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Resident Map
Update owner and tenant names. Address is fixed. Leave Tenant blank for owner-occupied.
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Resident Directory
Add, edit and remove residents. Changes save automatically to the Residents sheet.
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Contact Tools
Email residents, copy numbers, export the directory, check missing data, and more.
AGM Agenda
Edit the AGM agenda details, items and voting items. Changes save back to the AGMAgenda sheet.
AGM Reminder Emails
Automatic reminders are sent 7 days and 2 days before the AGM date. Tick to suppress both.
Agenda Submissions
Automatically locks 2 days before the AGM. Unlock manually for the next meeting.
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AGM Submissions
View and manage agenda items submitted by residents. Delete individual items or clear all submissions.
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AGM Minutes (Preview)
Preview the live AGM minutes exactly as residents will see them. The Live Minutes Visible switch is ignored here — admin only.
Live Minutes Visible
Controls whether residents can see the minutes button on the portal
📋 Issue Log
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The Courtyard Noticeboard
Add, edit or remove messages shown on the main portal page. Changes save directly to the sheet.
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Broadcast Email
Compose and send a one-off email to selected residents.
BCC
All selected residents will appear in the BCC field — they cannot see each other's addresses.
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Broadcast Send History
A record of all broadcast emails sent — both immediate and scheduled. Loaded from the BroadcastHistory sheet, newest first.
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For a full list of email types, triggers, recipients and body text, see Email Reference in the Email section.
CMC Useful Information
Add, edit or remove items shown in the Useful Information section on the main portal page. Changes save directly to the sheet (columns G & H of cmcsettings).
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Change Admin Password
Update the password used to access this admin portal.
Change Site Password
Update the password residents use to access CMC The Courtyard portal.
Change SIP Password
Update the password used to access the Seller's Information Pack (SIP) by solicitors.
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✉ Email Reference
A complete reference of every email type the portal can send — triggers, recipients, mode, and body text. This is read-only; changes to email content require a code update in
code.gs.| Manual | |||
| Type | Trigger | Recipients | Mode |
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| Immediate | Admin sends a broadcast manually via the portal | Selected residents | TO / BCC / CC |
| Maintenance Assigned | Admin presses the 📧 button on a maintenance issue and clicks Send Recipients are picked from the Residents sheet using the Assigned To field. Subject and body are fully editable before sending. Email design matches all other maintenance emails — header: Resident Task Assignment. The modal also has a 📋 Copy button (formatted message to clipboard, paste into any chat app), and on mobile a 💬 Open in WhatsApp button that opens WhatsApp with the message pre-filled. Logged to Broadcast History as Maintenance Assigned. |
Assigned residents (up to 2) | TO |
| Scheduled | Admin schedules a broadcast for a future date/time | Selected residents | TO / BCC / CC |
| Water Readings to Liscombe Park | Admin sends the quarterly water meter readings to Liscombe Park via the Water Meter Readings panel Intro and closing text are editable before sending. Includes a formatted table of property-level readings, water volumes, totals and the administration charge. Subject defaults to "CMC The Courtyard — Water Meter Readings — YYYY QN". |
Liscombe Park (To/Cc/Bcc from cmcwater sheet defaults, overridable per send) | TO / CC / BCC |
| SIP Contact | Visitor uses the Contact form in the Seller’s Information Portal header Visitor enters their name and email, a recipient (often the seller’s solicitor), optionally CCs CMC directors, plus a subject and message. The portal forwards the message; the Reply-To header is set to the visitor’s email so recipients reply directly to them. Logged to Broadcast History as SIP Contact with the sender’s name and email in the Sent By column. |
Address entered by visitor; optionally CC cmcdirectors@hotmail.com | TO / CC |
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| Type | Trigger | Recipients | Mode |
| AGM Agenda | Resident submits an AGM agenda item Sends 3 separate emails: confirmation to submitting address, notification to directors, and a BCC notification to all other residents. |
Submitting address, directors & all other residents | Mixed |
| Maintenance In Progress | Admin changes a maintenance issue status to In Progress | All residents at submitting address | TO |
