I have spoke with Crysx. We have agreed that ~8 hours from the time of this post (which would be 4 am EST) will be the tentative time of the "big bang". I say tentative only because if some issue should arise we may need to adjust. That said, there really should be no issue. I have the sequence of events mapped out throughly and all the pieces sitting ready to go. The code will be ready everywhere at that time and, minus the snap shots, it will be as simple as stopping one daemon (v1.2.1) and starting another (v1.3) on all the servers.
 
I realize that the 4 am EST time might be inconvenient for some people. Please understand this is a global project and no matter what time is chosen, it would be an inconvenient time for some.

Of course I will keep you all informed.