Looking for Ideas to facilitate group communication on the road

[JD Austin]

it isn't difficult to send email that gets converted to sms you just need to
know how to format the TO address (#@address.com); this should cover it
(will require some imput from the people you want to send sms/email to (
quick google search...):

http://www.sensiblesoftware.com/weblog/2011/02/28/cell-phone-email-addresses/


On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 16:13, Alan Dayley <adayley at gmail.com> wrote:

> My experience consists of someone on a team I work with signing me up
> and me getting text messages.  So I don't know the details you are
> asking, just that our team has used the service very successfully.
>
> Alan
>
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Mark Phillips
> <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
> > 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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