As I understand, websites can be viewed by the public. This is a good tool to advertise our community although realtors do a good job too. I see it as a tool for interaction between us and the greater area. The public does not have access to our email for our safety which is a good thing as evidenced by problems, both fairly recent and and in the more distant past.. We don't necessarily want our events known to the public. I know some safety measures are in place to help prevent the hacking that occurred previously. I assume our Facebook page is private. I have not used it so I cannot speak to that.  However, I can see how it would allow for additional communication. If there are too many avenues of communication, the process can become cumbersome and then discourages, rather than encourages, good communication. Julia

Just to verify, yes, the Facebook page is private. There is a vetting process to be added to it...any request must provide their address for verification. During the height of the side-gate issues, several people from outside of the neighborhood tried to get added to the page, which we quickly declined. Also, we get several requests a year from random people outside the neighborhood, such real estate agents who may be listing a property within the neighborhood. We have always maintained that any official neighborhood business should stay within the email system. Things like neighborhood events should be posted in both places. The Facebook page is meant for fun neighborhood news, items for sale (but we try to keep that to a minimum), lost pets, etc. It is definitely not meant to replace any avenue for official neighborhood information, as we know that not everyone is on Facebook! > On Dec 5, 2020, at 10:52 AM, Julia Moore via Discussion <discussion@lists.limestoneranchhoa.com> wrote: > >  > As I understand, websites can be viewed by the public. This is a good tool to advertise our community although realtors do a good job too. I see it as a tool for interaction between us and the greater area. > > The public does not have access to our email for our safety which is a good thing as evidenced by problems, both fairly recent and and in the more distant past.. We don't necessarily want our events known to the public. I know some safety measures are in place to help prevent the hacking that occurred previously. > > I assume our Facebook page is private. I have not used it so I cannot speak to that. However, I can see how it would allow for additional communication. > > If there are too many avenues of communication, the process can become cumbersome and then discourages, rather than encourages, good communication. > > Julia > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > Discussion@lists.limestoneranchhoa.com > > To manage your subscription to this list, or to unsubscribe, please visit: > http://lists.limestoneranchhoa.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion_lists.limestoneranchhoa.com

To Brooks and anyone else that helps out with this, thank you for your work in managing the Facebook page! It’s a great secondary resource we have to the e-mail group. When Mari and I deliver Welcome Gifts to new residents, we always inform them that the e-mail group is the official form of communication from the BOD and social events. In many cases, we assist with getting signed up for the e-mail group so no one misses out on announcements. Speaking for myself here…..for the volunteers to have access to the webpage is one thing; time or skills of the volunteers of this neighborhood to additionally post events on the webpage (which sometimes include updates/changes, etc.) is another. While the volunteers love LSR and the comradery between all of us that social events bring, posting on the webpage seems like an unnecessary extra thing for the volunteers to do when e-mails and Facebook have proven to work well in the 5 years we’ve lived here. While posting social events on the webpage sounds like a good idea on the surface, it may not be practical. I agree with Julia: If there are too many avenues of communication, the process can become cumbersome and then discourages, rather than encourages, good communication (and potentially volunteering). Courtney Supplee Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 From: Brooks Brininstool via Discussion<mailto:discussion@lists.limestoneranchhoa.com> Sent: Saturday, December 5, 2020 11:20 AM To: Limestone Ranch HOA discussion<mailto:discussion@lists.limestoneranchhoa.com> Cc: Brooks Brininstool<mailto:brb92gmc@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [Limestone Ranch Discussion] Website, email and Facebook Just to verify, yes, the Facebook page is private. There is a vetting process to be added to it...any request must provide their address for verification. During the height of the side-gate issues, several people from outside of the neighborhood tried to get added to the page, which we quickly declined. Also, we get several requests a year from random people outside the neighborhood, such real estate agents who may be listing a property within the neighborhood. We have always maintained that any official neighborhood business should stay within the email system. Things like neighborhood events should be posted in both places. The Facebook page is meant for fun neighborhood news, items for sale (but we try to keep that to a minimum), lost pets, etc. It is definitely not meant to replace any avenue for official neighborhood information, as we know that not everyone is on Facebook! > On Dec 5, 2020, at 10:52 AM, Julia Moore via Discussion <discussion@lists.limestoneranchhoa.com> wrote: > >  > As I understand, websites can be viewed by the public. This is a good tool to advertise our community although realtors do a good job too. I see it as a tool for interaction between us and the greater area. > > The public does not have access to our email for our safety which is a good thing as evidenced by problems, both fairly recent and and in the more distant past.. We don't necessarily want our events known to the public. I know some safety measures are in place to help prevent the hacking that occurred previously. > > I assume our Facebook page is private. I have not used it so I cannot speak to that. However, I can see how it would allow for additional communication. > > If there are too many avenues of communication, the process can become cumbersome and then discourages, rather than encourages, good communication. > > Julia > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > Discussion@lists.limestoneranchhoa.com > > To manage your subscription to this list, or to unsubscribe, please visit: > http://lists.limestoneranchhoa.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion_lists.limestoneranchhoa.com _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.limestoneranchhoa.com To manage your subscription to this list, or to unsubscribe, please visit: http://lists.limestoneranchhoa.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion_lists.limestoneranchhoa.com

