Create a Poll and Build a Democratic Apartment Community

Apr 28,2015 / By Team Commonfloor Groups / No Comment

Democracy is undoubtedly the secret ingredient necessary to build a happy community. While residents appreciate the tireless hours of hard work that their Managing Committee invests towards the effective and efficient functioning of their community; they would surely want to be heard before anything else.

Thanks to CommonFloor Groups, residents can voice their opinions on various topics and help the Managing Committee reach a consensus. This can be done easily through organizing a poll with a number of options to choose from. On creating a poll, you can configure its settings to allow a resident to select one or more of these options or decide to allow a poll response from only one member from each house.

This granular level of configuration lets you tailor a poll for the appropriate topic and audience.

To quickly learn how to create a Poll, click here.

What’s even more awesome? Now, you can respond to polls from the CommonFloor Groups mobile app. Download the app now.

Money Manager Multi-level Access

Apr 20,2015 / By Team Commonfloor Groups / No Comment

Handling Community Accounting on CommonFloor Groups just got more efficient and awesome! Money Manager now has multiple-level access for Committee members and Staff accounts. You can now restrict the rights of members with access to Money manager as you wish, and ensure a tighter control on your Accounting data.

Under Admin view, click on Committee> Add/ Edit Committee member. You will see the following view:

Here, under Money Manager, a Committee/Staff member can be given any one of 4 levels.

Following is a deeper understanding into what these 4 levels mean.

	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Who could they be?	Committee members who don’t handle Accounting	Staff members who perform basic data-entry transactions	Property/ Estate Managers who handle day-to-day activities of Accounting	Committee member handling Accounting (full access)

Landing page (list of all entries)	Y	Y	Y	Y
Download/ Print	Y	Y	Y	Y
Add entry	-	Y	Y	Y
Edit entry	-	-	Y	Y
Delete entry	-	-	Y	Y
Modify Settings	-	-	Y	Y
Approve entry	-	-	-	Y
Settle entry	-	-	-	Y

Points to note:

These Access permissions are valid for all sub-modules within Money Manager – Income, Expense, Bank and Ledgers.
All current Committee members and Staff have been updated to Level 4 (highest access) by default
A Staff member with Level 4 access will still NOT be able to Approve Invoices or Payments; this will be restricted only to Committee members with Level 4 access

So, ensure that your Community uses Money manager efficiently and ensure a tighter control on your Accounting data.

What do you think of this new feature? Let us know in your comments below.

5 Community Related Tasks That You Can Do Right Now!

Apr 13,2015 / By Team Commonfloor Groups / No Comment

As a committee member,you devote a considerable amount of time after work to managing community activities. True, you can do most of it online on the CommonFloor Groups’ web platform. But what if all of this could get faster, easier and was brought straight into your hands?

That’s exactly what you experience with CommonFloor Groups’ mobile app! You can create notices or address complaints in a matter of seconds from the comfort of your home.

Let’s take a look at some crucial tasks you can do with this app:

1)Make important announcements in your community:There are times when you need to communicate matters that need immediate attention to residents.

For instance, let’s say you’re aware there’ll be a power outage the following day. You need to inform all other residents so they can be prepared for it.

This is when the option of creating a notice or sending bulk SMSes saves the day!

Once you create a notice, an e-mail is sent out to all residents.You can even moderate a notice created by a resident on the app.

Bulk SMSes are perfectly suited to communicate sudden & immediate announcements.

(Learn how you can create a notice/moderate it on the app. To find out how to send an SMS broadcast using your mobile phones, click here)

2)Strike a discussion with neighbours: You can discuss important community matters (such as electricity, water, maintenance) or initiate an informal discussion on the best city restaurants, shopping malls, ATMs nearby etc.

It’s a great platform to spark a debate and decide on the right course of action.

Did you know you could do all this on the app? (Learn how you can Start a discussion/Moderate it on the app.)

3) Address residents’ grievances:Gone are the days when you would need to access a computer/laptop to resolve complaints raised by residents. Now you can address all their problems using the app! (Here is how you can address complaints on the app)

4)Moderate New Membership Requests:With the app,you can now moderate your community membership on your mobile phones in a few, simple steps. (Learn how you can moderate a membership request from your phone.)

5)One hub to access all residents’ contact details:No more do you need to waste time saving contact details on your phones. Simply log onto CommonFloor Groups app and access the Neighbours section to find them listed! Plus, you can send them a Private Message!

If your Neighbour is not already on the app, you can also send them an invite from here. (Know more about Neighbours. You can invite all residents who are yet to install the app with the Invite to App feature)

That’s not all! There are a bunch of other great features (such as Photo Gallery and Buy/Sell) that you can access from this awesome app! Take a step towards becoming a Super-Smart Management Committee today! Download the app!

Monthly Archives: Apr 2015

Create a Poll and Build a Democratic Apartment Community

Money Manager Multi-level Access

5 Community Related Tasks That You Can Do Right Now!