If they are chopping it already, that means they have a finalized list. Once the board gets their initial list, they bounce it off legal to check for guys on legal hold, medical for med holds, and what not. If someone is on hold for something like that, they pull their name because they can't transfer anyways. If they are putting together a finalized message that would mean the list is finalized. This would in turn mean the message should be today or tomorrow. Not trying to contradict what you heard or was told, but the normal time for one of those messages to be released one the list is finalized is two to three days.