diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index 65d49fa..964dd41 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 > a link to it. Either:
 >
 > None
-> https://github.com/netmod-wg/yang2/designs/\<filename\>
+> https://github.com/netmod-wg/yang2/designs/<filename>
 
 
 ## Additional Information
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gen_author_list.sh b/.github/workflows/gen_author_list.sh
index 8aad0f2..d2cd8fc 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/gen_author_list.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/gen_author_list.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ sorted_xml_authors() {
   # output authors as an XML <author> element
   for a in $AUTHORS; do
 
-    FULL_NAME=`grep $a $0 | awk -F'"' '{print $2}'`
+    # skip bot
+    echo $a | grep -q kent && continue # skip bot
+
+    # collect info from "AUTHOR INFO" at bottom
+    FULL_NAME=`grep $a $0 | awk -F'"' '{print $2}' || echo "$a NOT FOUND"`
     ORGANIZATION=`grep $a $0 | awk -F'"' '{print $4}'`
     FIRST_NAME=`echo $FULL_NAME | awk '{print $1}'`
     LAST_NAME=`echo $FULL_NAME | awk '{print $2}'`
@@ -70,11 +74,12 @@ main() {
      exit 1
   fi
   echo "$SORTED_XML" > .authors.txt
+  cat .authors.txt
 }
 
 
 main "$@"
 
-
-#### AUTHOR INFO ####
+#### AUTHOR INFO (used by *this* script) ####
 #kwatsen: "Kent Watsen" "Watsen Networks" "kent+ietf@watsen.net"
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gen_index_html.sh b/.github/workflows/gen_index_html.sh
index ba15f5c..b69cf5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gen_index_html.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/gen_index_html.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ echo "<table class=\"bg\">" >> index.html
 echo "  <tr class=\"bg\">" >> index.html
 echo "    <th class=\"bg\"><b>Updated</b></th>" >> index.html
 echo "    <th class=\"bg\"><b>Pull Request</b></th>" >> index.html
-echo "    <th class=\"bg\"><b>Merge Operation</b></th>" >> index.html
 echo "    <th class=\"bg\"><b>Formats</b></th>" >> index.html
 echo "    <th class=\"bg\"><b>Actions</b></th>" >> index.html
 echo "  </tr>" >> index.html
@@ -41,28 +40,31 @@ for branch in $SORTED; do
   NUMBER=`grep NUMBER $branch/metadata.txt | awk '{print $2}'`
   TITLE=`grep TITLE $branch/metadata.txt | awk '{for (i=2; i<NF; i++) printf $i " "; print $NF}'`
   DATE=`grep DATE $branch/metadata.txt | awk '{print $2}'`
-  grep -q BASE $branch/metadata.txt || BASE="main" # delete this after PR #36 merges...
-  grep -q BASE $branch/metadata.txt && BASE=`grep BASE $branch/metadata.txt | awk '{print $2}'`
+
+  # the "Updated" column
   echo "    <td class=\"bg\" nowrap>$DATE</td>" >> index.html
 
+  # the "Pull Request" column
   if [ $branch = "main" ]; then
-    echo "    <td class=\"bg\">N/A, since this is the \"main\" branch (last updated by <a href=\"https://github.com/netmod-wg/yang2/pull/$NUMBER\">#$NUMBER: $TITLE</a>).</td>" >> index.html
+    echo "    <td class=\"bg\">N/A, since this is the \"main\" branch</td>" >> index.html
   else
     echo "    <td class=\"bg\"><a href=\"https://github.com/netmod-wg/yang2/pull/$NUMBER\">#$NUMBER: $TITLE</a></td>" >> index.html
   fi
 
-  if [ $branch = "main" ]; then
-    echo "    <td class=\"bg\">N/A, since this is the <a href=\"https://github.com/netmod-wg/yang2/tree/main\">\"main\"</a> branch.</td>" >> index.html
-  else
-    echo "    <td class=\"bg\">Branch <a href=\"https://github.com/netmod-wg/yang2/tree/$branch\">\"$branch\"</a> merges into branch <a href=\"https://github.com/netmod-wg/yang2/tree/$BASE\">\"$BASE\"</a>.</td>" >> index.html
-  fi
+  # get main's draft version number (delete the trailing '|| echo "00"' once merged into main)
+  MVER=`ls -1 main/draft-yn-netmod-yang2-[0-9][0-9].xml | sed -e 's/.*-//' -e 's/\.xml$//' || echo "00"`
+
+  # get branch's draft version number (yes, branch may be "main" too)
+  BVER=`ls -1 $branch/draft-yn-netmod-yang2-[0-9][0-9].xml | sed -e 's/.*-//' -e 's/\.xml$//'`
 
