I'll be closely monitoring when the list starts then. I have heard the RS1 has good synergy with the LISA oddly enough.
I like the idea of having it geographically managed. I am thinking that the focus is to let people get a taste of the headphones without investing as much money and not to get bragging rights about who is first. Going to the larger populated geographical regions lets more people try it in quick succession with less investment on shipping and protects the goods more effectively with a local persuasion. The deadline will definitely help towards this and possibly weed out those who might procrastinate on shipping forward or replying with details. I hope everyone who applies has proven to have access to a working digital camera to eliminate an excuse (perhaps a picture of themselves with a sign requesting to be a part of the program?).
I don't think we will get to the point of requiring anyone to submit a background check to see if they have something like fraud on their record (I have one though since I use it to be allowed to observe at schools), however, I would think someone would have to vouch for them in one way or another, especially if feedback isn't great enough. What people do in a money transaction may not be the same on a loaner program which isn't as quickly completed and harder to monitor. If a pair of phones were to be damaged or lost in shipping, whatever donations we can scrounge up as a group could go to continue the program through completion.
Lastly, I want to thank the anonymous donator of phones, whomever you are. Truly a chivalrous action that will benefit many when the dream becomes a reality.
EDIT: Since the program plans to go on forever, maybe a deadline should be set for each list in general so that the order of succesion to the next can be planned. That would help to avoid confusion give those helping to run the program enough time to decide and organize the participants.
