[OGo-Users] Informational Appointments / Dates

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> we've got a probably stupid newbie question regarding informational  
> dates. Most of our users subscribe to their iCal overview calendars  
> from Korganizer, Apple iCal and Thunderbird, which is perfect for  
> usual appointments. However, there are several informational dates  
> that we would like to share. For example days when the office is  
> closed, dates of conferences, semester holidays, etc. The question is  
> now, how to manage this kind of dates. We have found two "solutions"  
> that both are not 100% satisfactory:
> a) Enter no one as a participant and set the read-access to 'news- 
> editors' (never understood where this group is for) -> this is  

The "news editors" team is a really a role;  members of the "news
editors" team can create/modify/delete news articles.  News is an
application in the WebUI that operates like a [very] primitive Wiki.

> b) Enter "all intranet" as a participant. In this case, all  
> subscribers see the date in their personal overview calendars.  
> However, this interferes with free-busy lists.

Have you tried adding "all intranet" with a role of non-participant
(info only)?  That seems to be exactly what you are looking for.  But I
haven't tested its effect on free/busy;  if it doesn't work you should
file a bug report.

> c) Create a dummy users "dates", set him as participant and let  
> everybody subscribe to "his" personal overview calendar in addition to  
> theirs. Works but doesn't feel good :-)

Yep, this is one of the limitations of iCals multi-calendar approach,
it does kind of suck.

> Is there a more sensible solution?