Is there a strong reason for limiting to 8 hours? I feel like that is guaranteed to screw a timezone up somewhere, no matter where you try to place it. 12 hours, while slowing everything down potentially by an extra 50%, probably overlaps enough around the globe to not exclude anyone.
That being said I think I want to participate but I am not afraid to admit that holy heck I am intimidated by that first post and am not sure I really grok it all. I see it has been edited a lot and I’ll need to go back and re-read it anyway.