To those in the world. I reached out to tmfran to see if we can swap some owners, however we only need 4 to be ready to go so our potential isn't the best in getting your world going ASAP.
My suggestion: Keep this thing updated and to the top. Also, given that you need 13, reach out to the commissioners of 1530 Homer, Majors, and For Life as they need about the same amount of slots filled. This is to consider a potential merge of worlds. After a merge, this will put you within 2 to 6 open slots, pending on the world you work with. After this, I can get a few guys, including myself, from LEG to help fill the remaining.
WIS is not spending the money to get new blood, so commissioners like myself have to be a lot more innovative. If you do this, you guys could be set to go within a week or two, and have the longevity and morale booster to keep the world from losing too many users down the road. This will also avoid the pooling of money issue, as some don't want to spend more on a world where half of it is missing. If there was low turnover and good morale, as suggested, it could an option down the road to give the world great retention.
Merging, you lose stats, league records, ect. However, current players in both worlds, and whose team they are on, and respective free agents stay the same. It's a compromise, but a great way to keep your current team and fill a world. I know tmfran is trying his best, but given the amount of spots WIS is losing in HBD due to lack of their own efforts, the current pace and amount of worlds cannot sustain itself. So it's either be proactive and compromise, or sit and wait until the world is dead completely.
Just trying to help...