diff --git a/SoObjects/SOGo/SOGoUser.m b/SoObjects/SOGo/SOGoUser.m
index 89d6b7f0e..db9b6dcbe 100644
--- a/SoObjects/SOGo/SOGoUser.m
+++ b/SoObjects/SOGo/SOGoUser.m
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ NSString *SOGoWeekStartFirstFullWeek = @"FirstFullWeek";
 {
   NSMutableArray *rolesForObject;
   NSArray *sogoRoles;
+  NSString *rqMethod;
 
   rolesForObject = [NSMutableArray new];
   [rolesForObject autorelease];
@@ -708,6 +709,11 @@ NSString *SOGoWeekStartFirstFullWeek = @"FirstFullWeek";
 	[rolesForObject addObject: SOGoRole_AuthorizedSubscriber];
     }
 
+#warning this is a hack to work-around the poor implementation of PROPPATCH in SOPE
+  rqMethod = [[context request] method];
+  if ([rqMethod isEqualToString: @"PROPPATCH"])
+    [rolesForObject addObject: @"PROPPATCHer"];
+
   return rolesForObject;
 }
 
diff --git a/UI/MainUI/product.plist b/UI/MainUI/product.plist
index 952e54742..856247d9e 100644
--- a/UI/MainUI/product.plist
+++ b/UI/MainUI/product.plist
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
       defaultAccess = "allow";
       defaultRoles = {
 	"View" = ( "Owner", "ObjectViewer" );
-	"Change Images And Files"  = ( "Owner", "ObjectEditor" );
+	"Change Images And Files"  = ( "Owner", "ObjectEditor", "PROPPATCHer" );
 	"Access Object" = ( "Owner", "AuthorizedSubscriber" );
 	"Access Contents Information" = ( "Owner", "ObjectViewer" );
         "Add Documents, Images, and Files" = ( "Owner", "ObjectCreator" );
diff --git a/UI/WebServerResources/UIxCalendarProperties.css b/UI/WebServerResources/UIxCalendarProperties.css
index dc80db088..4ab24e1e8 100644
--- a/UI/WebServerResources/UIxCalendarProperties.css
+++ b/UI/WebServerResources/UIxCalendarProperties.css
@@ -1,25 +1,24 @@
 LABEL
 { display: block;
   position: relative;
-  line-height: 1.5em;
-  height: 1.5em;
-  margin-left: .5em;
-  margin-bottom: .5em;
+  line-height: 18px;
+  height: 20px;
+  margin-left: 5px;
+  margin-bottom: 5px;
   width: 100%; }
 
 DIV#propertiesView
 { overflow: hidden;
-  padding: .5em; }
+  padding: 10px; }
 
 SPAN.content
 { position: absolute;
   top: -.25em;
-  left: 8em;
+  left: 4em;
   right: 1em; }
 
 BUTTON#colorButton
-{
-  display: none;
+{ display: none;
   margin: 1px;
   border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;
   border-right: 1px solid #fff;
@@ -28,9 +27,9 @@ BUTTON#colorButton
   -moz-border-top-colors: #9c9a94 #000 transparent;
   -moz-border-left-colors: #9c9a94 #000 transparent;
   width: 3em;
-  height: 2em;
-}
+  height: 2em; }
 
 DIV#buttons
-{ padding: .5em;
+{ padding: 10px;
+  padding-top: 0px;
   text-align: right; }