 :::::::Thanks for your comments both of you. It's a concern, I agree, and why I had been hoping to get this live a bit earlier. My opinion is that the reason that he is not editing is because he saw the RFC in development; if we don't post because of his temporary absence he'll just return again in a few weeks/months and we will go have to go through the whole cycle again before he gets the outside feedback he needs. At least this way at least some of it will be on record for him and other editors to see/read if/when necessary. But I'm open to the opinions of others on this, of course   