As far as I'm aware, the only real issue with granting permission is you've just come back from the AOL, which has brought up the whole "will you stick around" thing. If you're going to stay Jedi, im 90% certain nobody will have an issue with another master teaching you.
Therefore unless you intend to leave within the next few months, or another member of the council steps in and goes "nope, really not comfortable with this" in the next week or so, as far as I'm conserned, you and @[member="Diana Moridena"] can begin planning/threading whenever you want.
I advise you to leave starting the thread for the next five-to-seven days though, just to make sure theres no issue with this decision.
@[member="Karen Roberts"]