American expats - how to deal with jury duty?!

This is one thing I never considered. I just received a jury duty summons in the California county where I have legal residence. I can postpone for 6 months, but I have to enter an explicit date to postpone until. Like a lot of expats, I want to spend over 11 months of the year outside the US. Anyone know of any precedents, articles?

The "undue hardship or extreme inconvenience" reason should do it.

http://www.girlinlondon.com/duty-calls- … jury-duty/

gobat they sure don't try and make an exception easy. This is the best link I could find:

http://www.courts.ca.gov/3954.htm#eligible

I'm a resident of SF, CA but have never received a summons.