5. Goals and Activities of the Consortium

1. Promote Calendaring & Scheduling

   • Press releases

   • Media publications

   • Trade shows

   • Op ed pieces, articles and white papers

   • Trade shows and speaking opportunities

   • Regular Roundtables for members

2. Interoperability testing and certification

   • Periodic interoperability testing events

   • Promotional events and publicity to announce successful completion of testing

   • Analyze results and report findings to IETF or other relevant standards bodies on correctness and completeness of standards

   • Develop and implement independent test suites for interoperability conformance tests

   • Potential to eventually certify applications for interoperability and conformance to Calendaring & Scheduling standards

3. Promote design and deployment of standards and implementations

   • Feedback on existing standards on correctness and completeness

   • Requirements assessment and development for extensions to existing standards or new, complementary standards

   • Study and report needs of user community at large for standards and products

4. Promote collaboration among members

   • Promote inter-member collaboration to improve interoperability

   • Promote inter-member collaboration on instruction and training

   • Support inter-member efforts to define new areas for Calendaring and Scheduling

5. Support common goals of members

   • Member forum to establish and promote common goals for Calendaring and Scheduling products

   • Establish common messages of member community as basis for promotional materials and publicity on Calendaring and Scheduling

   • Possible annual conference

6. Develop a shared vision for the Calendaring and Scheduling community

   • Seek broad representation from vendors, academia, customers and the open source community

   • Sponsor roundtable discussions, online forums