using resources

This may be a suggestion you may not want to try, but it is worth a shot. Have you considered using the "Meeting Request" option which is available in Outlook 2000? From here, the dominant user of that Mailbox can invite individual users or a pre-specified user list to request confirmation about attending a meeting in a certain conference room with all the details. This way, individual users can set their reminders and notifications as a certain meeting draws closer. You can also customize a New Meeting Request Window to fit your needs by going to Tools--Forms---Design This Form. This might be a better option if all you want to do is keep track of meetings and the users/people that will be attending them.

You can get to "New Meeeting Request" under File-->New in Outlook 2000.

Best of Luck!

Paul M. Chavez

I'm not sure I understand the first solution. What we're trying to do is to reserve the conference rooms which are set up on our main public calendar. We'd also like the reserved meetings to show a tally of people coming or not. For example, I want to schedule a meeting in the boardroom with Tom, joe and Jill. So I'd like to go to the main calender, pick my time and date, then invite Tom, Joe and Jill as required or optional attendees, and the boardroom as a resource. My hopes were that the boardroom would show up and if available, that time frame would now be reserved for my meeting. If not available, then the availability should show busy. Once the meeting is set up, I'd like to be able to go to that calendar item and see who has accepted/declined. Currently I get a message that the calendar is not my main calendar (it is a public one) so the responses won't be tallied. I thought this was all possible, but perhaps I am expecting too much? Thanks for all the help!

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