List Close and OpenTimes - 2 Cents

[Steve]

Personally, I think the list should be closed for a full 
THREE Days at least. True the elves might read the books
in less time, but what kind of shape are they going to
be in? 

For Quick reference -

USA Central Daylight time - currently Weds, 1:53pm  
- GMT - 6:00

Greenwich Meantime is - currently (London) Weds, 7:53pm 
- GMT -+ 0 

Brisbane Australia is - currently THURS, 4:53am 
- GMT + 10

I am assuming the group will close on Saturday morning 
July 21 at Midnight, but I'm not sure in which timezone.
This is only significant if we have list elves in 
Australia and depending on when the books is released in
Australia. If it is the same time and date as the rest of
the world, then they will get it first.

Currently speculation is opening the group again midday
Monday BST which is rougly 6:00am USA Central Daylight
time. 

That leave USA elves roughly from Saturday 12:00am local
time to Monday 6:00am Central Daylight Time. That just
doesn't seem to be enough. Of course, I'm not sure where
the bulk of the Elves are, but it still seems like the
absolute minimum possible time to accomplish the task.

I personally think Midday Tuesday would work better for
the elves, it would make things less rushed and give
them a small bit of recovery time. 

This time (both start and stop) should either be uniformly
BST, or it should be the local time of the area of the 
world with the most list elves. 

We will all start at roughly midnight local time, but if
the end time is BST, the Australia has more time, and 
the USA has less time. Good for Australia, but bad for
USA if that's where most of the List Elves are.

So again, begin and end, should either be both BST, or
the local time of the area where most List Elves are
located, and it should be a full three days minimum.

As I propose, from Saturday 12:00am Central (CDT) to 
Tuesday 12:00pm CDT, which is actually 3-1/2 days
(assuming CDT is where most Elves are). 

Does that make sense? Seems to ramble a bit.

Steve/bboyminn