<p>I think if you have sufficient time and if the mail-list is not too long then you must try to call them individually because you will get their immediate response. By sending them e-mail, you will have to wait for a long time for their feedback as some of them might not check their mails regularly or are not at all interested to reply.<br>
However, if you really want to send them a formal message, you can text it to their phone numbers and ask them to reply in "yes" or "no" to a toll free number. As in this techno-world people generally keep their phones always along with them, there is a possibility that you will get a faster response than through an e-mail.</p>