Your request has been heard by the fellow Moderators. As for John, it's a matter of when he gets online and reads it. PM's sometimes take a while, and things usually don't happen overnight. John will debate things and who knows if he's already in the stages of doing just that.
We're all aware of the request

especially after today.
Edited to add:
The reason some forums have more than one moderator is because of the traffic flow and previous problems on GC within those forums. Also some forums have more than one moderator because over time a moderator has gotten too busy to handle the work themself and have requested a fellow member to aid them

But John will probably answer all that for you.