville, Santa Rosa, Southern California, Tandem, UK... Private, independent online forums operated and moderated by people from each community.
To sign up for a Facebook account, go to
facebook.com.
Enter name, either email address or mobile number, and password. Birthdate
need not be correct, just over 13. No need to supply any of the other
information requested. Then go to
https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=privacy and adjust each
setting.
Note: Even if you don’t have a Facebook account, many websites
report every page you visit to Facebook. An easy way to block tracking
by Facebook, Google, etc. is to use the non-profit
Privacy Badger
-- which also speeds up browsing.
Local social clubs and events: Bay Area,
Southern California, Houston, Oregon, DEC Connection. Go to:
https://www.hpalumni.org/social
HP/HPE - general: [We suggest joining both of these groups. There
is very little duplication of content.]
-
"Hewlett-Packard Friends Employed by HP"
16.5K members. Founded by Gail Temple. Operated and moderated by Janet
Cousin and Curt Gowan.
Link
- "Hewlett Packard Employees - Past and Present"
5.3K members. Operated and moderated by Brian Pietrzyk.
Link
HP/HPE - sites, business units, and
geographical areas:
- Apollo. "Apollo
Computer Alumni." 186 members. Operated and
moderated by Yoshinori Kobayashi, John Hays, Mark Zucherman.
Link
- Avondale. "Avondale
Division." 314 members.
Operated and moderated by Mike
Guida and Dave Park.
Link
- Boise.
"Hewlett-Packard Friends [Boise.]" 1.2K
members. Operated and moderated by
Kaye Fuller Prime.
Link
-
Colorado. "HP in Colorado." 70 members. Operated and moderated by
Janice Van Peursem Koch.
Link
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Colorado. "Hewlett-Packard Friends [Colorado.]" Public
group. 832 members. Operated and moderated by
Vernette Young Baldwin.
Link
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Corvallis.
"Hewlett-Packard Friends of Corvallis."
763
members. Operated and moderated by
Gary Fuszek and Donna Ehrhardt Mann.
Link
- Cupertino. "HP Cupertino Site Alumni"
580 members. Operated and moderated by
Celia Spivack and Dawn Borovich Suiter.
Link
- Japan. "Hewlett-Packard
Japan Alumni"
1.3K members. Operated and moderated by
Naoyuki Kitami and a team of five.
Link
- Medical Group.
"Hewlett-Packard Worldwide Medical Group 1961 - 2001" 1.1K
members. Operated and moderated by
Genie Bachert and Michael Yow.
Link
- Midwest Sales Region. "Hewlett-Packard Midwest Sales
Region" Public group.
480 members. Operated and moderated by Tom Dirienzo and John
McKinley.
Link
- Norway.
"Vi som har jobbet i [we worked at] Hewlett-Packard" 174
members. Operated and moderated by
Kaare Finbak, Birgitte Tveito Teigen, and Live Birgitte Atne.
Link
- Response Center.
"HP Response Center Friends" 654
members. Operated and moderated by
Jane Varghese.
Link
- Roseville.
"Former HP Roseville Employees" 16
members. Operated and moderated by Kerry Potter.
Link
- Roseville.
"HP Roseville Supply Chain Friends" 177 members. Operated and moderated by
Dawn Brown Murphy, Edgar Houghtby, Lathon Wilson.
Link
- Santa Rosa.
"Santa Rosa HP / Agilent / Keysight Employees" 1.2K members.
Operated and moderated by Douglas
Lash, Jackie Tauzer, Gisela Babb, Tammy Graves.
Link
- Southern California. "Club HP SoCal" 420 members. Operated and moderated
by Midori Doxey.
Link
- UK. "HP UK" 1.6K members. Operated and moderated
by John Hayes.
Link
[Also see the public website of the independent UK HP Pension Association
Site ]
HP technology:
- "Hewlett-Packard Friends
Uncensored" 3.0K members. Primarily links to YouTube videos
about historic HP instruments and computers. Operated and moderated by
Brian Kelly.
Link
- "Old HP Test Gear" 1.8K members.
Operated and moderated by
Nicolas Salvador, Mike Andrews, Dave Evans.
Link
- "HP Calculator Fan Club" 2.2.0K members.
Operated and moderated by Adam Asartus and Salas Valor.
Link
HP Successors
Agilent and Keysight:
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Colorado. "HP in Colorado." 70 members. Operated and moderated by
Janice Van Peursem Koch.
Link
- Medical Group.
"Hewlett-Packard Worldwide Medical Group 1961 - 2001" 1.1K
members. Operated and moderated by
Genie Bachert, Michael Yow.
Link
- Santa Rosa.
"Santa Rosa HP / Agilent / Keysight Employees" 1.1K members.
Operated and moderated by Douglas
Lash, Jackie Tauzer, Gisela Babb, Tammy Graves.
Link
HP Predecessors
EDS:
-
"EDS Alumni" Operated and moderated by Melinda Lockhart.
20.8K members. (Includes an album of SED class
photos.)
Link
-
"EDS Alumni - Proud to be Ex-EDS" 2.0K
members.
Operated and moderated by Howard Greif.
Link
DEC - general:
-
"Digital Equipment Corporation Alumni"
18.7K members. Operated and moderated by Nils Patel, Jim Pompano, Keith Barrett, David Stonehill.
Link
- "Digital Equipment
Corporation Friends" 5.5K members. Operated and
moderated by Ken Morrell.
Link
- "Ex-DEC" 2.8K members. Operated and moderated by David
Corbishley and Wes Ono.
Link
-
"(DEC) Digital Equipment Corp Alumni" 1.9K members.
Operated and moderated by Adrian Franulović and Mary Crebassa.
Link
- The DEC Connection is an independent association of former
DEC employees:
DEC
Connection
DEC - UK:
-
"Digital UK Remembered" 2.0K members. Operated
and moderated by Max Rasool, Mo Fahey, and Clare Maynard.
Link
[Currently focused on cost-of-living
issues for those with pre-1997 service under the DEC UK pension
plan.]
- Dexodus is an independent association of former UK DEC
employees: Dexodus
Tandem:
-
"Tandem Computers"
1.1K members. Operated and moderated by Dave Callander.
Link
Compaq:
-
"Compaq Computer Corporation Community"
508 members. Operated and moderated by Lori Lihudis Tubb.
Link
To find Facebook groups that match your career experience:
go to
the Facebook Groups page and enter search terms in the search window
at the upper left.
For each of the listed groups, a member of the HP Alumni Association
team is a "courtesy member" -- watching for questions that the HPAA can
help with.
Question? Email:
info@hpalumni.org
Listing does not signify endorsement
or support by the HP Alumni Association or any company.
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