When your team's schedule lives across a group text, email, and someone's memory, things get missed. A single source of truth fixes it in one sentence. This message makes one place official for your schedule, RSVPs, and announcements, so the "wait, which field?" scramble disappears.

Source-of-truth policy message Copy

📍 One source of truth.

Going forward, [the team app] is the official home for our schedule, RSVPs, payments, and announcements. If something's important, it will be there. If it's not there, treat it as unofficial.

That means:

  • Check the app for times, locations, and changes, not the group text.
  • Schedule changes only count once they're posted in the app.
  • Turn on notifications so you catch updates the moment they happen.

It saves everyone from the "wait, which field?" scramble. The group chat stays for the fun stuff. 👍

Firstplace gives your team that one place: schedule, RSVPs, payments, and announcements together, not scattered across apps.
Author Steven Kovar
Founder of Firstplace
Last Updated Usage Part of the team management guide. Free to copy and adapt for your team.