Personally, I don't see why you worry about those that DON'T want to do it... they've already made their decision. Why not be positive, and concentrate on those that DO...?

Even if it's a few of us, it's a start, maybe after one or two of them, and the sky doesn't fall, they might drop their negativity...

All that remains is simply to choose the piece, and set the rules. They ought to be simple, and evenhanded. NO commercial SMF's. NO singing (not everyone here is a singer, but everyone plays arranger ), and it doesn't HAVE to be done live, one take (unless we all agree).

Then all we need is somewhere to host the files...

I don't care if it is just the two of us. Maybe three, maybe four, who cares? It's NOT a competition. It's communication, musically. Something we ought to do more of here, instead of spouting specs at each other, IMO

Let's just pick the piece, set the deadline (maybe a month, as all of us have different schedules and demands on our time) and just see who is the positive ones on this forum, and who REALLY are the negative ones...

I'm in, cassp is in, who else wants in? (we already know who DOESN'T )

No prizes, no 'best of show', no giveaways. Just friends sharing music... doesn't sound so bad when you put it like that, does it?