Welcome to the West Point Virginia!

Can Visitors Visit? - top
Yes, but since they will not be registered, they will not be allowed to participate in the forum or survey features, or have access to certain information that may be deemed to be 'private' by participating community members. An example of information with prohibited access could be cluster or association covenants that may be on line but available only to the members of those selected organizations.

Can People Planning To Move To Area Get Information? - top
Yes, by access to any of the general site content as is available to any visitor, and by directly contacting West Point eVillage or any of the organizations that choose to provide a hyper link on their site. Access to the forum for direct communication with registered individual members is not available.

Is This Web Site Complete As We See It? - top
West Point eVillage development, or Phase 1 of our program, is a 'work in progress'. For example, the current site version only has about 15 percent of the pages and links to the over 50-community organizations that affect our daily lives. Improvements to what you see today will continue throughout this year. We would hope that many of these would come as a result of constructive input from our members. After this initial phase is completed, we expect periodic site improvements to continue to upgrade existing features as well as to add new ones. Phase 2, site operation, starts at West Point eVillage roll out.

I Hear There Is A Third Phase To Your Program; What Is That? - top
Phase 3 is the longer-term objective of West Point eVillage to ensure that everyone in our community has access to the Internet and thus to the full benefits of participating in the community building process. This activity is planned to start in year 2002. We will be seeking donations of computer hardware and provider access for those of our citizens that cannot otherwise afford Internet access. Any suggestions from our members to expeditiously reach this goal will be most welcome!

Where Can I Ask Further Questions, Make Comments Or Suggestions? - top
West Point eVillage is a community enterprise that has potential to significantly contribute to the betterment of West Point. Your active participation in this effort is vital. Please feel free to communicate with us at any time by using the 'Contact Us' feature. We pledge our best efforts to promptly and objectively consider and take appropriate action on all citizen input. It's our town; let us all work together to be sure it remains the best!

Who Are The Board Of Directors? - top
The Directors as a group, have a long history of commitment to the betterment of West Point by working in and with the many community volunteer organizations dedicated to our most important issues such as quality of life, transportation, economic development, education, recreation, etc. The average board member's length of residency in West Point is over 20 years.

Who Controls The Site? - top
The Board functions as any other corporate board. Its members serve to establish the strategic direction of the web site and to periodically review site operations. They designate the webmaster and select other volunteers that may be needed for the day to day operation of the site. Individual board members may serve in specific operational roles, and as registered members they may post under their name in the forum and vote in any of the unofficial preference polls offered.

What Is The Role Of The Digital General Contractor? - top
tlgp Digital General Contractors is the developer that provides the organization and software/hardware infrastructure foundation for the site. All site pages with the West Point eVillage logo and banner are under the control of West Point eVillage; community resident volunteer administrators working in collaboration with the developers to administer the domain.

Are All Commuters Allowed To Participate? - top
Employees of member companies who register through their company administrator will be able to participate in West Point eVillage features. As many of these employees are commuters, their voice is welcome and vital to the improvement of our overall quality of life. We encourage all commuters to sign up!

What Personal Information Is Collected And Does It Remain Secure? - top
Name, street address, e-mail address, telephone and a selected password/verification question are required for registration. We use cookies to aid your sign in and for site maintenance but do not collect personal information by this means. Our policy is to prohibit unauthorized dissemination of personal information to third parties. Please see our Privacy Policy for full details.

Why Can Only Registered Members Participate In Forums Or Polling? - top
Our aim is to provide a communication vehicle that maximizes the thoughtful and civil exchange of ideas and information to and among community residents. We believe that registration and the consistent use of ones actual name on all posts will encourage and maximize meeting this objective, and will ensure one vote per member in our informal surveys. However being a public web site, civility and thoughtfulness of posts are ultimately up to the good will and consideration of our individual member users.

What Is Your Policy Regarding The Censoring Or Editing Posts? - top
We do not censor nor edit any member post or communication! Our system does employ a profanity filter that is designed to substitute a symbol group for any word or phrase that falls outside the normal standards of decency for viewing by adults and children. We do reserve the right to remove messages that are flagged as inappropriate by any of our members that express concern through separate communication with our webmaster.

Where Do Forum And Poll Topics Come From? - top
It is our hope that topics will come primarily from the members through their input to the webmaster. Our plan is to post at least one new forum topic each week and one survey topic each month. Topics will be selected based on their relevance to issues that are important to our citizens, that are of interest and that have potential for the betterment of the entire community. Of course, a member recommendation will not guarantee their topic being used immediately or at all.

What Is WestPointVirginia EVillage? - top
WestPointVirginia eVillage is a community web site for all citizens of West Point, Virginia and guests that come via the Internet. It's objectives are to foster communication among the residents and businesses, facilitate the discussion and understanding of issues of mutual concern, provide links to neighborhoods, governmental entities, religious congregations, community organizations, and community newspapers.

Why Was It Started? - top
Creation of the West Point eVillage is the result of a recommendation from the town's Technology Project, which began in 2000. The group's chairman, Olen Sikes, began a conversation with Virginia's then Secretary of Technology, Donald Upson regarding his vision for a cutting-edge electronic village concept for West Point. Also in February 2000, a committee was formed to begin the project. A domain name was acquired, the Board of Directors was formed and a non-profit, WestPointVirginia, Inc. was established as a Virginia corporation.