Excellent points, Julia. I know that our Facebook administrator checks to ensure requests to join are from legitimate residents. I don’t want community event or personal details to be on a public website. There are several residents who have security clearance/law enforcement jobs and don’t want their images public either. A website would need a login for residents only. Best, Shannon Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 5, 2020, at 11:47 AM, Courtney Van Delden via Discussion <discussion@lists.limestoneranchhoa.com> wrote: > > To Brooks and anyone else that helps out with this, thank you for your work in managing the Facebook page! It’s a great secondary resource we have to the e-mail group. When Mari and I deliver Welcome Gifts to new residents, we always inform them that the e-mail group is the official form of communication from the BOD and social events. In many cases, we assist with getting signed up for the e-mail group so no one misses out on announcements. > > Speaking for myself here…..for the volunteers to have access to the webpage is one thing; time or skills of the volunteers of this neighborhood to additionally post events on the webpage (which sometimes include updates/changes, etc.) is another. While the volunteers love LSR and the comradery between all of us that social events bring, posting on the webpage seems like an unnecessary extra thing for the volunteers to do when e-mails and Facebook have proven to work well in the 5 years we’ve lived here. While posting social events on the webpage sounds like a good idea on the surface, it may not be practical. > > I agree with Julia: If there are too many avenues of communication, the process can become cumbersome and then discourages, rather than encourages, good communication (and potentially volunteering). > > > Courtney Supplee > > > > Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 > > From: Brooks Brininstool via Discussion<mailto:discussion@lists.limestoneranchhoa.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 5, 2020 11:20 AM > To: Limestone Ranch HOA discussion<mailto:discussion@lists.limestoneranchhoa.com> > Cc: Brooks Brininstool<mailto:brb92gmc@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Limestone Ranch Discussion] Website, email and Facebook > > Just to verify, yes, the Facebook page is private. There is a vetting process to be added to it...any request must provide their address for verification. During the height of the side-gate issues, several people from outside of the neighborhood tried to get added to the page, which we quickly declined. Also, we get several requests a year from random people outside the neighborhood, such real estate agents who may be listing a property within the neighborhood. > > We have always maintained that any official neighborhood business should stay within the email system. Things like neighborhood events should be posted in both places. The Facebook page is meant for fun neighborhood news, items for sale (but we try to keep that to a minimum), lost pets, etc. It is definitely not meant to replace any avenue for official neighborhood information, as we know that not everyone is on Facebook! > > >> On Dec 5, 2020, at 10:52 AM, Julia Moore via Discussion <discussion@lists.limestoneranchhoa.com> wrote: >> >>  >> As I understand, websites can be viewed by the public. This is a good tool to advertise our community although realtors do a good job too. I see it as a tool for interaction between us and the greater area. >> >> The public does not have access to our email for our safety which is a good thing as evidenced by problems, both fairly recent and and in the more distant past.. We don't necessarily want our events known to the public. I know some safety measures are in place to help prevent the hacking that occurred previously. >> >> I assume our Facebook page is private. I have not used it so I cannot speak to that. However, I can see how it would allow for additional communication. >> >> If there are too many avenues of communication, the process can become cumbersome and then discourages, rather than encourages, good communication. >> >> Julia >> _______________________________________________ >> Discussion mailing list >> Discussion@lists.limestoneranchhoa.com >> >> To manage your subscription to this list, or to unsubscribe, please visit: >> http://lists.limestoneranchhoa.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion_lists.limestoneranchhoa.com > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > Discussion@lists.limestoneranchhoa.com > > To manage your subscription to this list, or to unsubscribe, please visit: > http://lists.limestoneranchhoa.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion_lists.limestoneranchhoa.com > > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > Discussion@lists.limestoneranchhoa.com > > To manage your subscription to this list, or to unsubscribe, please visit: > http://lists.limestoneranchhoa.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion_lists.limestoneranchhoa.com