Set availability without connecting a calendar
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Tom Good
I have recently signed up to be a mentor but can't actually use the service as the calendar connection is a required set. Currently I don't use Google Calendar and my Outlook is tied to a locked work system.
Need a way to set availability without connecting a calendar, and / or provide additional calendar connections.
Currently this is a blocker in the experience and I can't move forwards until this is fixed.
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Steve Messer
I don't use Google or Outlook either, so being able to set availability without connecting a calendar is essential.
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Mitch Ginsburg
+1 to this. It's not even just access to edit the current calendar, but access to "See, edit, share, and permanently delete all the calendars you can access using Google Calendar." That feels highly unnecessary. I'm not even a privacy freak, but this concerns me. What if ADPList inadvertently introduces a bug that wipes all of my calendars associated with Google? Even if that's highly unlikely, feels like an unnecessary risk for me to take.
I'm not a developer, but I can't see why they don't just use the "read only" API endpoint to see availability on people's, and then send a separate meeting invite. See, edit, share, and permanently delete all the calendars you can access using Google Calendar.
More info on the different API permissions here: https://developers.google.com/calendar/api/auth
I'm a new mentor and am excited to get started, but until this is resolved, I do not feel comfortable connecting my calendar. And unfortunately, that's the only way for me to participate as of now.
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Wes Nderi
Merged in a post:
Allow generic calendar feature
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Amir Ansari
For those who don't want to connect their personal calendar or feel uncomfortable with the security access given to ADPList re their calendar, it would be good to have a generic calendar feature for mentees to book and simply provide a notification to the mentors re the time/date.
Aditya Mba
Agreed to it, or we can integrate with calendly