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	Frequently Asked Questions Questions about the Coalition Where is the Tri-Lakes area? What is the history of the Coalition? What is the Coalition's mission? Who belongs to the Coalition? How is the Coalition funded? How do I join the Coalition? Question about this web site What is the Coalition's policy on web site user privacy? How is this web site organized? What is the easiest way to find information? How can I keep up with changes to this web site? What should I do if the pages don't look right? I am still having trouble. What should I do?
	Questions about the Coalition Where is the Tri-Lakes area? The Tri-Lakes area is in northern El Paso County. View maps.  It stretches north along Interstate 25 from the U.S. Air Force Academy and encompasses the towns of Monument and Palmer Lake.  The three lakes referred to by the name Tri-Lakes are Lake Woodmoor, Monument Lake, and Palmer Lake.  Some of the major developments in the Tri-Lakes Area outside the incorporated towns include Gleneagle and Woodmoor. What is the history of the Coalition? The Coalition was organized in the latter part of 1999 in response to ill-conceived proposals to build two concrete batch plants on North Washington Street in Monument near State Highway 105, not far from the Safeway store. View or download a flyer giving background on the Coalition. As additional project proposals such as the Supercenter Wal*Mart on Baptist road were submitted, the Coalition broadened its efforts to address those plans as well. Our History Page gives a chronological history of events in the area including the evolution of the Coalition, its efforts, and results.  What is the Coalition's mission? The mission of the Coalition is to help maintain the character and unique quality of life in the Tri-Lakes area while encouraging harmonious and aesthetically pleasing development throughout the area. The Coalition serves as an information clearinghouse. Through the Coalition, you can work with your neighbors to review and comment on proposed developments. This is a good way to show our elected officials that we care about what happens in our area. Contact information for elected officials and agencies appears on our Links Page. To help us accomplish our mission, it is important that we all learn more about growth and planning. Take a look at our Reading List. Inherent in our mission is maintenance of the highest level of honesty and integrity. To paraphrase a line from the movie Rob Roy, "Honor is a gift you give to yourself." Read the Coalition Policy on Meeting Decorum. Read other quotations. Who belongs to the Coalition? The Coalition welcomes all interested residents. We currently have about 400 families on our phone list. This includes residents from virtually all local areas including Arrowwood, Bent Tree, Chaparral Hills, Colorado Estates, Fox Run, Gleneagle, Jackson Creek, Kingsdeer, Monument, Palmer Lake, Pine Hills, Pioneer Lookout, Pleasant View, Red Rocks Ranch, Wakonda Hills, West Oak Ridge, and Woodmoor.  About 340 of these families receive information by e-mail as well. How is the Coalition funded? The Coalition is entirely funded by donations.  There are no membership fees or other membership requirements. View the latest CTLC income and expense statement.  How do I join the Coalition? All you need to do is ask to be added to the Coalition's phone and e-mail lists.  Here is the information we need to notify you of Coalition activities: First and last name(s) Phone numbers (home, work, and FAX) - used for calls reminding you of upcoming meetings E-mail address - used for periodic hotline messages What area you live in (Fox Run, Jackson Creek, Monument, Woodmoor, etc.) Call John at 488-9031 or send this information in an e-mail message to info@CoalitionTLC.org.
	Questions about this web site What is the Coalition's policy on web site user privacy? The Coalition takes web site user privacy very seriously. Please read our privacy policy page. It defines the types of information that is gathered on visitors to this site and what we do with that information. You may also want to read security and privacy-related information on our Links page. It will help you maintain your privacy and protect yourself from hackers. How is this web site organized? (This section covers Pages, Links, and Navigation) Pages Home, the first page you saw when you came to the site, highlights upcoming and recent events and contains links to additional information. Calendar contains a list of important upcoming events in Tri-Lakes area or nearby. Contents/Search shows an indented list of pages within this site so you can select pages you would like to view. It also includes a search window so you can enter words and obtain a list of links to pages that contain any or all of those words. The search results are provided as a free service of Atomz.com. There is also access to search and automated Site Map and What's New services provided by FreeFind.com. The FreeFind.com pages look somewhat different from the other pages on this site.  Disclaimer: You will see ads on FreeFind.com's pages and e-mail messages. The Coalition does not receive any funding from nor does it endorse or otherwise support those advertisers. Be sure to read the privacy statement for Engage Technologies which supplies the ads on the search results pages. You are currently viewing the FAQs page. It gives background information on the history and organization of the Coalition of Tri-Lakes Communities and advice on how to make best use of this web site. History gives a chronological history of the Coalition, its activities, and events in the Tri-Lakes area. Links contains internet links, e-mail addresses and phone numbers for a variety of elected officials and organizations. It also contains internet links to information on internet security and privacy and tools and free software that is useful for exchanging information within the Coalition. Projects gives a short summary of each of the Coalition's current projects and provides a link to a map showing the location of various projects in the area. Below the Projects button is a list of links to the main pages for each of the projects. Links (more formally known as hyperlinks) Unless your browser is set to override page defaults, textual links on this site are displayed as follows: All text links are underlined. Text links you have followed are shown in green: A link you have followed looks like this. Text links you haven't yet followed are shown in blue: A link you haven't yet followed looks like this. The currently active link is shown in a brick color: The currently active link looks like this. If you are using Internet Explorer 4 or 5, when the mouse pointer moves over a link, the link turns bright red. For some graphics, we use small images to save download time. The small image is a link. To see the full picture, click on the thumbnail image. Use your browser's "Back" function to return to the page with the thumbnail image. Navigation Navigation buttons and links are arranged down the left side and at the bottom of all pages except for on-line documents such as the 1984 Monument Comprehensive Plan.  The navigation buttons and links and their order are the same for all pages on the site. When you are viewing a page for which there is a button, the button has a purple cast. For an example, look at the FAQs button on this page.  