Sharing calendars in a small workgroup, basic set up questions

I am getting no where with the new leopard server and ical server.
we have an all mac office, new leopard server and are trying to make the ical server work so that users on the network can see and share each others calendars. the level of documentation i have found so far is disturbingly weak ... this can't be this difficult. Has anyone found a basic ... step by step how to use ical server to enable sharing.
I have managed to publish a calander and view it from another machine ... what i haven't been able to figure out is how someone else might add to that calendar.

there are a few ways to do this.
A. manage it on the server
1. Assuming a bunch of users who are all members of a "staff" or other main group, setup the personal cal accounts in iCal client.
2. On the server, setup a separate group calendar account in iCal in order to delegate individual access to it.
3. Add users as delegates, one by one. Repeat until your clicky finger aches.
4. Stop/start calendar services.
5. Check the box to show the calendar on the client side. Clients should have access to the group calendar now.
B. use a resource calendar to avoid having to delegate manually
1. On the server or any machine bound to OD, create a new resource via Directory.app.
2. Plug in all the details on the info tab.
3. Under the scheduling tab, check the "reservable" and "auto-accept invitations" boxes. Make sure the calendar server is listed there, too.
4. Add "staff" -- or whatever OD group -- as the delegate.
5. Stop/start calendar services.
6. Check the box to show the calendar on the client side.
C. add the group calendar separately for each client.
1. The URL for group calendars follows this format and needs to be added as a separate account (with same username/pass). Just change the URL to: http://serverFQDN:8008/principals/groups/nameofgroup/
2. Make sure to show the account (check the box), and you're done.
obviously, there are varying degrees of inconvenience in each of those techniques. adding one by one either on the server or the client sides is tedious. ical server is still very much "1.0," as far as i'm concerned.
the least tedious is the resource calendar method, though it may not be ideal for your use. it's not a hack, just a workaround to get the desired behavior.

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