Working together as a community

Hi Gillian - don't live that far away from you in England - sunny Clacton on Sea, but the Spanish house is miles away from yours!  

No one on my immediate community seems to take part in forums! 

I was over in Spain for the annual BBQ, and got to meet a large number of the community - which was great.  Most of the people there are resident and so previously I was only meeting people in "dribs and drabs".  I swapped e-mail addresses with some of them, so that I could keep up to date with the happenings there - since the President insisted on posting all info through my letterbox - in Spain!!  So it was months before I was able to get my hands on it!!  Just received the minutes from the last AGM - and despite there being a high residential element there, only a fraction of the people turned up to the meeting.  A distinct show of apathy!  Maybe the same where you are. Maybe another reason.  It seems that everything that is to be voted on at our AGM is already rubber stamped, so this could also account for the problem!  Have you tried the "direct" approach when you are in Spain to try to encourage people to go on the forum?  Unfortunately, it didn't work for me - but at least they were interested with direct correspondence.!  

However,  sharing e-mail info with some members of the community provided me with a lot more insight as to what was happening there, and also made me feel more like part of the community.  

Obviously not exactly the answer that you were after, but maybe a thought.