For All
1. What is this website all about?
This is the resident community portal for the El Dorado Mobile Home Park (MHP) in Sunnyvale, California.
It will assist in communication
and coordinating community nourishing events to help us get to know our neighbors and support each other
to make a safer and more enjoyable living environment.
What it is
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A place where you can learn about your neighbors that have chosen to participate and find things in common to develop friendships.
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A focal point for social and safety events and information to allow easy planning, registration, and
participation in community events.
What it is and is not
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This website is not part of the Newport Pacific
Management Company that owns and operates El Dorado MHP.
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This website is not part of the Mobile Home Village
online manufactured home marketplace which has a focus of manufactured home sales
including those at El Dorado MHP.
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It is not a site to contact the park mangement about park maintenance or rent administration
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It is not a social media hub like NextDoor where you can share opinions about anything or
complain about other people's behavior.
2. How is the park arranged?
The lot numbering scheme for the park can be very confusing, especially since there
are no street signs.
There is a site lot number map at
the corner bulletin board near the pool.
To help understand how the numbering sequence goes, it helps to
know that
- The original entrance to the park was in front of the main office onto Fair Oaks Avenue.
- The park has had two major phases, the first 200 units and the last 84 units.
- The first phase unit numbering starts at the clubhouse and numbers counter-clockwise along
the Weddell Drive direction towards Sunnyvale around the park perimeter to unit 54 in the back corner. It then
winds up and down each street to unit 198 then crosses the street on the pool side of the main office
and finishes with 199 and 200
next to unit zero.
- The main entrance moved to where it is now and the original driveway was converted to
a lot whose number is zero.
- The second or North development begins with lot 201 in the "back" of the park and winds
counter-clockwise around the northern perimeter.
- Numbering sequences go in curb following order, meaning they increase going up one side of
a street and continue coming back on the other side of the street instead of odd/even numbering
down the street like many city streets so your across-the-street neighbor will have a number
different from yours by some number between 10 and 20.
For Residents
1. What if there is a site emergency or disaster
This El Dorado MHP website portfolio has a "normal" website,
https://eldoradomhp.org
and an emergency website
https://cert.eldoradomhp.org.
The emergency website is focused on providing communication, coordination, and
health and safety assistance while the park management is focused on restoring
essential services such as water and power or interfacing with local agencies
such as FEMA, the Sunnyvale Fire or Police Department, and PG&E.
2. Tell me more how the website works
This El Dorado MHP resident portal has two faces, the private or internal
face is visible only after successful login by residents and the public face is what
anyone can see.
Because this is not an official website of the management company, NorthPoint,
or the property owners, there is no access to the official
contact information of the residents from the park management so all account
information must be voluntarily supplied by the residents.
This means that to participate, residents must self register (see faq below).
Expect to see more in upcoming newsletters and announcements.
3. Why should I register with this website?
Once you register, you get a login and choose a password and become a member of the
community portal.
Once you log in you can...
- See detailed calendar of all community events including planning sessions
in case you want to participate in them
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Upload a headshot photo so people can associate your name and face to
make the events easier to develop relationships with neighbors.
- Sign up for our social events, especially the potlucks and donut mixers.
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Volunteer to help for a scheduled event, and see who has already volunteered
to decide whether your comfort zone prefers joining old freinds or meeting new ones
that are already signed up.
- Update your profile to tune your preferences and specify how much of your
contact information is visible to fellow residents.
- See who has pets to make connections with other neighbors with pets like yours
- Add your pet (with photo) to help the community identify and get back to
you if they find your pet wandering around.
- See who has volunteered for previous events to be able to contact them
for mentoring on what to do to help you feel more comfortable volunteering
for an event.
4. How is this different from the NextDoor app/website?
This is different from NextDoor
in the following ways:
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It is only for the residents of the El Dorado park, so we don't have to sift
through stuff that does not pertain to us.
- It is not supported by advertising, so no adds.
- It is not like a typical social media space where the platform owners
want everyone to post a lot to increase advertising revenue opportunities.
This means there is not a lot of "noise" about things most of the
community does not care about.
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It is focused on providing information focused on developing relationships
and having fun with our neighbors and having a single contact point for
information important for the safety and well being of the community.
There is no reason that you can not belong to both communities, and
choose how much time you want to spend with each.
5. Whom do we contact for more info?
Jerry Bowes, (Unit 141),
has volunteered
to take the point on getting the 2024 events rolling, doing the initial
communication, providing interest surveys, and gathering those
who want to participate together.
He is the author and webmaster of this website and his contact link
is at the bottom of every page.
You can contact him at jerbowes@gmail.com.
You can also make any suggestions or ask any questions on the website
via the Feedback Form.
6. How do I register for the Resident Portal / Email List?
Having a website login account is required to
- See entire event calendar and photos from prior events
- See the resident (and pet) photo directory
- Register for social events
- Register to help out with social events
To self register on the website, meaning you get a login account,
contact the webmaster via the link at the bottom or fill out our
feedback form.
The registration procedure is sometimes included on
some of the posters that are distributed with the monthly
newsletter.
7. Is there a community email list?
You can subscribe to EldoradomhpNeighbors@googlegroups.com to
get info about neighborhood topics beyond just social
events (e.g. suspicious activity, reports of mail theft, etc.).
It is managed by Noelle and it will continue to be used to
communicate with residents neighborhood relevant information as well.
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