Looking for Ideas to facilitate group communication on the road

[Mark Phillips]

JD,

I am not trying to convert an email to sms. I am looking for an sms group
list, where anyone on the list can send an sms to everyone else on the list.
Something like a google groups email list, but just for sms. Email is not an
option, only sms.

Mark

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 8:43 PM, JD Austin <jd at twingeckos.com> wrote:

> 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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