About

Carindale Connect is a hyperlocal site started by local residents – Genevieve Robey and Jewel West – who are passionate about their community and the web.

Genevieve owns a small web projects business and is also the Editor of Wotnews. She has a BA in Journalism from QUT and an internship from ABC Online.

Jewel runs local emarketing product VMessage. She is involved in a variety of volunteering projects and has worked across real estate, finance and retail.

While we can’t speak for everyone, it’s safe to say this is largely a privileged region. We’re in a position to be able to do a lot for the people around us and interact positively with the environment.

Focus

• sustainability and efficiency through community and information
• preservation of wildlife and the environment
• local products and services
• getting to know our neighbours
• showing non-residents that we’re far more than just a big shopping centre
• news and information not normally found through mainstream media
• health, happiness and safety in the region
• finding solutions to local problems
• unity, inclusiveness and diversity
• participation in and understanding of local government activities
• positive impact on local economy and employment

The site was created in 2007, but it wasn’t as user-friendly as it could be, so it fell into a kind of hiatus with just the ‘what’s on’ section and homepage being updated (which still served a really good purpose). At the end of 2010 we rectified this and have since been working to make it bigger, better and more useful every day.

Policy for commenting on the posts

The blog is a place for constructive conversation, big issues or small, fun stuff or serious stuff.

All view points are welcome. But we will NOT publish comments that:

• are rude
• are so badly written that they are too difficult to decipher
• could cause lawyers to start sending us threatening letters on their scary lawyer letterhead
• are irrelevant to the post they are commenting on

We recommend that before you post your comment that you first take a deep breath, read over it again and check that:

• the spelling and grammar make it easy to understand for other readers (don’t leave people guessing where full-stops and commas should go
• you’re not making any personal attacks (play the ball not the person)
• the comments are something you’d be happy to say in person to your next door neighbour
• you have avoided unnecessary exclamation marks and capitalisation (no need to shout)
• your tone would not put off others from contributing

Be friendly and constructive. Remember, in many cases you’re talking to your neighbours. If you feel compelled to not follow the above, you can always set up your own ranty blog, but we’d really prefer to be an inclusive place.

Thank you. We really look forward to your contribution.

If you want to suggest something to be written about, but you don’t want to publish it yourself, that is fine, just email us on info@carindaleconnect.com.au and we would love to see what we can do about the issue you’d like to get on to the site.