Comments on: New Neighborhood Assn. Software http://blog.frontporchforum.com/2007/04/19/new-neighborhood-assn-software/ ... about neighbors, community and Front Porch Forum Thu, 03 May 2012 18:53:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Michael http://blog.frontporchforum.com/2007/04/19/new-neighborhood-assn-software/#comment-7306 Michael Sun, 22 Apr 2007 02:32:56 +0000 http://frontporchforum.com/blog/?p=155#comment-7306 Thanks for the clarifications Phil. Best wishes! -Michael Thanks for the clarifications Phil. Best wishes! -Michael

]]> By: Elsewhere in the Blogosphere « eNeighbors.com Blog http://blog.frontporchforum.com/2007/04/19/new-neighborhood-assn-software/#comment-7118 Elsewhere in the Blogosphere « eNeighbors.com Blog Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:37:29 +0000 http://frontporchforum.com/blog/?p=155#comment-7118 [...] Elsewhere, Front Porch Forum also comments on the eNeighbors new service. Front Porch Forum’s mission is to help neighbors connect and foster community within neighborhoods through email forums. [...] [...] Elsewhere, Front Porch Forum also comments on the eNeighbors new service. Front Porch Forum’s mission is to help neighbors connect and foster community within neighborhoods through email forums. [...]

]]> By: Phil Freund http://blog.frontporchforum.com/2007/04/19/new-neighborhood-assn-software/#comment-7086 Phil Freund Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:34:46 +0000 http://frontporchforum.com/blog/?p=155#comment-7086 Michael - First of all, thanks for the coverage. We've been trying to spread the word. We just launched about 6 weeks ago. Let me clarify what eNeighbors intentions are -- we aim to connect neighbors to each other via their HOA. Ultimately, we strive to increase communication within the neighborhood between the residents. I think we have the same neighbor-centric goals in mind as Front Porch Forum does. Our primary concerns are privacy and security while fostering communication. That's why we require a neighbor list from the HOA. That way, only the residents of that neighborhood are allowed to view the content. We do charge an annual fee for the service in order to cover our costs, but ideally we'd like to support the service with ad revenue and offer the service for free to the HOAs. We are still developing an ad model that would not be intrusive to the users but rather provide useful homeowners services information. You can visit our blog -- http://eneighbors.wordpress.com -- for the latest on our activity and to get an idea of our general philosophy on local communities. Thanks. Phil Freund Michael -
First of all, thanks for the coverage. We’ve been trying to spread the word. We just launched about 6 weeks ago.

Let me clarify what eNeighbors intentions are — we aim to connect neighbors to each other via their HOA. Ultimately, we strive to increase communication within the neighborhood between the residents.

I think we have the same neighbor-centric goals in mind as Front Porch Forum does. Our primary concerns are privacy and security while fostering communication. That’s why we require a neighbor list from the HOA. That way, only the residents of that neighborhood are allowed to view the content.

We do charge an annual fee for the service in order to cover our costs, but ideally we’d like to support the service with ad revenue and offer the service for free to the HOAs. We are still developing an ad model that would not be intrusive to the users but rather provide useful homeowners services information.

You can visit our blog — http://eneighbors.wordpress.com — for the latest on our activity and to get an idea of our general philosophy on local communities.

Thanks.

Phil Freund

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