Group Calendar: Forum Default vs Google Calendar

[cali-ti]

ok, so working with steven, we can now compare the default forum calendar and a google calendar for our group and see which way we want to go.

Forum Default: http://www.318ti.org/forum/calendar....r=2008&do=&c=4

Pluses:
-Hooked right into the Forum, no outside requirements
-Works with the Event RSVP thread tools

Minuses
-Have to manually sync to your own calendar if you have one (eg: i use google calendar and would need to create the events manually there)
-No automatic mapping functions (we could do this manually though)

Google Calendar: http://www.318ti.org/index.php?page=mhti

Pluses:
-if you use something like google calendar, you can add the whole calendar to yours and see all the events, nothing else to do! you could also add individual events.
-with additional tools, you can sync to your cell phone
-uses google maps to provide a map for the event

Minuses
-Not integral with forum software so it doesn't work directly with the RSVP event thread tools
-Need to add events outside the forum

so what do you prefer?