named programs · 4 · from sources
What they call their work
CalConnect Conferences
Biannual or triannual events featuring interoperability testing, working sessions, and technical discussions to advance collaboration standards.
Interoperability Testing
Opportunities for members to test calendaring and scheduling implementations across platforms to ensure compliance with open standards.
Standards Development
Creation and publication of specifications and standards, often in collaboration with or submission to international standards bodies like ISO and OASIS.
Technical Committees
Member-driven committees focused on developing and improving calendaring and scheduling standards, each with a defined charter and timeframe.
activities · 5 groups
What they do
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Professional Development and Standards in Marketing and Communications 3 activities
- Advocacy and coordination with external standards organizationsPromotes adoption of calendaring and scheduling standards through collaboration with external bodies such as IETF and OASIS, contributing to specifications including RFC 5545, CalDAV, CardDAV, vCard 4.0, and iSchedule.
- Creation of developer resources and implementation guidesProduces practical documentation and tools to support implementation of calendaring standards, including developer guides for iCalendar, CalDAV, CardDAV, and jsCalendar, updated to align with modern design standards and shared technical infrastructure.
- Facilitation of technical collaboration through committees and working groupsOperates Technical Committees composed of member organizations to drive standards development, set agendas, and coordinate collaboration among developers, vendors, and users of calendaring technologies. Includes bi-weekly calls and coordination of sub-calendars for individual groups.
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Industry Standards Development and Management 1 activity
- Development and publication of calendaring and scheduling standardsDevelops technical specifications and standards for calendaring and scheduling systems, including extensions to iCalendar, CalDAV, iTIP, vCard, and related protocols. Completed standards are made publicly available on the organization’s website or submitted to external standards bodies for formal adoption.
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Organizational Governance & Leadership Development 1 activity
- Internal governance and operational coordinationConducts quarterly board meetings and bi-weekly strategic planning calls; maintains master and event-specific calendars to coordinate ongoing activities across committees and conferences.
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Professional Networking Events 1 activity
- Organization of technical conferences and interoperability testing eventsHolds 2–3 annual technical conferences featuring working sessions, presentations, and on-site interoperability testing for calendaring and scheduling systems. Events include both in-person and virtual formats, with dedicated calendars and schedules maintained for participants.
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Uncategorized 2 activities
- Improvement of technical infrastructure for document publishingOptimized continuous integration (CI) build processes for technical documentation, reducing build times from over 30 minutes to under 2 minutes by leveraging pre-built artifacts from GitHub Releases.
- Maintenance and dissemination of technical documentation and standards repositoryManages the official repository for CalConnect deliverables, including standards, specifications, reports, and directives. Provides free public access to published documents, with a redesigned Standards Registry to improve usability and discovery.
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financials · form 990EZ · fy2024
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Total revenue$41K
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Total expenses$32K
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Total assets$52K
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Net assets$49K
3 years on record · 2020–2024 · YoY revenue -2.1%
relationships · 50
Who they work with
- 1&1 Partner — Hosted a CalConnect event in Karlsruhe, Germany
- AOL Partner — Hosted a CalConnect event in Palo Alto, California
- Apple, Inc. Partner — Hosted CalConnect events in Cupertino, California
- Bedework Commercial Services Partner — Michael Douglass, Technical Architect and Executive Director of CalConnect, is affiliated with Bedework Commercial Services.
- Carnegie Mellon University Partner — Hosted a CalConnect event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Cronofy Partner — Hosted a CalConnect event in Nottingham, United Kingdom
- DHL Partner — Hosted a CalConnect event in Prague, Czech Republic
- Elie Roux Partner — Individual member supporting CalConnect's mission and activities.
- FastMail Partner — Hosted a CalConnect event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- FastMail Partner — Ken Murchison, Chair of the Technical Coordination Committee at CalConnect, is affiliated with FastMail.
- Gershon Janssen Partner — Hosted a CalConnect event in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Gershon Janssen Partner — Individual member supporting CalConnect's mission and activities.
- GitHub Partner — Hosts pre-built document artifacts used in the Standards Registry's CI pipeline.
- GitHub Partner — Hosts the CalConnect Developer's Guide repository to enable public contributions and version-controlled documentation updates.
- Google Partner — Hosted multiple CalConnect events in Zürich, Switzerland
- IBM/Lotus Partner — Hosted a CalConnect event in Littleton, Massachusetts
- IETF Partner — Builds upon standards work initiated by the Internet Engineering Task Force in the 1990s and early 2000s.
- IETF Partner — Collaborated on standards including CalDAV, RFC 5545, and iSchedule.
- IETF CALSCH Network — Founding board members of CalConnect were also involved with IETF CALSCH, a working group developing interoperable standards.
- ISO Partner — Liaises with the International Organization for Standardization on calendaring and scheduling standards.
- ISO/IEC Technical Committees Partner — Maintains active liaisons and works on joint projects with ISO/IEC Technical Committees.
- Kerio Technologies Partner — Hosted CalConnect events in San Jose, California and Prague, Czech Republic
- Kerio Technologies Partner — Hosted the CalConnect XXXII Tenth Anniversary Meeting.
- Microsoft Partner — Hosted a CalConnect event in Redmond, Washington
- Mozilla Partner — Hosted a CalConnect event in San Francisco, California
- NASA Ames Partner — Hosted a CalConnect event in Mountain View, California
- OASIS Partner — Collaborates with OASIS on standards development and co-publication efforts.
- OASIS Partner — Cooperated on calendaring web services, XML and JSON representations of iCalendar, and vCard 4.0.
- OGCIO Partner — Co-hosted CalConnect events in Hong Kong
- Oath Partner — Hosted a CalConnect event in Sunnyvale, California
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strategies · 3
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Collaborative Standards Developmentmethodology: collaborative_standards_developmentBy fostering collaboration among competing vendors, developers, and users through a culture of collegial cooperation, the organization advances interoperable calendaring and scheduling standards because shared technical progress improves products and expands market opportunities for all participants.
- Meritocratic and Community-Driven Governancemethodology: meritocratic_governanceBy operating as a meritocracy and encouraging community-driven contributions, the organization lowers barriers to participation and innovation because leadership based on contribution quality—not affiliation—fosters broader engagement and technical excellence.
- User-Centered Standards Designmethodology: client-centered standards developmentBy prioritizing end-user needs in standards development—convening developers and stakeholders around real client use cases—the organization ensures adoption and usability because standards grounded in actual user behavior are more likely to be implemented and sustained.