Glenbrooke News

I had an opportunity to preview the new Glenbrooke Association website which will debut Septenber 1, 2010 at www.glenbrookeca.com.    I think residents will be pleased with the vast improvement.

You will need to register with your name, address and email (you will not be able to use your old ourglenbooke email).   I found the site easy to navigate and logically organized.   The calendar was much easier to read and even had a banner of special events highlighted.     The week starts on Sunday, as most calendars do, instead of Monday which often resulted in mistakes transferring dates to personal calendars.

The other feature I really like on the calendar is the ability to “filter” entries.   Let’s say you are a member of Singles and you would like to see all the Single activities for that month.  You can sort to show just those events!

Groups and clubs  will be able to personalize their page.  I do wish group leaders were told they should prepare a “home page” for their club (including pictures).   The groups could have been working on this all summer instead of clicking on the club page to find a notice that reads, “Personalize your Group Page!” when it goes live.

Forums have been eliminated but there is a classified section.  The Resident Directory is a PDF file of the Resident Directory we received.   Hopefully the Directory on the web will be updated as new residents move in - our paper Directories are already out of date.

A section called the Board Room has the meeting dates for the Board and a drop down menu that includes, Governing Documents, Agenda and Minutes, Resolutions, Financials, and Reference materials.

On a side note, I am often asked what is the difference between this site, Glenbrooknews, and the Association’s website.     The Glenbrooke Community Association (GCA) Board of Directors adopted a resolution ‘media policy” that restricts the content of the GCA website to board approved activities only.       That means if we have a community BBQ that is not sponsored by the GCA, it cannot be published nor could celebrations, recipes, activities in Elk Grove, etc.   That is why Glenbrookenews exists – to fill that void.   GlenbrookeNews is by neighbors for neighbors.   We do support the use of GCA new website for association activities.

Tomorrow, Sept. 1, 2010 you will be able to register for the new site at www.glenbrookeca.com   We recommend you take some time to explore the new site and all the drop down menus.

Now it is your turn to review it.   What do you like about it?   Any suggestions?