OK. Would it be good enough to say that pledges be settled by midnight CST (GMT -06:00), and I will forward the final buy list and money to you later that evening?

Thanks for the series links. Those will help casual browsers.

>> Do you want me to mark those three for the pool already? <<

Please do. fuzzyred has already indicated intent to join and focus on Shiv, so I expect to hit the minimum shortly. Should something untoward happen, I will find something else to buy to make the quarter-price target.