Sam is beginning a homebrew storyline for us that will take 4-5 sessions and maybe longer. After that Ron might have things in order and be ready to come back, and he might not. If he doesn't, we should have another DM ready. As Ron's module Madness at Gardmore Abbey is for characters level 6-8, if we wait any longer past that point to begin it then all the encounters would have to be altered because we will be too high level for the adventure (big pain in the butt). We should start this module soon. So I submit that after Sam's month of sessions someone volunteer to DM the Madness pdf module as a backup in case Ron isn't ready.
My friend Frank will be joining us this next sunday. I played weekly with Frank for shy of two years back around 2004 - he DMed the Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil. Frank's a bio teacher in his early thirties and a big time pimp.