Technology

The Rancho Murieta Association Communications Committee got a close-up look at RMA broadband at work and its biggest user Wednesday, and learned how to manage bandwidth use and save $4,000 a year.  Read more »

The Community Services District will conduct a test of its new emergency phone system on Tuesday, contacting all of Rancho Murieta to inform neighbors about the system and giving instructions on how to update and add contact information.  Read more »

A plan to improve the Rancho Murieta Association Building has been endorsed by two RMA committees and goes to the board next week for approval.  Read more »

Problems at the company that hosts RanchoMurieta.com on the Internet forced the site offline for four hours Wednesday afternoon.   WiredTree Managed Hosting, based in Chicago, was hit by power problems around 12:15 p.m. PST and all of its client sites went dark.  RM.com returned about 4:15 p.m.  We apologize for your inconvenience.

With a new communications manager on board, the Rancho Murieta Association Communications Committee prepared Wednesday to move forward on two long-postponed projects: rebuilding the cable system and installing a new phone system. The committee also voted to replace the music channels on RMA cable with a similar service.  Read more »

“It’s exciting to be both your neighbor and your employee,” said the association’s new communications manager, Paul Venturella, when he was introduced by President Jim Moore at Tuesday’s meeting as the board, staff and audience members applauded.

The Rancho Murieta Association board took care of business at its January meeting in under 90 minutes Tuesday,  approving a contract for Fourth of July fireworks and post and cable fencing on the South pedestrian bridge access. Driveway parking continued to be a topic of discussion as the board granted two of three requests for driveway parking variances, including one the Architectural Review Committee voted to deny.  Read more »

The Rancho Murieta Association’s new communications manager, who starts the job Monday, has more than three decades of experience in the cable field.  Read more »

The Rancho Murieta Association's broadband Internet service was hit with an outage Sunday night that was repaired Monday morning. An RMA representative couldn't say how many customers were affected by the 15-hour outage.  Read more »

The Rancho Murieta Association board deferred action on exclusive use and how to use an expected surplus of about $200,000 at a meeting Tuesday night. In one of its  few actions of the evening, the board approved reducing the fine for open garage doors from $100 to $25.  Read more »

Click to see: The cable issue is the first question in the new RMA elections forum

If the Rancho Murieta Association board of directors takes the recommendation of three committees, the 2010 RMA budget will shift the cost of maintaining and operating the cable system from the overall membership to just the cable subscribers. The reserve contribution for cable would remain in all members' dues.  The Communications and Finance committees endorsed the approach at meetings this month, and the Ad Hoc Cable Committee voted for it last month.  Read more »