I wish to run for SG this year, as a token of appreciation for the many many many spectacular events they have hosted over the years.
Apropos. Pentathlon disciplines start and end at
2AM local time for SETI Germany. Announcements are made at
2AM, 8AM, 2PM, or 8PM in their local time. Likewise, World Community Grid Birthday Challenge days were aligned at
2AM local time. Just the SETI Wow!-Event's start and end times were scheduled more conveniently for them at 6PM local time.
That is, besides spending a lot of thought, skill, experience and work hours on the preparation and execution of these contests, the organizers and admins also put themselves up to a sleep cycle which is not natural for most persons, and not complying very well with many other kinds of activities which people may engage in in their daily lives.
This just crossed my mind ~an hour ago when I had just woken up and spotted
pschoefer's shoutbox comments related to the sprint start ~6 hours earlier.