Looking for Ideas to facilitate group communication on the road

[Mark Phillips]

Alan,

I signed up for an account on belugapods - I used one email address and then
added two others as members of a pod. I get messages to these email
addresses. I don't see how to invite a cell # as opposed to an email
address, and when I just type in my cell # instead of the email address, I
don't get an error message, nor an invite,  nor a message via sms. The help
screens are not very.......helpful..;-)

Do you use this service? Any ideas on what I am missing?

Thanks,

Mark

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Alan Dayley <adayley at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://belugapods.com/
>
> While they showcase the iOS and Android apps, works fine with just a
> text messaging phone too.
>
> Alan
>
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Mark Phillips
> <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
> > This group always has great suggestions for my odd requirements, so here
> I
> > go again....;-)
> >
> > My two club softball teams are going to out of town for nationals at the
> end
> > of June (~26 families). (We might even make ESPN...) We need a way to
> send
> > messages to each other, and as a group. Up to this point, I have been
> > running a private group email list that everyone can use to send and
> receive
> > emails for the group. But not everyone has Internet or email on their
> phone,
> > so the group email list is not the best option for everyone. My android
> > phone can send a text message to a group, so I can handle the issue of
> > schedule changes. But, not everyone's phone on the two teams can send a
> > group text, which makes those impromptu 'team lunch' difficult for
> someone
> > in the group to schedule, unless I become the group sms operator, which
> is
> > **not** something I want to do! I am wondering if there is some open
> source
> > technology that can help us....
> >
> > My requirements
> > 1. Send sms to a whole group, part of a group, or individually
> > 2. Work on low end cell phones - ie no Internet plan or email
> > 3. Does not require a lot of setup, either for me or for each person
> going.
> > The people on the trip are not techies, but parents of 11-15 year old
> > softball players (and the players as well).
> > 4. Free, or really low cost as I only need it for ~10 days.
> >
> > I have a Debian server on Linode for our web site, so I could add some
> more
> > software....
> >
> > I thought of these ideas:
> > 1. pass out a cell phone list to everyone. That solves individual sms
> > messages, but not group/sub group messaging for those who don't have that
> on
> > their phone
> > 2. twitter - maybe a private group? I have not used twitter before, but I
> > will have challenges getting everyone to sign up for an account.
> > 3. some other sms micro-blog app on my own server?
> > 4. Face to face communication.....how old fashion!
> > 5. Phone trees......from my experience, only works in an emergency.
> >
> > I am focused on sms only because it seems to be available to every player
> > and parent on the trip. I am open to any other suggestions y'all may
> have!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mark
> >
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