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There are a number of Free OSS options for the email piece. We were
looking at PHPList and Mailman, but there are many others. There are
also free services like schoolsout.com that do email (free) and sms
(cost to parent).
For the phone piece I am not aware of any that would be suitable for
emergencies. In theory you want the emergency system to broadcast
quickly and not be physically located on or near your campus. So you
probably want a service that is directly tied into communications
infrastructure and capable of making hundreds of concurrent calls a
minute. We figured for 150 students we would still need to make 750
calls in an emergency (2 cell phones, 2 office numbers, one home phone).
For non-emergency there are a number of auto-dialer systems including
free versions and plug-in for Asterix VOIP systems. These systems will
make calls one-by-one until finished with the call list so it may take a
few hours depending on how many lines/modems you have to devote to it.=20
_Jason
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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of lisa.sjogren@srsmn.org
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 9:26 PM
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Subject: Re: Emergency Contact Systems for Parents
Does anyone know of possibly an open source program that might do a
similar notification? We did not plan on needing one for this school
year but as I am doing more research, I believe this is an important
tool to have even during our practice drills.
Thanks!
Lisa
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On Oct 30, 2007, at 1:42 PM, Antonio Viva wrote:
> We just signed on with AlertNow and ran a test of the system last=20
> night to inform families of a Headmaster's Holiday. The system worked=20
> flawlessly!
>
> Antonio Viva
> Associate Head of School
> Worcester Academy
> 81 Providence Street, Worcester, MA 01604 Phone - 508.754.5302 ext.196
> Web - www.worcesteracademy.org Email -=20
> antonio.viva@worcesteracademy.org Blog - www.antonioviva.com
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