Outage/issues communications

[carrie]

Is there a way where the community could be notified (perhaps a community text notification?) of when there are issues like wifi outages, or the water is going to be turned off, etc? 

For example, this morning I've been unable to connect to Wifi, I sent an email to the new wifi address but it says it can be 24 hours to hear anything. It would be very helpful to know is it just me (that would be odd on three diff devices and two diff wifi,) is it only the true wifi folks? Is it everyone including folks who are hardwired? Is someone aware? Is it being worked on? 

I thought about this a lot during the cold and all the various issues we all had during that time. It would have been helpful to know when other people were seeing freezing or drainage issues, what the cause for their house was, how they resolved, etc. Again, is it only me or a community problem, or a problem with this type of drain, etc etc. It would have helped me to address what I was dealing with much faster and more efficiently and then I could provide help to neighbors and share my experience and how I resolved. 

[kellyb]

I think we should have Abby set up a mass text when the first person communicates a community wide issue. This platform isn’t user friendly and updated quick enough for all to see or easy to find info in all the folders. I was thinking of suggesting something similar to what vet offices and medical offices use to send out messages. Something that can’t be auto replied to but alerts us all. It would lessen the messages Abby gets (meaning if you notice the outage and are the first to communicate it then I wouldn’t text and others wouldn’t notify her over and over). An auto email would also work but I think so many of us are quick to just notice a text. Same thing would have helped when the gate was knocked off the post the other week. Or even a private Facebook page for residents only would be better than this platform. Anyone else have any other ideas for quick notification and ease of use?

[lynne]

Even if this forum just had a way to alert you if there was a new post or an update to something and where to find it. There are so many folders it’s hard to find what you’re looking for.