Respec docs without all the W3C boilerplate

i'm creating a document that isn't a spec, isn't going to be on the rec 
track or even a note, but i'd like to use respec's basic styling and 
features to create the document. I don't want all the standard spec 
gubbings at the top, just things like title, author, toc, etc.

in fact this is the second time this month i've wanted to do this.

is there any way to turn off the generation of the spec-related 
boilerplate at the top and use respec for non-spec docs?

i know it sounds a bit counter to the original purpose of respec, but 
respec provides lots of other useful automation, such as figure-linking, 
dfn links, toc, nice styling, section level correction, etc. which i'd 
like to be able to use.

ri