Automatic update after .csv Event Import

Here is our current configuration:

WordPress 4.1.1
Events manager plugin 5.5.5 by Marcus Sykes
Events Manager import/export V0.0.3-alpha-WebAware–Copyright (c) 2007 Jim Myhrberg (jim@zydev.info)

Here is the Problem:

On our first try, we had a problem with having to use the Date Picker on every event we imported. This was resolved by using the proper date format–the one expected by mysql, which is YYYY-mm-dd.

Here are the field headers: summary, _event_Start_date, _event_End_date, _event_Start_time, _event_End_time, categories, post_content, location_name, _event_all_day, _event_rsvp, _event_spaces

The main problem we have now is that after the .csv import, each event says:

Bookings

This event is fully booked.

RSVP’s Booked: 0
RSVP’s Waiting Confirmation: 0
Available Spaces: 0
Total Spaces: 0

We have the following settings for bookings:

Allow guest bookings? Yes
If enabled, guest visitors can supply an email address and a user account will automatically be created for them along with their booking. They will be also be able to log back in with that newly created account.

Approval Required? No
Bookings will not be confirmed until the event administrator approves it. This setting is not applicable when using payment gateways, see individual gateways for approval settings.

Reserved unconfirmed spaces? Yes
By default, event spaces become unavailable once there are enough CONFIRMED bookings. To reserve spaces even if unnapproved, choose yes.

Can users cancel their booking? Yes
If enabled, users can cancel their bookings themselves from their bookings page.

Allow overbooking when approving? Yes
If you get a lot of pending bookings and you decide to allow more bookings than spaces allow, setting this to yes will allow you to override the event space limit when manually approving.

Allow double bookings? No
If enabled, users can book an event more than once.

The bookings are reported as full until we click the update button for each event–hence, users can’t book spaces until the event is manually updated. I’m not an expert on the interoperability & integration between WP, EM, and the importer, but I’m guessing WordPress and/or Events Manager is expecting these events to be updated via Events Manager because there are calculated fields in MySQL that have to be updated that deal with booking/ticketing. We would prefer each event to automatically update during or directly after import, so we don’t have to do it manually.

We are newbs and appreciate any help in advance.