Vancouver, British Columbia, September 23, 2002 - Getting busy people together can be a time consuming and sometimes seemingly impossible task. Meeting Manager is an enterprise level web application that allows you to quickly and efficiently arrange face to face meetings, telephone conferences and other real or virtual gatherings. Focusing on business meetings involving four or more people, Meeting Manager dramatically reduces the time and effort it takes to arrange meetings.

A simple step by step process enables you to quickly select your participants and venue, choose from as many possible meeting times as is necessary, and send meeting invitations which include maps and files and allows your participants to interactively select their available times. Your own set of tools allows you to view who has replied, send reminders to those who haven't, and instantly determine the best possible time for your meeting. The advanced tools include the ability to set quorum, set up groups, share information with other Meeting Manager account holders and import contacts from your e-mail program. You can choose from a selection of invitation templates or even fully customize your invitations to your own corporate identity using the Meeting Manager Style Wizard. These browser-based tools are ideal for organizations that expend time and resources playing telephone tag trying to synchronize busy schedules.

QuorumSoft's President, Matthew Lane says of Meeting Manager: "This concept for Meeting Manager came about following a request from an admin assistant in an executive office who said that she spent 45% of her day trying to arrange meetings that everyone could make, could I find her an application which could help but won't cost a fortune? We actually found a number of simple scheduling applications, many of which were free, but none of them were appropriate for use in a business environment. One simply can't invite the Director or President to a meeting using an invitation that is covered in banner advertising and trivia questions! So, we set out to create a fully customizable business tool which would run over the web, and significantly reduce the time and effort required to arrange meetings".


Key Features
    Save time by eliminating constant emailing and telephone tag
    Designed for business users in an advertising and banner free environment
    Completely online, no downloads required
    Accessible to anyone with e-mail and a browser
    Ability to send invitations from someone else (alias)
    Ability to prioritize the invitation list
    Create your own meeting venue database with directions
    Simple response process for invitees to RSVP
    At a glance tracking of replies and invitee comments
    Instantly determine the best meeting time
    Ability to set Quorum
    Confirmation of meeting sent to participants
    Participants are able to request meeting reminders
    Import contact list from Outlook , Outlook Express, Palm Desktop 3.01 or Eudora
    Option to share your contact, meeting and venue database list with others
    Optional customized invitation templates
    Guest accounts available
    Annual and monthly payment options by check or credit card
    Purchase individual or multiple accounts for you and your organization


Availability
Meeting Manager is available immediately. We invite you to sign up for a free 30 day trial Meeting Manager account at www.meetingmanager.com. If you require any further information, please contact one of our Support Specialists at (866)230-2399 or via email at info@meetingmanager.com


About QuorumSoft Inc
Meeting Manager is a trade name of QuorumSoft Inc., which is substantially owned, developed and operated by RIPE B2B Inc., in partnership with the University of British Columbia.