ANNOUNCEMENT: Kellersglen.org is finally online!

Hi everyone!

Thanks for stopping by!

If you're a resident in the Keller's Glen neighborhood in Charlotte, NC, this is the site for you!

The hope is that this will become a place for everyone to stay better informed of neighborhood goings-ons, and more easily communicate with each other regarding news and events happening in and around our neighborhood.

For this to become a thriving source of information, however, we need your help.

1. Please register to post information on your own! Right now, anyone can write a comment to a post that's already on the site. However, if you want to add a new post, you need to register. Simply click on the link on the right and/or send an email to me (webmaster@kellersglen.org).

I (B.J.) will set you up with permission to post, and you will receive an email invite. Since this site is hosted by Google/Blogger, they require you to create an account with Gmail (a.k.a., Google Mail), which has a great secondary benefit -- Gmail, in my opinion, is one of the best free email services out there!

Once you're registered, you can post whatever information on the site that you wish -- news, recommendations for restaurants, good or bad experiences with contractors, spread the word about social outings, reach out to your neighbors for a baby sitter, etc. There's no limit on what you can post! [Though, for the sake of everyone, please keep it clean and friendly.]

2. Send recommendations for web sites and other online resources that would be valuable to your neighbors. Send me (webmaster@kellersglen.org) an email with any web sites you feel would be useful to have listed on the right hand side of the site. They can be school and community related resources, sites with restaurant reviews, movie theaters (and showtimes), a list of restaurants that deliver to our neighborhood, etc.

3. Have concerns? Contact the Homeowner's Association (HOA) Board! Each member of the board has their own personal email address (click on their names at the right to contact them) -- any questions or concerns can either be posted here, or emailed directly to any/all members of the HOA Board (depending on your preference and/or individual need).

4. Have something timely you need to announce to all your neighbors? Email the entire neighborhood in one step: Send a note to kellersglenALL@kellersglen.org. However, since this will send your email to each and every person whose email address has been communicated to the HOA Board (currently, more than 30 people!), please use this email address SPARINGLY!

Want to report suspicious activity to your neighbors (AFTER alerting the local police as needed!)? Desperate for a baby sitter for tomorrow morning? By all means -- use this email address to contact everyone efficiently. However, for less serious and less timely news and information, please post a note on the site instead of filling up everyone's email inboxes.

5. Check back on a regular basis! The more people who use the site, post information, and communicate with each other, the more useful it will become. While I will add content when I can, and I'm sure the HOA Board will add announcements as well, this is a "living, breathing" community that will only be as useful as you make it!

So, please -- join in and get to know your neighbors a little bit better in the process! :o)


Thanks for your time,

B.J.
[Webmaster, 6531 Elfreda]