On Jun 29, 11:09 am, Alain Vongsouvanh <[email protected]> wrote: > . Has the manager tried to change > the event's owner before removing himself from the event?
Thanks, Alain. Yes, it turns out that if a manager invites one or more workers to a meeting, then changes the ownership of that meeting to one of the workers, then removes himself from the meeting, and then saves the event, then the invite stays on the worker's calendar(s), and is removed from the manager's calendar. That's the kind of behavior I need, though it is a bit more complex a process than I would like. There is an issue though. The manager can only transfer ownership of an event to a worker who has given the manager "make changes to events" edit access to their calendar. I think that's the only way that the worker's calendar name will appear on the list of potential owners of the calendar, in the manager's event setup dialog window. However, the manager can invite anyone to the meeting that has an email address. So, if the manager wants to put a reminder of a task on on a worker's calendar who hasn't given the manager edit permission, the manager will not be able to move ownership of that task to the worker. The manager won't be able to remove themselves from the event without removing the event from all calendars. So the event will remain on both calendars. What is needed is a request/reminder function that will allow a manager to place a task or reminder on a worker's calendar, without requiring the manager to have edit rights to that calendar, and without having to go through all the steps to remove themselves from the event. What is needed is a second type of invite, perhaps called a request/reminder invite, which puts a task tentatively on one or more worker's calendar, without including the manager in the task. The process should generate email or SMS notifications of the new event to the worker, if the worker has those turned on. The task can still have the yes-maybe-no options, just like a meeting invite, which will notify the manager of the worker's acceptance of the task. It just won't include the manager in the task. Take another scenario. Suppose I want to remind my son that he needs to take out the trash every Thursday morning. I want to put a repeating task reminder on his calendar for that task. I would like to know that my son received the reminder, and accepted (or rejected) the task. I just don't want to be included in the task. Or, I want to remind a close friend that they had agreed to pick up a book that I had ordered at the bookstore, when they go to a book-signing event at the store on Tuesday morning. There are lots of examples of this request/reminder type of function. Enough that it probably needs to be a standard option in the Google calendar. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Calendar Data API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://code.google.com/apis/calendar/community/forum.html
