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[Bryce Harrington <613382@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I use google calendar as well (for work) and have a similar desire to
sync events from it into gtg.  I don't really look at google calendar
often, and most of my day is spent in gtg; I consequently lose track of
meetings and other events and so having corresponding tasks in gtg would
make it easier to stay on top of them.

Some use cases:

1.  Bill's company uses google calendar for scheduling meetings, however he prefers using gtg for organizing his time.
  a. When Bill receives a meeting request, a task appears in gtg for him to yes/no/maybe the meeting
  b. For each meeting Bill has agreed to attend, a reminder task is added to gtg for that day (or for the previous day if the meeting is in the morning).
  c. For each meeting, there is a task to attend the meeting.  This task is populated with the agenda and attendees.  Bill will also use this task for recording his own notes during the meeting, and for creating action items for himself.
  d. For recurring meetings, Bill wants to have a recurring task in gtg, rather than separate tasks for each meeting.

2. Cynthia uses gtg for keeping organized with her dog grooming business, and provides google calendar as one of several ways for customers to arrange appointments.
  a. When a customer requests an appointment in google calendar, the appointment gets registered as a task in Cynthia's gtg
  b. If a customer cancels or postpones an appointment, the task gets moved appropriately in Cynthia's gtg
  c. For each task generated for an appointment, the sync tool adds a tag with that customer's name.  This helps Cynthia keep track of her customers.  She can mine this data to see how frequently each of her repeat customers come, and then contact them if they don't reschedule when expected.

3. Dan uses google calendar as a way to track birthdays and special events with his vast network of friends and family.
  a. Dan wants to remember to take gifts for people's birthday parties.  The gtg sync tool helps him establish a task a week ahead of each party to remind him to get a gift.
  b. While all his friends are important, some are moreso than others, so he likes to organize them by tags:  @family, @extendedfamily, @buddies, @acquaintances.  This way he can give priority focus to close family and friends, and handle the rest as he has time.


** Changed in: gtg
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

** Changed in: gtg
       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed

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Sync GTG with Google Calendar
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Bug description:
It would be nice to be able to sync with Google Calendars and populate tasks using their APIs.