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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't have an assistant and I usually send my own calendar invites, but on the rare occasion I forget to I feel responsible if the meeting fails to occur. That's probably silly but I do.

I also often just send an invite as my response to an email ask rather than respond to the email then send a calendar invite. That's gotten me into trouble because people expect an email response and miss the calendar invite - it's frustrating. [b]My situation is tricky because I'm an academic, so I am constantly setting times with students and the power dynamic is strange, and they also aren't super accustomed to professionalism. [/b]

I've taken to openly asking people to send me an invite, especially if it was their invitation -- students, colleagues, higher-ups sometimes -- "thanks, we'll meet Thursday at 10. Can you please send me a calendar invite?" That at least clears up the confusion if it never comes, and then I do not feel responsible. [/quote]

The last student I met with initially proposed meeting times between 5 and 10 pm on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.  It is certainly possible she was in a different time zone, but she offered no explanation for the weird time.  (We ultimately met during business hours.)

Similar approach, although I usually send an invite AND respond to the email because some people at my academic institution are really just not good about calendaring.  [/quote]

It's so annoying when people don't include the time zones in their emails regarding scheduling.  I make it a habit to always specify the time zones of the slots I'm offering, and if I know someone is in a different time zone, I also include theirs (but sometimes you don't really know what time zone people are in) - like "5:00 pm ET/2:00 pm PT".  [/quote]

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