Pardon my cautious optimism, but Rodney admitted he doesn't have much contact with OP.
As I read that my mind went back to when a WotC web guy (I believe it was Erik) posted that the reason the inserts in BH promoted the WotC SW homepage as the place to go to learn about SSB even though there was no such info on the home page was that someone called him and asked him a random question about the web address without telling him why they wanted it.
A similar statement was made on the DDM page regarding the DDM 2.0 rulebook being posted. The guy responsible for that at WotC actually admitted that the date chosen for the release of the new rulebook was done without any input from him, and he even suggested it was chosen randomly.
The point is, we need to be hearing from people who are actually "in the know." Ian Richards is the head of OP. I am on my way to contact him right now. Hopefully, he will respond, and if he does I will post it for all to see.