OFFICIAL LPA COMMUNICATIONS BEGIN WITH WEBSITE

Posted 01/10/2023
By Susan Thompson
Lake Panorama Times
A new website for the Lake Panorama Association launched in February 2022, replacing a site that had been in place since 2009. There are both public and private sides to the new website.
The home page on the public site includes information about Lake Panorama and the LPA. The private side of the website, which is named the LPA Portal, is restricted to Lake Panorama property owners.
At the end of December, the site had fewer than 1,000 registered members.
“With 1,700 LPA members, that means there is plenty of room to grow,” says John Rutledge, LPA general manager. “The LPA does not endorse or respond to postings on NextDoor, so members should look for LPA information on the website or contact the office.”
Being registered on the website ensures members receive all official communication from the LPA via email. This includes the Panorama Prompt, the e-newsletter distributed each Thursday. A new feature of the Prompt is links to agendas for upcoming LPA board of director meetings, and other LPA committee meetings are included. Members signed up for the website also receive special announcements from the LPA office.
When the new website launched last spring, invitations to register were sent to more than 1,300 unique member email addresses tied to the former website, with details on how to set up new accounts. As members register for the new website, the list from the old website is checked and updates made.
“There still are about 600 email addresses from the old website that receive the Prompt and other LPA news, even though members haven’t yet registered on the new site,” says Lane Rumelhart, LPA project manager. “We don’t want members to miss out on official LPA news just because they haven’t yet created an account on the new site. The downside is we don’t know if those old emails are correct. That’s why we encourage members to get registered so we know we have their current email address.”
The LPA website address remains the same as the old site — lakepanorama.org. LPA members who have not set up an account on the website should go to the “Resident Sign-Up” tab, where they will request a login. Once the person has been verified as an LPA member, access to the private side of the site will be granted.
Multiple members may join under one lake address. Anyone who is listed as an owner of LPA property and who has a unique email address that is different from others listed under the same membership can register.
The LPA website features scrolling aerial photos. Several tabs below the photos take visitors to a brief history, a list of frequently asked questions about Lake Panorama and the LPA, and multiple documents that include LPA’s boating regulations and buoy map locations, building codes and applications, rules and regulations and related schedule of fines, by-laws, covenants, and home rental rules.
LPA members who establish an LPA Portal log-in will find additional documents that cannot be accessed on the public website. These include variance applications for building permits, a “Who To Call” list with contact information for area service providers, camping and dock registration forms and information, miscellaneous membership forms, hunting information, yard waste site maps and information, and current and past issues of the Panorama Prompt.
Anyone who needs help getting an account set up, or has questions, can call the LPA office at 641-755-2301 or email staff at lpa@lakepanorama.org.
By Susan Thompson
Lake Panorama Times
A new website for the Lake Panorama Association launched in February 2022, replacing a site that had been in place since 2009. There are both public and private sides to the new website.
The home page on the public site includes information about Lake Panorama and the LPA. The private side of the website, which is named the LPA Portal, is restricted to Lake Panorama property owners.
At the end of December, the site had fewer than 1,000 registered members.
“With 1,700 LPA members, that means there is plenty of room to grow,” says John Rutledge, LPA general manager. “The LPA does not endorse or respond to postings on NextDoor, so members should look for LPA information on the website or contact the office.”
Being registered on the website ensures members receive all official communication from the LPA via email. This includes the Panorama Prompt, the e-newsletter distributed each Thursday. A new feature of the Prompt is links to agendas for upcoming LPA board of director meetings, and other LPA committee meetings are included. Members signed up for the website also receive special announcements from the LPA office.
When the new website launched last spring, invitations to register were sent to more than 1,300 unique member email addresses tied to the former website, with details on how to set up new accounts. As members register for the new website, the list from the old website is checked and updates made.
“There still are about 600 email addresses from the old website that receive the Prompt and other LPA news, even though members haven’t yet registered on the new site,” says Lane Rumelhart, LPA project manager. “We don’t want members to miss out on official LPA news just because they haven’t yet created an account on the new site. The downside is we don’t know if those old emails are correct. That’s why we encourage members to get registered so we know we have their current email address.”
The LPA website address remains the same as the old site — lakepanorama.org. LPA members who have not set up an account on the website should go to the “Resident Sign-Up” tab, where they will request a login. Once the person has been verified as an LPA member, access to the private side of the site will be granted.
Multiple members may join under one lake address. Anyone who is listed as an owner of LPA property and who has a unique email address that is different from others listed under the same membership can register.
The LPA website features scrolling aerial photos. Several tabs below the photos take visitors to a brief history, a list of frequently asked questions about Lake Panorama and the LPA, and multiple documents that include LPA’s boating regulations and buoy map locations, building codes and applications, rules and regulations and related schedule of fines, by-laws, covenants, and home rental rules.
LPA members who establish an LPA Portal log-in will find additional documents that cannot be accessed on the public website. These include variance applications for building permits, a “Who To Call” list with contact information for area service providers, camping and dock registration forms and information, miscellaneous membership forms, hunting information, yard waste site maps and information, and current and past issues of the Panorama Prompt.
Anyone who needs help getting an account set up, or has questions, can call the LPA office at 641-755-2301 or email staff at lpa@lakepanorama.org.