SMS Match + Judging Reminder

[Hazzer890]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Teams don't arrive for matches in time, and we can't find them.

Describe the solution you'd like

A button, that when pressed SMSs the coaches to remind them that their judging or match is coming up.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Discord bot, Slack, website, etc

Additional context

No response

[CJBuchel]

I've briefly looked into this, but there isn't an easy way to integrate an SMS system with an offline based server like TMS. It would need to be an API connection used for the event.

Technically with an LTE router you can send SMS's directly as if it was a phone. But it would be extremely custom and not great for the average user to setup. And in realtiy, if you have an LTE capable router, you also have it's over the phone internet, which can also be used to connect to an API.

Twilio likely seems the best for type of SMS burst https://www.twilio.com/en-us/messaging/channels/sms
They seem to also have free plans for users, assuming you don't send too many SMS's, which is unlikely for TMS.

I think it would also be beneficial to look into discord bots as well (mainly for larger events that optionally use FLL discord servers).
For other updates, such as "your match is about to start", and "you're now ranked 3rd" etc.... more frequent but not important updates. Where the SMS system is a more sure fire way to message people.