Capital Project Survey Results Available

Many thanks to all members who participated in the Capital Projects survey last summer. The survey was open from July 16 through Aug 15. We had a total of 245 responses. Duplicates were provided from 32 members. The unique membership inputs were 213 or 40% of the membership. This is a fantastic response! We appreciate your feedback and will use the results to guide our investment decisions going forward. There are many large and small investment ideas. As the Board discusses these items and decides where to invest you will hear about what’s planned.

Bottom Line:
Highest priority is investing in the beach

  • Adding TRPA approved sand
  • Adding Kayak / Paddleboard space and/or optimizing location

Many other ideas and requests

  • Highest of these is more shade and better seating at beach and pool
  • Next highest is more buoys
  • Lots of interest in gym/clubhouse
  • Many smaller investment ideas for beach and pool
  • Some thoughts on additional services
  • Interest in more frequent communication and more surveys
  • Many comments that show appreciation and/or trust in the board
  • Ideas on how to manage the capital project selection process

For the full details click on the following URL:
https://www.dollarpoint.org/mp-files/capital-projects-survey-august-2023.pdf/

The summary is 40 pages and contains all inputs received. While long, it is filled with the prioritized inputs from members. A good read! Check it out.

If you have any questions please contact Nate Walker (njwus@comcast.net) and Roger Quinlan (RogerJQuinlan@gmail.com)

Report Your Firewise Certification Data

Spring clean up is underway!  A website form its now available to help with reporting member Firewise certification data.  Please share your Firewise certification data with the Firewise committee by clicking on the link below.  

 Report Your Certification Data

Why?  Firewise USA certification requires us to provide information on the following:

  • Vegetation removal events and volume metrics
  • Risk reduction investment (volunteer hours and expense costs) to reduce fire fuel and hazards 

We Need Your Participation with Metrics
The Firewise committee tracks vegetation removal events (Dumpster Days) and the associated volume removed. However, we need your help with metrics on direct costs paid and any volunteer hours invested in reducing fire risk.  

See the details on the form page for what’s needed and share your fire risk reduction investment to help with our annual Firewise certification.  

Thank you and stay safe!

Dani Johnson – dani@mackenziejohnston.com
Jenny Swabota – jkswoboda@gmail.com
Nate Walker – njwus@comcast.net

2021 Firewise Recertification Complete

Firewise USA has recertified Dollar Point as a wildfire safe community. Congratulations to all!

Recertification is based on our community investment to reduce wildfire risk. Investments include volunteer hours, volume of combustible fuel removed and educational events and communication to members. Thanks to all for the hard work to remove combustible fuel, fire harden homes and create defensible space. Based on the data collected along the way our community invested 28 times the minimum required for certification. A standout performance!

If you need a copy of the latest Firewise USA certificate, go the Fire Awareness page to download it. https://www.dollarpoint.org/news-events/fire-awareness

Committee Annual Reports – Beach & Pier Now Available

Committees drive our community. Communication of committee results improves community transparency. During the recent annual meeting several members expressed interest in committee annual reports. Specifically, posting annual reports on the committee website pages for all members to review. The following reports are now posted for member review. The intent is to provide a quick, one page report of accomplishments over the past year.

Beach & Pier Committee 2020/2021 annual report

More committee reports will be available in the near future.

Questions or comments on the reports? Let the committee chairs know what you think.

Stay safe and well.

Website Survey – Summary Now Available

As of Sept 1 we have 102 respondents to the website survey. That’s 19% of our membership.  Many thanks to all who participated.

The feedback provides validation we are on the right path. Of course, there are several areas where we can improve the member experience.

Highlights are as follows:
User experience:

  • 68% of respondents rate the experience as excellent or very good
  • 90% of respondents use the site multiple times per month
  • The mobile phone experience needs tuning

Online reservations:

  • 26% of respondents use the online reservations (pool or tennis)
  • Several inputs indicate how we can improve the existing reservation system

Online payments:

  • 75% of respondents prefer to see payment made via the website

Separately from the survey we have been tracking site usage.  Usage as of Sept 1:

  • 73% of members have logged into the website at least once
  • 146 members have not logged into the new site, the number is higher if sub-accounts are included.
  • We have an opportunity to broaden membership usage

The following file provides the summary for each of the survey questions.  All text comments have been organized to provide a view of the topical mentions. Happy to have a discussion or address questions regarding the summary content. 

July/Aug 2021 Website Survey Results – Sept 2021

Stay Safe and Well,

Nate Walker

Committee Annual Reports – Tennis Now Available

Committees drive our community. Communication of committee results improves community transparency. During the recent annual meeting several members expressed interest in committee annual reports. Specifically, posting annual reports on the committee website pages for all members to review. The following reports are now posted for member review. The intent is to provide a quick, one page report of accomplishments over the past year.

Tennis Committee 2020/2021 annual report

More committee reports will be available in the near future.

Questions or comments on the reports? Let the committee chairs know what you think.

Stay safe and well.

Website Survey Closed – Summary in Process

A sincere THANK YOU to all the members who participated in the website survey!  The response rate from active users was 26%, a great turnout!  Lots of positive feedback.  Lots of constructive input on where to improve.  

The website committee is now in the process of summarizing the data and comments.  When complete the summary will be posted for member review.  Then, we will incorporate the feedback into our plans for the 2021/2022 season.  

Stay Safe and Well, 

Nate Walker

Are you Firewise? Time to Be Wildfire Aware

Wildfires can happen at anytime, anywhere.  We all need to be ready.  Get Firewise now.  

The updated Fire Awareness page provides many resources to help you and your family stay safe.   The following resources are available:

  • What Can I Do Before Wildfire – Defensible space checklist, red flag alerts, go-bags
  • Wildfire Alerts – Placer County, Truckee Fire, CalFire, Lake Tahoe Basin Forrest Service
  • Evacuations – Checklist, Hi-Lo siren example, how to prepare, what to expect
  • Fire Maps – Prescribed burns, Fire Incidents 

Be ready!  Get Firewise! 

Stay Safe,

Firewise Committee: https://www.dollarpoint.org/committees/firewise-committee

Committee Annual Reports – Firewise, Website Available

Committees drive our community.  Communication of committee results improves community transparency.  During the recent annual meeting several members expressed interest in committee annual reports.  Specifically, posting annual reports on the committee website pages for all members to review.  The following reports are now posted for member review.  The intent is to provide a quick, one page report of accomplishments over the past year.  

Firewise Committee 2020/2021 annual report

Website Committee 2020/2021 annual report

More committee reports will be available in the near future.

Questions or comments on the reports?  Let the committee chairs know what you think.  

Stay safe and well.  

Provide Your Feedback – Take the Website Survey

Congratulations to all who are using the new website launched in November 2020. As of July 1st more than 68% of the membership has logged in at least once. Hopefully, the structure, features and functions of the site are helping members with information to make their DPA member experience a better one.

With the new site operational for 9 months, we are looking for feedback on the website experience. Will you take 5 minutes to let us know what you think?

Take the Survey:  DPA Website Survey – Summer 2021

Thank you in advance for your participation to improve our web site. We appreciate the feedback!

Stay safe and well,

Dollar Point Website Committee
Nate Walker – njwus@comcast.net
Cailin Jope – asstmanager@dollarpoint.org