Meetings Management 2.0

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Intro

The Meeting Management Project (MMP) focuses on developing an updated web application for managing meetings. The key improvements include:

Implementing a revamped meeting management web application;
Upgrading the room booking and pre-booking features;
Replacing the meeting calendar functions currently offered by the DS legacy web application.

A detailed list of main features is presented in the table below:

Feature	Description	Main Benefits
Next gen, intuitive UI	The new intuitive, user-centred interface for the meeting management module provides a seamless user experience to schedule meetings and navigate the meeting list and room allocation.	Ease of use Time saving
Wizard including progression tracker	A step-by-step guide (4 steps maximum) allows meeting creators to easily schedule meetings and ensure all required information is compiled in the same place.	Ease of use Error reduction
Summary page	The summary page, i.e. the last step of the meeting creation process, provides a comprehensive view of all meeting details before publishing and allows to update/adjust any parameter easily.	Ease of use Empowered meeting creator
Cloning meetings	The clone feature allows to duplicate an existing/previous meeting in one click directly from the meeting list. Only new information (such as date/time) will need to be updated.	Ease of use Time saving Empowered meeting creator
Enhanced management of contributions	Single location to manage ETSI and 3GPP contributions settings: contributions can be defined directly from the meeting creation interface and at meeting creation time with direct links to allocation management and reservation of block of contributions.	Ease of use Time saving Empowered meeting creator
Synchronization meeting types & bodies	Only the relevant meeting types to the concerned bodies are displayed.	Ease of use Error reduction
Events and sub-events	Sub-events can be configured under one global event, allowing individual registration for each sub-event.	Ease of use Time saving Enhanced delegate experience
Possibility for external / non-EoL users to register for certain meeting types	TB/ISG Open Sessions can be open for self-registration of external / non EoL users. The Open Sessions will be displayed in the same section of the ETSI portal as other concerned TB/ISG meetings. There is no need to use “type = workshop” anymore.	Ease of use Time saving Empowered meeting creator Enhanced delegate experience
Advanced features for meeting administrators	With the new version, the meeting creators can now: Save meeting(s) as a draft, including meeting room booking, without publishing it/them Cancel a meeting after the scheduled date without asking Meeting Support for help (the meeting will appear as “Cancelled” in the ETSI portal)	Time saving Empowered meeting creator
Independent management of online and F2F registration	For hybrid meetings, different dates can be defined for online and F2F registration. F2F registration can be closed without impacting online registration.	Time saving Empowered meeting creator Enhanced delegate experience
Enhanced room allocation calendar view	Day/Week/Month view of ETSI Premises room allocation provides a clear and comprehensive overview of room usage and availability, including current pre-booked and booked rooms.	Time saving Empowered meeting creator
Enhanced meeting list with advanced search / filter options	It is easier to search, sort and filter meetings using the meeting list.	Ease of use Time saving
Advanced room reservation module for ETSI premises	This embedded module streamlines and enhances the process of booking meeting rooms in ETSI: by providing smart recommendations based on needs and room availability by offering instant/real-time booking if recommended resources are booked by supporting room pre-booking even if the meeting is saved as a draft by generating an automated ticket to the ETSI Helpdesk when equipment is required	Ease of use Time saving Empowered meeting creator
Enhanced room allocation management	The room administrators do not need the DS desktop application anymore to handle room allocation, all actions can be done seamlessly directly from the Meeting Management module.	Ease of use Time saving
Usability enhancements	The theme used is WCAG 2.1 AA compliant.	Inclusiveness

Disclaimer

As the application evolves, please note that the content/videos/screenshots presented on this help page might differ from the current version of the application. We are doing our best to keep this page up to date.
All details displayed on the screenshots/videos are from a testing environment, so please consider them as dummy data.
The menu and options shown could differ depending on user rights.

Access rights

Meeting management application is accessible using an EOL account.

There are 3 different profiles:

Meeting administrators => ETSI Staff, access is not limited depending on Bodies (with few exceptions);
Super-users
- Body Officials (Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Acting Chair, Convenor). In case of Joint meeting, only the Body Officials of the "master"/parent Bodies (i.e., the Body to which the meeting was primarily attached at Meeting creation) are part of the Meeting Super-users group.
- Rapporteurs (active work items' rapporteurs are allowed to create and manage specific type of meetings for their specific groups)
Room Administrators => ETSI Staff members who are part of the Events (EVE) meeting support team + ITC team.

Fig 1 - Access rights table

Meeting category - type matrix

Depending on Meeting category and Body (if it is the case) the user has the possibility to decide what type of meeting to create.