Similarly, the navigation link at the bottom of the page is shown in black and is not underlined. The other links are underlined and shown in blue for links you haven't yet followed and green otherwise. For an example, look at the links at the bottom of this page. Clicking on the Coalition logo or the banner at the top of the page will take you to the Home page. Contact information for the Coalition and the date when that page was last updated appears at the bottom of almost every page in addition to the copy of the navigation links. When a page has one or more child pages providing more detailed information linked to it, a horizontal group of buttons is included at the bottom of page. For example, there are buttons for several pages including CTLC Flyer, Decorum, Quotations, Maps, Privacy Policy, and Set Your Home Page at the bottom of this page because those child page are associated with this page.  When you are below the top level of pages under the Home page a set of buttons for sibling pages usually appears below the child page buttons, if any. When the parent page for the page you are viewing is below the top level of pages under the home page, a set of buttons for the parent page and the sibling pages of the parent page usually appears at the bottom. As an example of a rather complicated case, suppose you were viewing Wal*Mart's Preble's Mouse Habitat Report. Here is the hierarchy:  Home ... Wal*Mart - first level under home  ... parent's siblings Wal*Mart's Backside - parent's sibling Preble's Mouse Letter - parent Submittal Letter - sibling Habitat Report <---------- you are here Habitat Site - child Habitat Photos - child R. McDonald's Letter - sibling King Soopers Outflow - parent's sibling ... parent's siblings ... Below is a small picture of the set of buttons that appears at the bottom of the Habitat Report. Note how the pyramid of buttons reflects the hierarchy shown above. The button for your current position in the hierarchy is highlighted in purple. Click on the picture to be taken to the set of buttons on the Habitat Report so you can try them out. Pages that are part of a group are linked by Prior, Up, and Next buttons that appear at the top and bottom of the page. As an example, consider the Monument Board of Trustees Minutes for February 28, 2000. In this example, the Prior button takes you to the Board of Trustees Minutes for February 14th. The Up button takes you to the Monument Archives page. The Next button takes you to the Board of Trustees Minutes for March 6th. Many pages have a list of topics with associated links at the beginning of the page. For an example, look at the top of this page. At the end of each of the associated topic sections, a small button appears that will take you back to the top so you can select another topic. The same button appears at the bottom of each page. It looks like this:  What is the easiest way to find information? Click on the Contents/Search button to view a list of links to the major pages on the site. If you don't see what you are seeking, you may want to take a look at FreeFind's automated Site Map. The link is near the bottom of the Contents/Search page. The Site Map shows all the pages in the site. If you are having trouble selecting pages that might contain the information you are seeking, think of one or more words that relate to the topic.  Enter those words in the search window at the top of the Contents/Search page. Select "Match Any Word", "Match All Words", or "Match Exact Phrase" and click the "Search" button. That will produce a list of links to pages that contain any or all of the words you entered.  If the list of links to pages is too long. Try refining the search by selecting "Match All Words" or "Match Exact Phrase" and adding more words in the search window, and repeating the search. Once you have displayed a page that might contain the information, scroll through it or think of an associated word or phrase and use the "Find on this page function" of your browser to locate the information. The "Find on this page function" is on the Edit menu in Internet Explorer 4 and 5 and Netscape Navigator 4. If you conclude that the information is not on our web site, our Links page contains internet links, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers for a variety of elected officials and organizations that may be able to help.  When in doubt, contact the Coalition at (719) 488-9031 or info@CoalitionTLC.org. We will be glad to help you track down the information you are seeking. How can I keep up with changes to this web site? We update the information on this site every day or two. There are currently about 140 pages of information. The Web Site News section on the home page highlights recent changes. There is also a link near the bottom of the Contents/Search page to FreeFind's automated What's New service. That lists links to pages recently added or updated. Near the bottom of the Home page, there is a window for you to enter your e-mail address. You will receive an e-mail message every day or so highlighting the latest changes to this web site so you can decide if you are interested in learning more by visiting the Coalition's site. This service is provided free by ChangeDetection.com. Disclaimer: You will see ads on ChangeDetection.com's pages and e-mail messages. The Coalition does not receive any funding from nor does it endorse or otherwise support those advertisers. Be sure to read their privacy statement before your sign up for this service. If you find that you come to the site often, you can set your browser's home page to this site. Then you will automatically be brought to our home page every time you start your browser so you can quickly check the latest news about the Tri-Lakes area. What should I do if the pages don't look right? If a page is displayed improperly or seems to contain old information, click on your browser's Refresh or Reload function. The refresh function for Internet Explorer is on the View menu. The reload function for Netscape Navigator is on its View menu. These functions insure that a fresh copy of the information is retrieved from the internet rather than being displayed from a saved copy on your hard drive. If the text is too large or small, you can change the font or text size setting in your browser. In Internet Explorer 4 and 5 and Netscape Navigator 4, that function is on the View menu. We try to keep the site simple with a minimum of graphics so it will work adequately with a variety of browsers including WebTV. We check operation of the site with PC versions of Internet Explorer Versions 4 and 5 and Netscape Navigator Version 4. If one or more pages are being displayed improperly by your browser, please let us know so we can look into the problem.  You may want to consider upgrading your browser. Here are links for free downloads of the latest versions of Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.  Note that Netscape Navigator renders many of the pages on this site much more slowly than Internet Explorer. Displays with resolution lower than 800 x 600 pixels will require horizontal as well as vertical scrolling.  For optimum display of this site, we recommend using a PC with the latest version of Internet Explorer and a display device set to a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels and 16 bit color.  I am still having trouble. What should I do? Please contact John at (719) 488-9031 or info@CoalitionTLC.org.