An Example

Calling Mountain Rescue

• The Organiser of a Mountain Rescue team is called by the police to search for a missing walker
• The Organiser uses SMS Responder to send a message to the team of 20; the two members that are on holiday ("off call") are automatically excluded from the list
• SMS Responder reports that all members have received the message apart from one. The Organiser then phones this member's home number and finds that their mobile phone battery was flat
• Most of the team reply via SMS, automatically updating the website with how many are attending
• Two of the team decide to phone in their attendance; the Organiser can manually update their status to Attending
• The Team Leader can phone the Organiser for an update, or (if he has web access) log in himself to see the list of members attending
• A last-minute change of meeting point or a stand-down can easily be sent to only to those attending, or to all members as required