| Maintenance Resolved | Admin marks a maintenance issue as Resolved | All residents at submitting address | TO |
| Farmhouse Rent Invoice - January | 1 January each year — sends January rent invoices to farmhouse properties not yet paid for the current year | Residents at each farmhouse property + director summary | TO |
| Farmhouse Rent Invoice - July | 20 June each year — sends July rent invoices to farmhouse properties not yet paid; includes any outstanding January instalment | Residents at each farmhouse property + director summary | TO |
| Maintenance Submitted | Resident submits a new maintenance issue | All residents at submitting address + directors | TO |
| Maintenance Update Added | Resident or director adds an update to an existing maintenance issue via the resident portal Quick-pick phrases (e.g. "Please assign this issue to me", "Thank you — now resolved") are bold-highlighted in the email body. Director updaters appear tagged as "Name (House) · Director". |
Directors (To), updater + assignees (Cc) | TO / CC |
| Noticeboard Notify | Admin clicks Notify Residents on a noticeboard item | All residents | BCC |
| AGM Reminder | Automatic reminder sent 30 days, 7 days and 2 days before the AGM date Triggered by daily Apps Script timer. Can be suppressed via the AGM Agenda panel. |
All residents | BCC |
| AGM Date Reminder | Automatic safety-net reminder — sent 65 days before the conventional 2nd Sunday of December AGM, only if the AGM date in AGMAgenda!B4 is empty or in the pastSingle ping per year — never nags. If the date is already set, no email is sent. |
Directors only | TO |
| Farmhouse Smoke Check — Reminder | Sent on day 30 and day 40 since last Farmhouse smoke alarm check (initial reminder + follow-up) Triggered by daily Apps Script timer → checkFarmhouseSmokeCheckReminder(). |
Eligible checkers (non-tenanted 10–14 The Courtyard) + directors | BCC |
| Farmhouse Smoke Check — Completed | A smoke alarm check is saved via the Farmhouse page | Eligible checkers (non-tenanted 10–14 The Courtyard) + directors | BCC |
| Farmhouse Smoke Check — Fault | A Fail result is recorded on a smoke alarm check | Directors only | TO |
| Water Reading Reminder | 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October at 8am — reminds directors to take this quarter's water meter readings Triggered by daily Apps Script timer (acts only on quarter-start days) → quarterlyWaterReminderTrigger(). Includes a "Water Readings Portal" button linking to cmcwater.html. |
Directors only (from cmcsettings) | TO |
| Water Readings Submitted | A bulk batch of quarterly water meter readings is submitted via the Water Readings Portal Confirms the readings are in the system and prompts directors to send the quarterly summary to Liscombe Park via the admin portal. |
Directors only (from cmcsettings) | TO |
| Spend Authorisation Requested | A director submits a new spend authorisation request via the Finance Authorisation Tracker on the CMC Finance Tracker page Sent immediately to all directors except the requestor; requestor CC'd. → submitDirectorRequest(). |
All directors except the requestor (CC: requestor) | TO + CC |
| Spend Authorised | A director authorises a pending spend request Sent to the requestor confirming authorisation; actioning director CC'd. → actionDirectorRequest(). |
Requestor (CC: actioning director) | TO + CC |
| Spend Authorisation Declined | A director rejects a pending spend request Sent to the requestor with the rejection reason; actioning director CC'd. → actionDirectorRequest(). |
Requestor (CC: actioning director) | TO + CC |
Email body text
Exact text sent for each auto-generated email. To change any wording, update code.gs and redeploy.
AGM Agenda
Confirmation to resident & notification to directors + all residents
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AGM Reminder — 30 Day
Sent automatically 30 days before AGM date
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AGM Reminder — 7 Day
Sent automatically 7 days before AGM date
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AGM Reminder — 2 Day
Sent automatically 2 days before AGM date
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AGM Date Reminder
Sent to directors 65 days before the conventional 2nd Sunday of December AGM, only if AGM date is unset
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Maintenance Submitted
Sent when a resident submits a new maintenance issue
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Maintenance In Progress
Sent when admin changes status to In Progress
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Maintenance Resolved
Sent when admin marks an issue as Resolved
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Noticeboard Notify
Sent when admin clicks Notify Residents on a noticeboard item
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When new email types are added to the system, add a row to the table above and an entry here, and add a matching chip to typeChipMap in admin.html.