-  echo "    <td nowrap class=\"bg\"> <table> <tr> <td nowrap><a href=\"$branch/draft-yn-netmod-yang2-00.html\">html</a> / <a href=\"$branch/draft-yn-netmod-yang2-00.txt\">text</a> / <a href=\"$branch/draft-yn-netmod-yang2-00.xml\">xml</a></td> </tr>  </table> </td>" >> index.html
+  # the "Formats" column
+  echo "    <td nowrap class=\"bg\"> <table> <tr> <td nowrap><a href=\"$branch/draft-yn-netmod-yang2-$BVER.html\">html</a> / <a href=\"$branch/draft-yn-netmod-yang2-$BVER.txt\">text</a> / <a href=\"$branch/draft-yn-netmod-yang2-$BVER.xml\">xml</a></td> </tr>  </table> </td>" >> index.html
 
+  # the "Actions" column
   if [ $branch = "main" ]; then
-    echo "    <td nowrap class=\"bg\"><a href=\"https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url_1=https://netmod-wg.github.io/yang2/main/rfc7950.txt&url_2=https://netmod-wg.github.io/yang2/main/draft-yn-netmod-yang2-00.txt\">Diff with RFC7950</a><br><a href=\"https://author-tools.ietf.org/api/iddiff?doc_1=draft-yn-netmod-yang2&url_2=https://netmod-wg.github.io/yang2/main/draft-yn-netmod-yang2-00.txt.paged.txt\">Diff with Datatracker</a> </td>" >> index.html
+    echo "    <td nowrap class=\"bg\"><a href=\"https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url_1=https://netmod-wg.github.io/yang2/main/rfc7950.txt&url_2=https://netmod-wg.github.io/yang2/main/draft-yn-netmod-yang2-$MVER.txt\">Diff with RFC7950</a><br><a href=\"https://author-tools.ietf.org/api/iddiff?doc_1=draft-yn-netmod-yang2&url_2=https://netmod-wg.github.io/yang2/main/draft-yn-netmod-yang2-$MVER.txt.paged.txt\">Diff with Datatracker</a> </td>" >> index.html
   else
-    echo "    <td nowrap class=\"bg\"> <a href=\"https://author-tools.ietf.org/api/iddiff?url_1=https://netmod-wg.github.io/yang2/$BASE/draft-yn-netmod-yang2-00.txt&url_2=https://netmod-wg.github.io/yang2/$branch/draft-yn-netmod-yang2-00.txt\">Diff with Main</a> </td>" >> index.html
+    echo "    <td nowrap class=\"bg\"> <a href=\"https://author-tools.ietf.org/api/iddiff?url_1=https://netmod-wg.github.io/yang2/main/draft-yn-netmod-yang2-$MVER.txt&url_2=https://netmod-wg.github.io/yang2/$branch/draft-yn-netmod-yang2-$BVER.txt\">Diff with Main</a> </td>" >> index.html
   fi
   echo "  </tr>" >> index.html
 done
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request_closed.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request_closed.yml
index fd83a04..19dc54e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request_closed.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request_closed.yml
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ jobs:
           tar -xzvf drafts.tgz
           rm drafts.tgz
 
-      # if merged...
+      # if merged... (i.e., PR succeeded)
       - name: If merged, move compiled artifacts to 'main'
         if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
         run: |
           rm -rf mysite/main
           mv mysite/${{github.head_ref}} mysite/main
 
-      # if not merged...
+      # if not merged... (i.e., PR failed)
       - name: If not merged, just delete the branch dir
         if: github.event.pull_request.merged == false
         run: |
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create mysite/index.html
         run: |
           chmod +x .github/workflows/gen_index_html.sh
-          .github/workflows/gen_index_html.sh "${{github.event.pull_request.number}}" "${{github.event.pull_request.title}}"  "${{github.event.pull_request.head.ref}}"
+          .github/workflows/gen_index_html.sh
 
