diff --git a/addons/base_calendar/crm_meeting_demo.xml b/addons/base_calendar/crm_meeting_demo.xml
index 221653e5fc3..6c098e2f949 100644
--- a/addons/base_calendar/crm_meeting_demo.xml
+++ b/addons/base_calendar/crm_meeting_demo.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
             <field eval="time.strftime('%Y-%m-05 12:00:00')" name="date"/>
             <field eval="time.strftime('%Y-%m-05 19:00:00')" name="date_deadline"/>
             <field eval="7.0" name="duration"/>
-            <field name="state">draft</field>
+            <field name="state">open</field>
         </record>
 
         <record id="crm_meeting_3" model="crm.meeting">
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
             <field eval="time.strftime('%Y-%m-12 15:55:05')" name="date"/>
             <field eval="time.strftime('%Y-%m-12 18:55:05')" name="date_deadline"/>
             <field eval="3.0" name="duration"/>
-            <field name="state">done</field>
+            <field name="state">open</field>
         </record>
 
         <record id="crm_meeting_4" model="crm.meeting">
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
             <field eval="time.strftime('%Y-%m-22 11:05:00')" name="date"/>
             <field eval="time.strftime('%Y-%m-22 16:05:00')" name="date_deadline"/>
             <field eval="5" name="duration"/>
-            <field name="state">draft</field>
+            <field name="state">open</field>
         </record>
 
         <record id="crm_meeting_6" model="crm.meeting">
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
             <field eval="time.strftime('%Y-%m-18 2:00:00')" name="date"/>
             <field eval="time.strftime('%Y-%m-18 10:30:00')" name="date_deadline"/>
             <field eval="8.5" name="duration"/>
-            <field name="state">done</field>
+            <field name="state">open</field>
         </record>
     </data>
 </openerp>
diff --git a/addons/base_calendar/crm_meeting_view.xml b/addons/base_calendar/crm_meeting_view.xml
index 51d17ed43f8..6009251a460 100644
--- a/addons/base_calendar/crm_meeting_view.xml
+++ b/addons/base_calendar/crm_meeting_view.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         <field name="arch" type="xml">
             <form string="Meetings" version="7.0">
                 <header>
-                    <field name="state"/>
+                    <field name="state" invisible="True"/>
                 </header>
                 <sheet>
                     <div class="oe_title">
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
                                     <label for="allday" string="All Day?"/>)
                                 </div>
                                     <field name="recurrency"
-                                        attrs="{'readonly': ['|', ('recurrent_uid','!=',False), ('state','=','done')]}"/>
+                                        attrs="{'readonly': [('recurrent_uid','!=',False)]}"/>
                             </group>
                             <group>
                                 <field name="alarm_id" widget="selection" />
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@
                         <button string="Invite People"
                             name="%(base_calendar.action_view_calendar_invite_attendee_wizard)d"
                             icon="terp-partner" type="action"
-                            attrs="{'readonly': [('state', '=', 'done')]}"
                             context="{'model' : 'crm.meeting', 'attendee_field':'attendee_ids'}" colspan="2"/>
                         <field name="attendee_ids" widget="one2many" mode="tree">
                             <tree string="Invitation details" editable="top">
@@ -245,12 +244,11 @@
         <field name="name">CRM - Meetings Tree</field>
         <field name="model">crm.meeting</field>
         <field name="arch" type="xml">
-            <tree string="Meetings" fonts="bold:needaction_pending==True"
-                colors="red:state=='open';black:state in ('draft', 'cancel','done','pending')">
+            <tree string="Meetings" fonts="bold:needaction_pending==True">
                 <field name="name" string="Subject" />
                 <field name="user_id"/>
                 <field name="date"/>
-                <field name="state"/>
+                <field name="state" invisible="True"/>
                 <field name="duration" />
                 <field name="needaction_pending" invisible="1"/>
             </tree>
diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py
index 45c65511a1a..5840217d7ee 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ class hr_holidays(osv.osv):
                     'date': record.date_from,
                     'end_date': record.date_to,
                     'date_deadline': record.date_to,
-                    'state': 'done',            # to block that meeting date in the calendar
+                    'state': 'open',            # to block that meeting date in the calendar
                 }
                 meeting_id = meeting_obj.create(cr, uid, meeting_vals)
                 self._create_resource_leave(cr, uid, [record], context=context)