Farmhouse Smoke Check — Reminder
Sent automatically on day 30 (initial) and day 40 (second reminder)
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Farmhouse Smoke Check — Completed
Sent automatically when a check is saved
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Farmhouse Smoke Check — Fault
Sent immediately when a Fail is recorded
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Maintenance Update Added
Sent when a resident or director adds an update to a maintenance issue
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Water Readings to Liscombe Park
Sent manually by admin from the Water Meter Readings panel
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Water Reading Reminder
Quarterly automatic reminder to directors — 1 Jan, 1 Apr, 1 Jul, 1 Oct at 8am
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Water Readings Submitted
Sent immediately after a quarterly batch of readings is submitted
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Spend Authorisation Requested
Sent immediately when a director submits a new spend authorisation request
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Spend Authorised
Sent immediately when a director authorises a pending spend request
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Spend Authorisation Declined
Sent immediately when a director rejects a pending spend request
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💧 Water Meter Readings — Email to Liscombe Park
Send the quarterly water meter readings to the water company. The intro and closing text are editable below before sending. The preview updates live.
Recipients
Editable for this send only — sheets are not modified.
Tip:
[reading date] is replaced with the most common reading date for this quarter.Email preview
Select a year and quarter to see the preview.
💵 Category Reference
How transaction categories in
cmcfinances and cmcbudget are routed to the BVA and I&E reports based on their prefix.| Prefix | Meaning | Where on BVA | Where on I&E | Affects Retained Surplus | Example |
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| I- | Income | Income section | Income section | Yes (positive) | I-Service Charge |
| E- | Expenditure | Expenditure section | Expenditure section | Yes (negative) | E-Gardening |
| T- | Planned transfer to reserves — actuals | Planned Transfer line (actual column) | Transfer to Sinking Fund line | Yes (reduces retained) | T-Transfer to Sinking Fund |
| B- | Planned transfer to reserves — budget placeholder | Planned Transfer line (budget column only) | Not shown (budget-only) | Budget side only | B-Planned Transfer to Sinking Fund |
| R- | Reserve movement (non-operating) | Reserve Movements memo section | Reserve Movements memo section | No (memo only) | R-Transfer to Sinking FundR-Transfer from Sinking Fund |
How
B- and T- work as a pair
On the BVA,
B- is genuinely a budget-side proxy for the T- it expects to be matched against. The two prefixes are paired by design — one provides the budget figure, the other provides the actual.
Example:
B-Planned Transfer to Sinking Fund = £5,000 in cmcbudget sets the budget figure. When you later record T-Transfer to Sinking Fund = £5,000 in cmcfinances, the variance is £0. If only £3,200 is transferred, the variance is −£1,800 (red).
How
R- reserve movements work
Reserve movements come in two directions:
R-Transfer to <account> for money leaving the current account into a reserve, and R-Transfer from <account> for money returning. Both are recorded in cmcfinances — mirror entries on the sinking fund or contingency sheets exist for those sheets' own balances but are not read for reporting.
The Reserve Movements section appears on both BVA and I&E only when there is at least one
R- transaction in the year. It is hidden in the public BVA view (Hide Actual). It does not contribute to Operating Surplus, Planned Transfer, or Retained Surplus — reserve movements are balance-sheet reshuffles, not operating performance.
Bank Interest from reserve accounts
Interest earned on the sinking fund and contingency accounts is recorded as
I-Interest on those respective sheets. The portal automatically re-labels these as I-Bank Interest when merging them into the income flow on the BVA and I&E. You will see them grouped under Bank Interest in the income section, broken down by which account they came from.
Adding new categories under an existing prefix (e.g.
E-New Category) works straight away — no code change needed. Adding a brand new prefix requires a developer to update the portal logic.
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