I am so glad that you joined the Connect On Demand network and you are spot on with your suggestions. I currently manage this project and the community networking as a whole. We are currently working with a 3rd party vendor to deploy this tool. I am working very closely with them to ensure the functionality is aligning with our users needs. The next release of their product will have MUCH greater chat board type functionality in order to better communicate with other users on topics of interest. Search is another area they are focusing on that needs great improvement. Your suggestions such as: having the ability to add people as connections, and seeing members of a group are examples of features that I am communicating directly with the 3rd party vendor to implement. I have noted each of your requests and have added them to my running list of feature enhancements. Keep them coming. You can have a direct impact on the future of this tool and making it an important part of connecting with the community. If you are interested in hearing other feature requests that have been made by me and other users, I am happy to share that with you. I can post them here or you can email me directly: ekuhl@salesforce.com.

Thanks again the feedback and get back in there and keep connecting!