I know he is the boss man on the US side and more of a behind the scenes guy except for PR events but I had hoped he would be semi-active with the site/forums.

Before Vanafest existed, SE did smaller PR events for XI and I had some great conversations with Yasu, especially at the CoP launch party. Regardless, I am happy with Yoshi and the US Reps activity with the community, it was more than I expected, thank you.