You might want to look at a 3rd party add-in called WS:Repeat Appointment
that allows you to choose a more customized pattern for recurring
appointments. Details here:
http://www.websetters.co.uk/WSAddIns/Repeat%20Appointment/index.htm

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Jocelyn Fiorello
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> I currently have a meeting that happens the third thursday of each month, and
> need to send out an agenda on the previous Monday. Scheduling the meeting is
> easy enough, but setting up a recurring task for the agenda is difficult,
> since the prior Monday might be the second or third monday of the month. Is
> there any way to set up a relative recurrence of this type ("The Monday
> before the third Thursday of each month")?