Cohousing-L Mailing List: Urgent communication channels

[Mary Kay Doyle (marykaydoyle]

Elderberry Cohousing is a small (18 homes) in a very rural technology
desert. No cellphone coverage and barely usable internet. Less than half our
members receive texts through Wi-Fi-enabled smartphones. Those that do are
on an Urgent Notification group. But almost all residents respond to
"urgent" emails. All homes surround and face our common house, which has a
large and very loud bell mounted outside the entrance. We haven't had to put
it to the test, but if someone rang that bell loudly for an extended period
of time, I'm pretty sure everyone would come out and see what the ruckus was
all about.

 

Mary Kay Doyle

Elderberry Cohousing

Rougemont NC