Fig 2 - Meeting category - Meeting type matrix

Meeting statuses

Fig 3 - Meeting statuses diagram

UNSAVED = this value is displayed in the meeting creation screen, when the user is starting the creation process, but it has not yet saved any information (it has not yet pressed the “save as draft” button). The value indicates to the user that no information is saved yet in the data base, therefore once the user is quitting the page/closing the browser, the information will be lost. The meeting is not yet displayed in the meeting calendar.

DRAFT = this meeting status is indicating that the “save as draft” button has been saved at least once during the creation process. To be sure that the most recent information added has been saved, the user should press the “save as draft” button. The meeting is not yet displayed in the meeting calendar.

PRECONFIRMED = the user has finished the creation and has pressed the “Publish” button, but the meeting cannot be published until the EVE team is approving the room request. The meeting is not yet displayed in the meeting calendar.

CONFIRMED = the user has finished the creation and has pressed the “Publish” button. All conditions are met for the system to automatically confirm the meeting creation (and room allocation if it is the case). The meeting is displayed in the meeting calendar (unless it has been marked as hidden).

FINALIZED = the end date/time of the meeting is in the past. The meeting is displayed in the meeting calendar (unless it has been marked as hidden).

CANCELLED = the meeting has been cancelled after being Confirmed.

Room statuses

Fig 4 - Room statuses diagram

AVAILABLE = a room for which there are no reservations or requests between a specific start/end date/time.

PREBOOKED = when the user is choosing an available and recommended room and saves the meeting as draft.

BOOKED = when the user is publishing a meeting for which it selected an available and recommended room.

PENDING = when the user is choosing an available, but not recommended room, and it press the Publish button. The meeting will not be published until the EVE team will review the room request. If the EVE team approve the room request, the status of the room becomes Booked. In case EVE team denies the room request, the room status becomes Available.

Fig 5 - Meeting support Room request process

Room recommendations matrix

When the meeting is organized on ETSI Premises, the system is recommending a list of meeting rooms, depending on availability and room capacity. Below is the matrix that indicates which meeting room could be displayed as "Available & Recommended" depending on its capacity (marked in this table with "x" and light blue background) and which meeting rooms will be displayed as "Available" (marked in this table with dark blue background).

Fig 6 - Room recommendations matrix

For more details, please see the legend below:

Fig 7 - legend for Room recommendations matrix

Create a meeting

For starting the creation of a new meeting, there are multiple options:

- go to https://portal.etsi.org/meetings-management/#/

- if you the user is already on the meetings management administration page (https://portal.etsi.org/meetings-management/#/admin/list), by clicking on "Create meeting" button:

Fig 8 - Meetings management application main menu

- from the ETSI Portal -> Meeting calendar, by clicking on "New meeting"

After clicking on 'Create meeting' button on the top-left corner, the user is redirected to the 1st step of meeting creation’s form:

Meeting details

On Meeting Details page, the user must fill in the mandatory fields (marked with *):

Meeting Category
Meeting type
Start & End dates
Presence types allowed
Generated Meeting reference
Meeting contacts
Registration start

All the fields and drop-down options not marked with a * are considered optional.

(Some mandatory fields might be prefilled, but the user can still edit them).

Once all the mandatory fields are filled in (and some optional, depending on the user‘s needs), the user has 2 options to continue at the bottom of the Meeting details screen:

either click on the ‘Save as draft’ button – this will save your meeting as a draft;
Or click the button ‘Next step’ to go to the next step

Useful tip:

Hover over your mouse on an input field, little tooltip appears, providing you with essential info or guidance:

Below is a short demo video covering the 1st step of Meeting creation:

Room allocation

‘Room allocation’ is the 2nd step of the meeting creation process. The user can proceed to the room allocation after they complete the ‘Meeting Details’ step:

If the meeting being created is taking place at ETSI premises, the user will see the following screen :

The user needs to fill in all the necessary fields marked * about the desired meeting room:

Start & End booking date/time and Room capacity needed are prefilled from the previous step; the user can edit the information upon the needs;
The user can request here special IT equipment they need for the meeting or any other requirements (like whiteboards, post-its, etc):

There is an option to add more rooms to the meeting – pressing the green plus button below meeting room #N. When pressed, Meeting Room #N appears and "Start & End booking date/time" and "Room capacity needed" are mandatory to fill in.

