I voted 9 days, because that's what we originally had, prior to adding two days for discussion before the poll, and I quite liked it.
I think I'm usually the Ent here, unable to understand any haste (
), so, here, too, I don't see what cutting a couple of days would gain us.
I agree with Jny that if there's an ongoing debate after the time is up, the invite should wait till the debate can be resolved - should be self-evident, I think.
I don't rightly understand what is meant by
"A day should be 24 hours because of the time zone differences."
Time zones have had me puzzled for my invites - I never know whether it's ok to go by when the day is over for me. But I don't understand the above statement. If you really want to wait for all time-zones a day is 48 hours, isn't it? Today, March 11th, for example, started like 9 or so hours ago in Australia and will end in about 32 hours or so in California (plus some more hours for it to end wherever the date line runs).
So - is it ok to go by my own date?