Sounds good. For the specific 43 ruleset though, I think we should design most of that to be optional. I Rhink priority for play balance should should be given to the starting unit arrangement, or additional NOs first, and then have the add on rules to go on top of that. I dig the Kursk start date for the intensity, but a Stalingrad siege might be kind of cool. Germany starts in Caucasus? That would be certainly be wild hehe, but maybe Eastern Ukraine would be better. Not sure at this point really.
Also, I don’t know if you checked the tripleA site lately, but we have some Imperious Leader style relief Tiles for the AA50 map now, inspired by your design. The core baseline map is still the same (since that would be a total pain to alter right now) but it definitely looks cooler now than it did a week ago. I think WOPR will probably work on it some more, but its semi functional. Still have to wait on the code changes though, before it will work without the edit mode.
I think 43 has a lot of potential. Even though the Axis are on the decline, we could still have a really dramatic opening round, with the possibility for an Axis comeback. Some 43 style Victory conditions or NOs would be cool too, and we could use them to bring things closer to a 50/50 type scenario. :)
I think this will be good times, especially if we can get everyone behind the idea. A week might not really be enough time to plan though. We should allow it to go threw a couple rounds of testing and adjustment, like a Beta thing, before settling on a final arrangement. Never hurts to get the jump on things though.