       # recreate the drafts.tgz
       - name: Recreate drafts.tgz
@@ -68,3 +68,26 @@ jobs:
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         id: deployment
         uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
+
+  increment_git_tag:
+    name: Increment Git Tag
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    needs: update_github_pages
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+    steps:
+
+      # checkout repo so can run `git tag`
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Push the tag
+        run: |
+          curl -O https://netmod-wg.github.io/yang2/drafts.tgz
+          tar -xzvf drafts.tgz
+          rm drafts.tgz
+          tree
+          ls main/
+          ls -1 main/draft-yn-netmod-yang2-[0-9][0-9].xml
+          TAG=`ls -1 main/draft-yn-netmod-yang2-[0-9][0-9].xml | sed -e 's/\.xml$//'`
+          echo "TAG=$TAG"
+          git tag $TAG
+          git push --tags
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request_updated.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request_updated.yml
index 52dc1af..00725a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request_updated.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request_updated.yml
@@ -13,12 +13,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: checklist
         env:
           COMMENT: |
-            # All of the following must be verified before merging to `main`.
+            # All of the following MUST be verified by AUTHORS before merging to `main`:
               - [ ] Updated "Changes Since RFC 7950" section, or N/A?
               - [ ] Updated "IANA Considerations" section, or N/A?
               - [ ] Updated "Security Considerations" section, or N/A?
               - [ ] Updated "Normative/Informational References" sections, or N/A?
               - [ ] Updated "Acknowledgements" section, or N/A? (Not GitHub users)
+
+            # The following MUST be verified by the EDITOR before merging to `main`:
+              - [ ] The XML artifact uploads to Datatracker?
+
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: gh pr comment https://github.com/netmod-wg/yang2/pull/${{github.event.number}} --body "$COMMENT"
 
@@ -29,6 +33,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
       - name: generate authors.txt
         run: |
           chmod +x .github/workflows/gen_author_list.sh
@@ -39,7 +45,8 @@ jobs:
           wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ietf-tools/rfcfold/master/rfcfold
           chmod +x rfcfold
       - name: Run "make"
-        run: make
+        run: |
+          make
       - name: Upload Artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -135,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           issue-number: ${{github.event.number}}
           comment-author: 'github-actions[bot]'
-          body-includes: 'All of the following must be verified before merging to `main`.'
+          body-includes: 'All of the following MUST be verified by AUTHORS before merging to `main`:'
       - run: |
           if ${{ contains(steps.fc.outputs.comment-body, '[ ] Updated') }} ; then
             echo "All checklist items must be selected."
@@ -175,9 +182,11 @@ jobs:
           }
           rm drafts.tgz
 
-      # create the "mysite/<branch>/" directory, in case it's not there already
+      # create the "mysite/<branch>/" directory (delete old if present)
       - name: Create the mysite/<branch>/ directory
-        run: mkdir -p mysite/${{github.head_ref}}
+        run: |
+          rm -rf mysite/${{github.head_ref}}
+          mkdir mysite/${{github.head_ref}}
 
       # download the just-built artifacts
       - name: Download built artifacts
@@ -192,9 +201,8 @@ jobs:
           mv rfc7950.* mysite/${{github.head_ref}}/
 
       # stash some metadata
-      - name: Stash some metadata
+      - name: Stash some metadata (for gen_index_html.sh)
         run: |
-          echo "${{github.event.pull_request}}"
           echo "NUMBER: ${{github.event.pull_request.number}}" > mysite/${{github.head_ref}}/metadata.txt
           echo "TITLE: ${{github.event.pull_request.title}}" >> mysite/${{github.head_ref}}/metadata.txt
           echo "DATE: $(date +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" >> mysite/${{github.head_ref}}/metadata.txt
@@ -209,7 +217,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create mysite/index.html
         run: |
           chmod +x .github/workflows/gen_index_html.sh
-          .github/workflows/gen_index_html.sh "${{github.event.pull_request.number}}" "${{github.event.pull_request.title}}"  "${{github.event.pull_request.head.ref}}"
+          .github/workflows/gen_index_html.sh
 
       # recreate the drafts.tgz
       - name: Recreate drafts.tgz
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_page.py b/.github/workflows/update_page.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 407c3c4..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/update_page.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import sys
-
-def main():
-    print ("Inside Python script...")
-    sys.exit(0)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f76f7ff..5f86444 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -65,5 +65,5 @@ clean:
 clean_draft:
 	-rm -f $(draft)-[0-9][0-9].xml
 	-rm -f $(draft)-[0-9][0-9].txt
+	-rm -f $(draft)-[0-9][0-9].txt.paged.txt
 	-rm -f $(draft)-[0-9][0-9].html
-
diff --git a/draft-yn-netmod-yang2.xml b/draft-yn-netmod-yang2.xml
index a888644..a21b661 100644
--- a/draft-yn-netmod-yang2.xml
+++ b/draft-yn-netmod-yang2.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
         <t>This document is developed on GitHub at <eref target="https://github.com/netmod-wg/yang2"/>).
         If you wish to contribute, please consider opening a pull request (PR).
         See the README file for details.</t>
+        <t>See <eref target="https://netmod-wg.github.io/yang2"/>
+        for a dashboard of the document's status.</t>
     </note>
   </front>
   <middle>