1. A system for supporting meetings comprising: a freeform graphics system having a display for displaying graphic objects on a work surface, an input device for editing graphic objects on said work surface, and a graphics editing application defining a plurality of editing actions for editing graphic objects on said work surface using said input device, and meeting support objects having functionality for supporting a meeting objective, said meeting support objects defined by an object definition class, said object definition class comprising: a list of attributes and information as to how the attributes obtain a value; a set of action rules, each of said action rules capable of defining an editing action of said graphics editing application and a corresponding operation to be performed responsive to said editing action; and one or more layouts for indicating how an instance of said meeting support object is displayed as an icon on said work surface.
1. A system for supporting meetings comprising: a freeform graphics system having a display for displaying graphic objects on a work surface, an input device for editing graphic objects on said work surface, and a graphics editing application defining a plurality of editing actions for editing graphic objects on said work surface using said input device, and meeting support objects having functionality for supporting a meeting objective, said meeting support objects defined by an object definition class, said object definition class comprising: a list of attributes and information as to how the attributes obtain a value; a set of action rules, each of said action rules capable of defining an editing action of said graphics editing application and a corresponding operation to be performed responsive to said editing action; and one or more layouts for indicating how an instance of said meeting support object is displayed as an icon on said work surface. 10. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein said meeting objective is timekeeping and said list of attributes includes a time value.