Method of arranging supplemental meeting services

Within a calendaring system, a method of scheduling a meeting comprising:

• responsive to a request to schedule a meeting at a designated meeting time and with designated participants, prompting a requestor to schedule an associated electronic meeting;
• responsive to a request to schedule an electronic meeting, contacting an electronic meeting system and requesting electronic meeting information for an electronic meeting for the designated time from the electronic meeting system;
• determining that the electronic meeting system is not available and notifying the participants that the electronic meeting system has not been determined;
• repeatedly attempting to obtain information for the electronic meeting until the supplemental meeting service information is obtained or until a predetermined time prior to the meeting time, depending on which event occurs first;
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• if electronic meeting information is obtained from the electronic meeting system before the predetermined time prior to the designated time, notifying the participants of the meeting time, the electronic meeting, and the electronic meeting information.