How can I stop iCal giving multiple event notifications?

Fellow iCal users,
I'm currently using iCal and MobileMe to share calendars with my wife and kids, very successfully to my surprise after years of not quite getting it set up right. But, I'm plagued by one very annoying behaviour when creating events using iCal on Mac OS X Lion (10.7.1) at least, as opposed to iOS devices, and can't seem to find a way to stop it.
We have the service set to email new and changed events to the appropriate users so that everyone is aware of additions to the calendars. But here is what happens :-
Create New Event  -  Everyone gets an email to say "New Event added"
Give Event a name  -  Everyone gets an email to say "Event updated"
Set a time for the Event  -  Everyone gets an email to say "Event updated"
Set the correct calendar for the Event  -  Everyone gets an email to say "Event updated"
So, in the 20 seconds it takes me to create and set the event, everyone get 4 emails as I'm doing so. Needless to say I'm doing this in one go, and not closing the event between operations. I can't see a logical reason why anyone would prefer such a behaviour, as opposed to a single email once all the parameters are set during the creation or modification of an event. I've trying changing the Preferences from "Push" to "Every X minutes", but that didn't make any difference.
Any thoughts or suggestions gratefully received.
Thanks,
Simon

I wish that I was replying with a solution. Alas, I am not. I am writing to commiserate. This issue is driving me and my husband (to whom all of the useless email notifications are being sent) completely bonkers.
Help! Anyone?
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