One of the ideas we have, besides this newsletter, are to allow payments to the POA be made online (via this website).  In addition, a forum can be created where we can share information, needs & wants. For example, we could place the Classified section in it, if someone needs something or is offering something, that can be a good place to let everyone else know. It could include a general chat, all according to your interest and needs. If someone sees a dangerous wild animal or smells a fire, it could be easily shared.

One thing that is important to me is that we remain secure both online and in-person. The content on this site will become hidden for those without the proper credentials. Right now all I'm doing is hiding this page with no link pointing to it. In other words if you simply go to the site https://dogwoodheightsnc.com you will see a mostly empty page. Ordinarily there would be a menu but that page does not have any, that means this page is obscured, which is poor and next to no security. 

This might work temporarily but will require something like a login to keep others out. I will implement a solution that will still be secure but have the least barrier to overcome. I will reach out to each of you with your personal access keys.

Why am I trying so hard to hide our content?

A simple example; when I created the website I installed the web software without any configurations. That resulted in almost 500 attempted spam entries, which I simply deleted after I secured the site so no big deal. I had not announced it anywhere, nobody but me knew of its existence. But it serves as a good example of how easy it is to be found online. 

This means we would be inundated with spam which in turn means people with no good intent on hacking us. In today's internet you cannot simply have interactions without security. Security is implemented by striking a balance between access or production, and secure and no production or access. Fully secure and it is not accessible to anyone. Fully accessible and anyone can cause damage to what you have. Therefore, we aim to strike a balance between the two.

It is my belief that we would be best served by having a Dogwood Heights only website where we can interact freely knowing it stays between our group. Maybe I'm just being silly and it would not matter who saw it etc. I think that to make the site as useful as possible each person would be more comfortable knowing it stays here and is not distributed worldwide. After all it is not intended to be relevant to those who don't have property here.

I'm happy for any and all feedback on this.