I want to push this proposal back through Area 51. This is not busy work nor a waste of time. We relaunched Mathematica in this fashion, and after an equally lackluster proposal, they regrouped and — here's the kicker — the community rallied back in a record-breaking 28 days and launched our most successful proposal/beta in our history!
With the concentration of users here, you should have no problem spring-boarding this proposal well into commitment. There are folks out there who lament missing the launch the first time around. It simply took too long to launch. It's a great subject, but …