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News Archive 2017

News from 2017

2017-01-16

Only four weeks to CalConnect XXXVIII at University of California Irvine

It’s now only four weeks until CalConnect XXXVIII at UC Irvine - and two weeks until early registration closes and the registration fee increases.

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2017-01-24

Meet Cronofy

How did Cronofy start? Cronofy, like many companies, was born out of the frustration of one of the founders. Adam (Bird), perpetually annoyed that managing...

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2017-01-30

What is Calendar spam?

Around last year’s Black Friday calendar spam was bothering many users of Apple’s iCloud as well as other mail providers e.g. mail.com, as a wave...

General information Special focus The world of calendaring
2017-02-15

An Ode to WebDAV, CalDAV and CardDAV

HostingAdvice.com has just published an excellent feature on the origins and evolution of WebDAV, CalDAV and CardDAV, and the activites and work of webdav.org, and...

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2017-03-03

Gary Schwartz Eighth Recipient of CalConnect Distingushed Service Award

Last month at CalConnect XXXVIII, at the University of California, Irvine, Gary Schwartz of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute became the eighth recipient of the CalConnect Distinguished...

Announcements Special focus The world of calendaring
2017-03-10

From Our President CalConnect XXXVIII in Irvine, California

This was the second time that the University of California, Irvine hosted a CalConnect event. UCI stipulates on its website 'We believe that true progress...

Current events General information The world of calendaring
2017-04-12

Registration is now open for CalConnect XXXIX Seattle, Washington, June 12-16, 2017, hosted by Tandem

The CalConnect XXXIX web page is located at link:/events/calconnect-xxxix-june-12-16-2017 and contains lodging information, airport and transfer information, meeting venue, international travel information, etc.

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2017-06-12

CalConnect to submit New Work Item Proposal to ISO/TC 211

CalConnect, which is working on extensions to the vCard standard used for digital contact exchange, has been invited by ISO/TC 211 to submit a NWIP...

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2017-06-29

CalConnect XXXIX in Seattle, Washington

CalConnect XXXIX in Seattle, Washington

Current events General information The world of calendaring
2017-07-12

EGroupware Joins CalConnect

CalConnect welcomes EGroupware GmbH as a member of the consortium. EGroupware, based in Kaiserslautern, Germany, is an open source groupware which contains a CalDAV and...

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2017-07-20

Registration is now open for CalConnect XL Cologne, Germany, September 25-29, 2017, hosted by Open-Xchange

The CalConnect XL web page is located at link:/events/calconnect-xl-september-25-29-2017 and contains lodging information, airport and transfer information, meeting venue, international travel information, etc.

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2017-07-24

Ronald Tse of Ribose New CalConnect Director

Calconnect is very pleased to announce that Mr. Ronald Tse, CEO of Ribose has been elected a Director of The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium Inc....

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2017-09-18

Oath Joins CalConnect

CalConnect welcomes Oath LLC as a member of the Consortium. Oath, based in New York City, is a Verizon company formed from AOL and several...

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2017-09-27

Mimi Mugler; An Appreciation

Stop me before I volunteer again should have been on Mimi’s University of California business card, but instead, it was on a napkin she provided...

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2017-11-10

CalConnect XL hosted by Open-Xchange in Cologne Germany

This year’s European conference was hosted by Open-Xchange. If you are unfamiliar with Open-Xchange, its mission is to deliver the integrated, open-source stack for messaging,...

Current events The world of calendaring
2017-11-15

Registration is now open for CalConnect XLI in Sunnyvale, California, January 29 - February 2, 2018, hosted by Oath

The CalConnect XLI web page is located at link:/events/calconnect-xli-winter-2018 and contains lodging information, airport and transfer information, meeting venue, etc.

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2017-12-26

What FastMail is up to at CalConnect

FastMail joined CalConnect three years ago to become involved with and to help shape and improve Calendaring. They have been consistently active and one of...

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