ICal - Exchange - Google sync : losing ownership of appointments

I have two computers - one for work and one at home. I manage my calendars in Outlook on my work machine and in iCal on my home Mac. In order to see my calendar on my iPhone, I sync my outlook calendar with my google calendar using Google Calendar sync. (My work doesn't provide direct connection to Exchange on iPhone.)
The problem I'm having is whenever I sync calendars in iCal with the Exchange server, I lose control of the appointment. After the sync, it treats the appointment as though I'm an invitee only - I cannot add attendees or change an appointment attribute. I call a lot of meetings and they frequently change. Every time this happens, I have to e-mail the attendees and have them manually edit the appointment and have our receptionist fix the room scheduling. Major hassle!
Anyone else have this issue? If so, how did you resolve it? Or, is there a better way to accomplish an Outlook - iCal - Google calendar sync?

I have two computers - one for work and one at home. I manage my calendars in Outlook on my work machine and in iCal on my home Mac. In order to see my calendar on my iPhone, I sync my outlook calendar with my google calendar using Google Calendar sync. (My work doesn't provide direct connection to Exchange on iPhone.)
The problem I'm having is whenever I sync calendars in iCal with the Exchange server, I lose control of the appointment. After the sync, it treats the appointment as though I'm an invitee only - I cannot add attendees or change an appointment attribute. I call a lot of meetings and they frequently change. Every time this happens, I have to e-mail the attendees and have them manually edit the appointment and have our receptionist fix the room scheduling. Major hassle!
Anyone else have this issue? If so, how did you resolve it? Or, is there a better way to accomplish an Outlook - iCal - Google calendar sync?

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