Thanks Toby and David
I would love to take part again. I guess you arrange 6 of these a year - so maybe once a year from this side of the world would be good. The problem is when the time is set to accommodate here - it prevents others in the States and Canada from performing. If there were more performers from this side it would seem more fair. As far as I am aware, I think RFW and ynot are also close to this timezone - and they are both hinting at joining in - so if we have a bigger group wanting to perform on this side - then maybe it will make more sense to occasionally arrange a show for this side.
I was thinking a little more about and wondered if we had started this last one at say 21:00/9pm UTC, then it would have been 8am Sunday morning on the eastern side of Australia, 11pm for me, 1-4pm in USA/Canada but 6am for you. Would that time accommodate, participation from out west and east?
Assuming not, then my wish would be to be able to alternate the timing to make it convenient, to take turns accommodating those west and then those east. Of course, I'm acutely aware of how fortunate I am to be in South Africa and accommodated either way.
And perhaps one day, numbers will grow to the point where we have enough interest and numbers that we could have three regional events.
But for now, we'll just call for interest from all and then settle the timing in as most fair and equitable manner possible. And as we did so previously those in USA & Canada were supportive of the approach.