I am lucky I think. I tell my CEO exactly what I think and he respects my candor even if he doesn't choose to follow my advice sometimes. He knows who the expert is and keeps me on because of that.
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Alice Goodman <ali...@mckinstry.com> wrote: > Telling a CEO how to manage his calendar is not a career enhancing move.. > J **** > > ** ** > > *From:* Don Andrews [mailto:don.andr...@safeway.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 21, 2011 8:51 AM > > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Calendar Invite disappears after a month when not acted > upon**** > > ** ** > > ROFL – was thinking along those lines myself.**** > > ** ** > > He can always accept as tentative if he really can’t decide – or doesn’t > want to commit.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 20, 2011 9:48 PM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Calendar Invite disappears after a month when not acted > upon**** > > ** ** > > LOL... Requires a minor rewrite of my favorite:**** > > ** ** > > Patient: Dr. Dr., it hurts when I don't do this. **** > > Dr. MBS: Do that!**** > > ** ** > > Carl**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 20, 2011 10:41 PM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Calendar Invite disappears after a month when not acted > upon**** > > ** ** > > Isn’t it obvious?**** > > ** ** > > Accept requests if you are going to the meetings. Reject them if not.**** > > ** ** > > D’oh!**** > > ** ** > > Regards,**** > > ** ** > > Michael B. Smith**** > > Consultant and Exchange MVP**** > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Alice Goodman [mailto:ali...@mckinstry.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 20, 2011 10:33 PM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Calendar Invite disappears after a month when not acted upon*** > * > > ** ** > > Environment:**** > > Exchange 2003 / 2010 co-existence**** > > **** > > Users: Sender of calendar invite on E2010 and receiver on E2003.**** > > **** > > We had someone invite our CEO to a meeting. It showed as tentative which is > to be expected. The invite was about a month ago, and was never accepted, > but he knew it was there as a ‘placeholder’. Then one day last week it > disappeared from his calendar. Per his side, This seems to happen when he > hasn’t accepted them for an undetermined amount of time. It happened today > with a meeting that he was invited to over a month ago. **** > > **** > > What I have checked and gone over with the folks who access his calendar:* > *** > > **** > > 1 – See who has delegate access to Dean’s calendar. We removed all > permissions for delegates to approve meeting requests from his calendar for > this very reason. **** > > **** > > 2 – if someone is a delegate and does not ACT on a calendar event, if they > delete it, that will remove it from his calendar. They need to set up a > folder called “CEO Requests” and just move the calendar request to that for > now. This has been true for as long as I have managed calendars but I am > hoping to see a change in 2010.**** > > **** > > 3 – Simply do NOT DELETE any calendar requests as the LAST ACTION taken is > what gets recorded.. even if he has already accepted it. **** > > **** > > **** > > Is there a setting that removes an item as tentative from a calendar on a > certain date (or something)?????? I checked whether it was sent with an > expiration and it wasn’t. I’m really not sure why this is happening as I’ve > managed others calendars for many years and never seen the problems we > encounter with this one CEO’s mailbox. **** > > **** > > I would love suggestions to make this more stable. **** > > > Thanks,**** > > Alice**** > > **** > > **** > > Alice Goodman, MCSE, LEED AP **** > > P 206.832.8295 | C 206.427.7760 | F 206.658.1797**** > > Sr. Exchange Administrator**** > > **** > > *McKINSTRY** FOR THE LIFE OF YOUR BUILDING* **** > > Consulting | Construction | Energy | Facility Services**** > > **** > > www.mckinstry.com**** > > **** > > **** > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist**** > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist**** > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
