I posted this request in the Austin forum, but I think this may be a more appropriate forum. The mods in Austin indicated concern that my request would be considered extra advertising by the providers.
When I hobby, I almost always do so with very little notice. It would be very helpful to me to have a way to tell who was available RIGHT THEN for a short notice appointment. When I am free unexpectedly, I don't want to make 10 calls to see who is available.
I believe that others also have this issue.
I would like to suggest that a single THREAD be started in Coed discussions specifically for providers in a city to post that they are available for the next few hours. If a provider was available for three hours on a Tuesday morning, they could post that. Then, on Tuesday morning, a hobbyist could log on and see that provider had just posted.
I hope that containing the responses to a single thread would keep the rest of the forum from turning into an ad forum.