FrontlineSMS allows you to text message with large groups of people anywhere there is a mobile signal.

Call for participation. Worldwide sms/txt blast :-)

Hi there all :-)

Sorry for the long silence on this space :-( I hope all is well. Just wanted to share with you a project we have been working on. It's called Project MOBiLIZE and part of the 24 October 2009 International Day of Climate Action being led by 350.org.

The basic idea is to set up country nodes that would be part of a worldwide sms/txt blast facility to support the climate campaign. We have a pre configured (drop-in, no install) FrontlineSMS for Windows and Mac ready to be shared. An installation guide is also available. For some of you that are interested and want to experiment we can share these files with you :-) and welcome you to be part of this effort.

The pre-configured FrontlineSMS is already populated with keywords that would allow people to join in and recieve sms/txt messages about information and call to action related to the campaign. There is also a keyword for people to send in via sms/txt mesages and automatically be posted on the 350txt twitter feed.

There will be a main node located at the headquarters of 350.org that would send messages to country nodes (cell numbers) and in return the country nodes will re-blast these messages to their respective FrontlineSMS subscribers. We fell that this type of a system may in some cases would cut down costs since the blast would be local costs per country.

Speaking of costs, there may be funds available at least to cover some of the sms/txt costs per country. Also if you have an existing FrontlineSMS system, the Project MOBiLIZE keywords can be incorporated into your existing systems.

Thanks very much and hope to hear from you all of you :-)

Peace.

Bobby

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Permalink Reply by kiwanja.net on October 6, 2009 at 12:10pm: Sounds like the internet connection is going through the same device that FrontlineSMS uses/needs to send/receive the SMS? Connection software which comes with GPRS modems blocks the port to all other applications, and usually needs to be shut down. Let me know if you sort it out or not!

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Permalink Reply by Jorge L. Alonso G. on October 6, 2009 at 3:05pm: Dear Ken:

Thanks for your reply. Yes, this is the problem. Bobby will send me a GPRS modem so that I can contribute with 350.org. One of them will work with FLsms and the other with the Internet connection.

Regards

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Permalink Reply by rbcsoriano on October 3, 2009 at 8:17am: Hi there Jorge :-)

Hmm ... would you want to have a chat about it ;-) A bit difficult to troubleshoot via this space. I'm rbcsoriano on most IM services including skype, yahoo, and gtalk.

I'm online now.

Peace.

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Permalink Reply by Vantharith OUM on October 9, 2009 at 6:26am: Hi Bobby,

After going through 350.org website and seeing the reverse effects that nature is making in current disaster in Asia, I'm very interested to be part of this campaign!!

I was looking for local action/activity in Cambodia, but none existed. Too bad. I would like to organize a small sort of activity locally here in Phnom Penh. But, still I need helping hands, so I will talk to more people who might be interested to join me.

Back to the MOBiLIZE Project, I want to run it for Cambodia. Not sure if I can raise big awareness for local people here to join, but I feel it's worth a try!!!
Here's my email at Dropbox - vantharith.oum@gmail.com.

Best regards from Phnom Penh,

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Permalink Reply by rbcsoriano on October 9, 2009 at 7:59am: Hey hey Vantharith :-)

This is great! You are very much welcome to join in :-) No worries about creating big awareness we all have to start somewhere how ever small. I gather that you already have a frontlinesms system working and I'll provide you access to the dropbox folder where you can look at the keywords and maybe incorporate it on our system. If you can also provide us with the cell number of your frontlinesms system then we can put it up on the www.350.org/mobile page. I'm online also via IM (yahoo, gtalk) or skype using rbcsoriano as contact name.

Thanks again and talk soon.

Peace.

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Permalink Reply by Vantharith OUM on October 9, 2009 at 1:23pm: Hi Bobby,

Thanks for your reply and access to the shared FrontlineSMS folder at Dropbox. Already set it up and tested... Got successful results from all 4 functions - JOIN, LEAVE, BLAST and TWEET.

Ok, here's the number for Cambodia - 081666120.
I will let you know if any question may raise up later. See you and thanks for letting be part of this meaningful cause!!!

Regards,

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Permalink Reply by rbcsoriano on October 9, 2009 at 2:49pm: Hiya Vantharith :-)

Thanks likewise! You rock for setting this up super fast.

Peace.

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