It's interesting to see the changes in attitude of the monastery over time.
I had suggested something similar, but recieved a critical response.
Perhaps it was because I didn't put as much backgroud into it as Petruchio.

Personally i think it's an interesting idea, and could provide a good experiment in alternatives for information access / distribution.
It should also be easily modified to work with jcwren's VXML stuff.

Hmmm... now that brings up another set of possibilities... Checking /msgs via phone... Hmmm....