I am very new to OS and, living in Australia (a few hours from Melbourne), attendance at some of the group sessions (e.g. new member hang) isn't straightforward timing-wise due to other early morning commitments. No concerns of course - I fully realise that that my time-zone is an odd one on an international scale. Early experience with OS so far is great though. Absolutely rapt with 1. the volume of resources and the breadth of high level expertise the team has, and 2. the super friendly and welcoming email stream from minute one that I joined. Very much looking forward to my involvement and hopefully I will get to at least a few of the live sessions and meet some like-minded people. Thanks for the great welcome and for the opportunity to be part of Open Studio. Ratings below relate to the response to my joining as I haven't initiated any other form of contact with Open Studio so far.