El Boricua

A fucking frog!@!!!! That is awesome. Yeah, it looks like there are a few in my yard, so the sound was coming from outside via the windows. And I kid you not, as I'm typing this they've started up.

I actually didn't hear BUTCH!!! when recording, probably because Kris had his mic on mute. But when I gave the show a listen, I actually thought he was yelling BURKE!!!! (since the topic was Leo Burke at that moment), and I thought "Okay, I didn't know Kris was so excited to talk about Leo Burke".

Listening to the podcast, I'm pretty sure the chirping sound is from my end (sorry about that). That's not a bird, it sounds to me like a coqui. They are native to Puerto Rico. There must have been one near me when I was on the line. http://www.topuertorico.org/coqui.shtml

Don't worry, I have no aspirations on expanding any time soon. So here's another guy staying a territory.

I know they ran shows in Ohio, but not sure where. If only there was a map that could show us where....

I was a bit nervous at first (having never done a podcast before), but Kris and Dylan are so easy to talk to and I had a lot of fun doing this. Hope everyone enjoys.

I'll say this, with either or both WWF and Georgia opening up it's going to get interesting for sure to see what happens.

A reminder for NWA members that they are not supposed to run against each other in the same towns. If the towns open up, the NWA will have to meet and decide which member gets which town.

Kansas may be WWA/Central States territory, so one should check with JHawk to make sure.

I think it makes sense for aligned territories (NWA or AWA) to talk it over. With unaligned territories, I guess it's up to the bookers' discretion.

It's Alabama -> Georgia -> Mid-South -> Southwest -> WCCW, so it's Alabama that absorbs Georgia if a new writer or active promoter that moves doesn't claim it.

So it's official then for Florida and Memphis. Welcome to both new writers.

I plan on sticking with Puerto Rico.

What's the deadline for those active to speak up if they want to switch? Hopefully we can get this wrapped up this weekend to allow anyone taking over (be it active or new) a week to be able to set themselves up to start in October.

I'll be passing this month.

Dibiase just lost a loser leaves town match in WWF.

Well, WWF was not available earlier, so maybe one of them would be more interested in that one. Unless someone active wants to move over to it.

I actually like that you want to reach a point where you can grow to run double house shows. I think what may be causing confusion is when you talk about a promotion of a larger size. You have said it's about having more wrestlers to be able to run more often and concurrently.What exactly do you feel defines having reached the next level in terms of growth with regards to the number of wrestlers? The other thing that may be confusing this is the talk about the WWF, which seems to not have any relation with growing Mid-south (at least i don't think it does according to how you've explained it).

If you have them in set roles or are waiting to start their storylines I'd say it's fine. it's more about guys one has just taking up space on their roster with no definite role or plans.

One thing I've realized doing my catch-up write-ups is that I've got a bit more people on my roster than I probably should due to the previous dispersal drafts and monthly debut drafts. It's likely I'll be looking to drop a couple of people when I get caught up without picking anyone up.

If you need more guys to 'grow', could you pick them up from the free agent pool? I don't think it should be absolutely necessary to have to drop someone to pick someone up if you're actually going to use both of them to run house shows. Conversely, you could drop someone without having to pick someone up if you just want to cut down on your roster size.

LowBlow said he had a friend that was interested, which is where i got the number of potential new people as three.

I'd like to provide some suggestions on dawho's summary of the pending topics: There definitely needs to be more follow through with regards to participating (and I say this fully aware that i'm the most delinquent one in terms of posting shows). I suggest giving everybody who has said they are in but behind two weeks to get as up to date as possible. If by the first full week of October you're still too much behind (at least you should be in mid-September at that point, with best efforts to continue to catch up) then it's likely that one should drop out. As of now the only people to not yet say anything in the thread are Flyin Brian and JHawk. JHawk's been active and up-to-date with his promotion, so I would consider that he's in (unless he states otherwise). In Flyin' Brian's case, I think we should give him until the beginning of October to chime in (particularly if his previous communications said he'd be swamped with work in September).He's been doing some fun work and should be given the chance to continue it if possible. That said, it is important to let everyone know if you'll be running into a busy stretch that will delay you in participating either via posting or talent exchanges. It's the not knowing that becomes a potential problem. We had originally agreed that anyone falling more than one month behind should be put on notice and given a week to get active again. There may be exceptions depending on if there is a good reason for it, but we should consider sticking with the one month period going forward and be aware of this (hence why communication if you'll be running into busy stretches is so important). As for the inactive promotions, we could consider the following process: First, anyone already active and in who would like to take over one of the inactive promotions should be allowed to make the move. Please note that it is not a merging of your current territory with the new one, it's a lateral move. Next, any new people that want to join should be given the chance to by selecting which territory they want from the ones available. I'd be in favor of them just taking on the rosters as they are, and if they want to make changes, they should contact other participants about trades. After that, we could go with the absorption and/or dispersal method. We may have to revisit who gets to take over what territory, but the one thing i would definitely recommend is that if you are a territory that is behind in participating, you should not be eligible to take over a territory via absorption. Also, there may be occasions where someone might actually not want to absorb a territory. We need to decide who gets the territory in question in that instance. Any other suggestions about how to push forward?

I'd be willing to be skipped over this time and let Mid-Atlantic (or someone else) take over Florida if no new writer takes it over (and if it's not dissolved and dispersed). I'm really in no position to take over something when I'm in catch up mode. If I have to take it over I'll figure out how to manage, but it's probably not a good idea.

What about the three people that have expressed interest in joining/participating?