Invitations

Negotiations are necessary, but as Mimi pointed out they should not come up as rude, that is why I am calling it Invitations

Type of Groups that might be Invited to a meeting
I believe there are basically two types of groups and that depends on the organization. One that everybody is at basically the same level (Type 2) and the other that have Hierarchical Structure (Type 1. In Type 1 the Negotiation and Scheduling is usually easier since only the top levels decide and the others have to oblige (not sure this is the right word). On Type 2 The Negotiation and Scheduling is more intense, since most of them are at the same level or in a more democratic type of relationship.

A special case of Type 1 would be someone or a some small group of people that decide on when to hold an event (ie. company meeting or birthday party) and then send out an invitation to everybody. The only "negotation" (if you can even call it that), is people responding in some way to say whether they are coming or not (extract of Mimi Yin). This Type of Invitation does not need of Negotiation and Scheduling.

Possible GUI in Chandler: How to receive Invitations
A pulsing Icon would denote new invitations that have been received (1 or more) Clicking over it would display a drop down menu with the list of Invitations that are current (present and future) If they are ticked, that means that one has answered an invitation at least one time. If you select one, it would open a window displaying the invitation.

Invitation Window: Great Areas
Below you can see the greatest areas that would be involved in the window that displays n invitation and the possibilities that I envision necessary so as to interact.

Mimi rightfully sugested that next to the name of every invitee there should be an attribute that has one of the following three options:

• Yes
• No
• Maybe

The due date was meant as the last date that the meeting should take place.
Mimi understood at first that it could be a due date to answer an Invitation.
Certainly there should be some form of due date to answer an invitation.