# PIP36 - Appointing Ben as a PNF Director **URL:** \ **Category:** Improvements\ **Created:** [January 19, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.pokt.network/t/pip36-appointing-ben-as-a-pnf-director/4975 "2024-01-19T14:53:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![BTTheDefendoooor](https://forum.pokt.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@BTTheDefendoooor](https://forum.pokt.network/u/BTTheDefendoooor)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.pokt.network/t/pip36-appointing-ben-as-a-pnf-director/4975/11 "2024-02-01T08:58:37Z")
> [@Jinx](#): > > The accusations here are silly. PNF is quite aware that I’ve had concerns about, and conflicts over, the lack of an experienced software engineer in leadership there. I stand by my words; when I call it like I see it, it’s with deliberate intent. You’ve also aired grievances regarding Ming’s departure, hinting at deeper discord. It all feels like typical DAO drama. It strikes me as peculiar that, despite your proclaimed “living and breathing” the ecosystem, you missed the PNF’s explicit request for technical expertise in their Observer role call, a detail that predated the prop going up for vote. > [@New DAO Board Observer appointment process](https://forum.pokt.network/t/new-dao-board-observer-appointment-process/4986/1): > > ### Need 1: Technical leader/visionary > > - Position: Technical Leader (Future Focused CTO concept) - Board Director (but can be an observer instead, depending on the circumstances) > - Why We Need This: PNF is a key steward of the POKT Network ecosystem. A core component of this is to capitalise on opportunities presented by technology advancement (technical partnerships, commercial opportunities) and to protect the ecosystem from threats (Existential technical shifts, time and resources rabbitholes/graveyards). The Technical Leader will support the board by acting as the main technical lead within the foundation and act as a conduit to technical teams across the ecosystem. They will play a major role in product strategy and evangelism for the ecosystem. I share @iannn’s sentiment that this seems like a power play. The suggestion to nominate @Jinx as a Foundation Director, made by @ArtSabintsev, borders on the absurd. While I hold no grudge against @Jinx, their deep ties to a significant node operator and past advisory role with PNI raise questions about their ability to remain impartial—a non-negotiable for a Foundation Director. In stark contrast to PNI’s era—marred by hyperinflation, a non-existent wPOKT bridge, and misalignment within the DAO—not to mention ANKR’s questionable actions with the PNI Portal (only lord knows what effect that had on token price)—we’ve seen the PNF make leaps and bounds in just a year. The gravity of PNI’s legacy, including the DAO’s substantial POKT allocation to them, cannot be overlooked. > [@ArtSabintsev](#): > > I shared my opinion and asked others who have privately expressed frustration with the lack of speed/bias-for-action in their dealings with PNF over the course of a year. Even PNF has called this out as a known weakness in their SWOT analysis from their DNA project from about a year ago The lack of speed/bias-for-action by PNF mostly came during the PNI/PNF era and the SWOT analysis you speak of was probably done when the separation first happened. Remember, the restructured Foundation has been in full swing for merely a year, and I’m open to being corrected on this. My original point stands—what we’re witnessing seems to be nothing more than political manoeuvring. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.pokt.network/t/pip36-appointing-ben-as-a-pnf-director/4975)._