On the right side of the screen, there is a Room selector that offers the possibility to choose the room for the meeting. The best suitable options will be marked as ‘Available and ‘Recommended’:

To preview the room, the user must click on the blue text ‘Preview room’ under the room name in the room selector, that will lead them to the pictures of the room:

File:MMPv2 Room allocation 7.png

The user must select the desired room by clicking on it on the room selector:

The Room becomes highlighted
Meeting Room #N label changes from ‘To complete’ to ‘Completed’

The user can proceed to the next step, go back to the previous step or save the meeting as a draft.

If the meeting being created is NOT taking place at ETSI premises, at the 2nd step ‘Room Allocation’ , the user will see the following message on the screen:

From this screen, the user is able to go back to ‘previous step’, continue with meeting creation choosing ‘next step’ button or opt for ‘save meeting as a draft’.

Payment settings

Contribution settings

Contributions is the 4th step of meeting creation process.

Once on the Contributions screen, the user may opt for allowing contributions to a meeting simply by switching ‘Switch on if you allow contributions’ on:

Once the switch is on, the user must fill in the mandatory (marked with *) Contribution allocation fields:
Contribution reservation start
Contribution reservation end
Contribution upload end
Meeting prefix

Once all mandatory Contribution settings are defined, the user can continue to the next step, go back to the previous step or save the meeting as a draft. (Some mandatory fields might be prefilled, but the user can still edit them).

Summary

The last step of meeting creation process is the Display of the meeting's summary:
All the meeting details (all the field labels and values chosen) are summarized inside a collapsible/expandable section, divided into groups (which correspond to the previous steps:

SCREENSHOT

A complementary print-to-PDF option “Print to PDF” appears below the meeting details section:

A “Save as draft” button is shown, at the bottom centre-left, allowing the user to save the changes in the database, but without making the meeting public. The meeting is saved in status "DRAFT".
At the bottom of the Summary screen, there are several action buttons. The user can go back to the previous step, save the meeting as a draft, publish the meeting or delete the meeting:

Update meeting

Clone meeting

Cancel meeting

Delete meeting

View meeting list

View Room allocation (for all users)

Any meeting creator has the possibility to access the Room allocation screen and see the full list of meeting rooms (+ capacities) and the reservations that are already done.

By default, the weekly view on the current date is displayed. The user is able to:

- change the weekly view by choosing the day view or the monthly view;

- navigate in the past or in the future using the left/right arrows and press the "Today" button to see the current date;

- filter by meeting room status (see Room statuses for more details)

Email notifications

Notification topic	Send	Details
Meeting created (saved as draft)	TO: meeting creator	One-time notification about successful meeting saved as draft. It will be send only for the first "Save as draft" action.
Meeting published	TO: meeting creator CC: meetings@etsi.org (if ETSI Premises)	One-time notification about successful meeting publication
Answer to your room requested for meeting	TO: meeting creator CC: meetings@etsi.org	When meeting room booking has been approved.
Change to your room requested for meeting	TO: meeting creator CC: meetings@etsi.org	When meeting room booking has been updated.
ETSI rooms pre-booking reminder	TO: meeting creator CC: meetings@etsi.org	Several reminders when meeting status = “Draft” and has at least one ETSI room request in status “prebooked”.
Maximum room capacity reached	TO: meeting creator CC: meetings@etsi.org	When the meeting room allocated to the meeting has almost reached the maximum capacity.
Meeting updates	TO: meeting creator CC: meetings@etsi.org (if ETSI Premises)	Updates taken into account: start & end dates, time, location, presence type, allocated meeting room.
Meeting canceled	TO: meeting creator CC: meetings@etsi.org (if ETSI Premises)	When a meeting is canceled. If ETSI Premises any room that was prebooked or booked will be now automatically released.

Notification topic	Send	Details
Non-recommended room requested for meeting	TO: meetings@etsi.org CC: meeting creator	When the selected room is not marked as “Recommended” and the user clicks "Save as draft" or “Publish meeting”.
List of local meetings without room request	TO: meetings@etsi.org	List of local meetings without room request, with start date less than 1 month. Notification to be sent each Monday.
Notification to Meeting support for Other requirements	TO: meetings@etsi.org CC: meeting creator	Once the field "Other requirements" from the "Room allocation" screen is filled in and the meeting is published, a notification will be sent to the Meeting support team and cc'd to the meeting creator.
Meeting update @registered participant	TO: registered participant	Updates taken into account: start & end dates, time, location, presence type.
Meeting canceled @registered participant	TO: registered participant	When a meeting is canceled.
Notification to IT for IT equipment	TO: helpdesk@etsi.org CC: meeting creator	Once the field "IT equipment" from the "Room allocation" screen is filled in and the meeting is published, a notification will be sent to the Helpdesk team and cc'd to the meeting creator.

Room allocation validation (Meeting Support team)