In addition to personal contact and email (the primary contact between housemates), SpringWater's homeowner offers support to the housemate through the SpringWater "Insider". The Insider has both an [1] un-secured area which contains external links, and a [2] secured area containing information specific to the current housemate. Both areas are accessed through the "Insider Log-in" page.
Insider - Un-secured
The following are accessed through the menu bar on the "Insider Log-in" page:
Entertainment:
Movies
[local listings, prices, showtimes]
Video library
[videos that can be borrowed]Reference:
News & Weather
[dynamic updating of 4 news categories, and weather]
Recycling
[materials accepted, who takes them, preparation, sorting]
Search engines
[web, job, image, map, miscellaneous]
Community resources
[web URLs & contact info for agencies, organizations]Travel:
Bus Routes & Schedules
[interactive schedules and maps]
Local gas prices
[real-time list of Pullman prices, links to gas tracking sites]
[travel alerts, mountain pass information]Schedules [*=change announced by Insider log-in page "indicator lights"]:
Calendars
[WSU academic, US, Canadian]
Bus schedule
[interactive schedules and maps]
Garbage & recycling collection schedule
[collection dates and links]
Sprinkler system schedule
[schedule and zone map] *
Lawn service schedule
[contractor schedule] *
Pet waste removal schedule
[only applies to housemates with dogs] *
Leaf pick-up schedule
[city schedule only available in Oct & Nov] *
Snow removal schedule
[varies as to availability] *
Maid service schedule
[only applies to housemates with maid service] *
Indicators
[these are "lights" that indicate when specific content or status has changed - along with a change date, avoiding unnecessary log-in]
Insider - Secured
The following content is available only to the current housemate. Most of the information can be referred to when needed, other content is ever-changing and should be accessed regularly. Items below with asterisks have "indicator lights" on the Log-in page to indicate when their content has changed: