# Resignation notice from Ben Perez and Dermot O’Riordan as directors of PNF

**URL:** https://forum.pokt.network/t/resignation-notice-from-ben-perez-and-dermot-o-riordan-as-directors-of-pnf/5288
**Category:** Foundation
**Created:** [July 2, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.pokt.network/t/resignation-notice-from-ben-perez-and-dermot-o-riordan-as-directors-of-pnf/5288 "2024-07-02T19:40:00Z")
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### Author: ![zaatar](https://forum.pokt.network/user_avatar/forum.pokt.network/zaatar/32/386_2.png) [@zaatar](https://forum.pokt.network/u/zaatar)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.pokt.network/t/resignation-notice-from-ben-perez-and-dermot-o-riordan-as-directors-of-pnf/5288/6 "2024-07-09T02:22:21Z")

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## Thank You

I echo the appreciation voiced by others in this thread. After a lot of trial and error, PNF created ingenious and workable ways to encourage community contributions: Quick Grants and RFPs (formerly Sockets and POPs), Bounties, and Maintainer Roles. Whoever takes the reins of PNF should preserve and iterate on these mechanisms, as they are essential for incentivizing meaningful contributions to our network and for growing our community.

The proposed changes to our voting system (CREDS) may be shelved for now, but no one can deny their innovativeness or that they contain significant and necessary improvements.

I truly hope that Dermot, Jack and Ben remain active in the DAO. Pocket can only benefit from their skills and talent.

## Who’s in Charge of What

> [@b3n](#):
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> Now, with no mandate to lead the foundation, our roles shift from leaders to temporary caretakers. …We are on hand to help with any transition and to support as needed through this next period.

> [@b3n](#):
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> To help ease the transition, we have appointed @shane as a temporary director,…He will be legally responsible for taking actions in the best interests of the Pocket Network Foundation and the project as a whole.

> [@PEP-72 Retroactive POKT Goods Funding (RPGF)](https://forum.pokt.network/t/pep-72-retroactive-pokt-goods-funding-rpgf/5187/8):
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> Results for Retroactive funding round are now finalized. We will distribute funds next Monday, 15th July as previously agreed in the program timelines.

Now that you have resigned, what caretaker powers, if any, do you exercise? Can you dispense DAO funds needed to cover completed work that was previously approved by the DAO - just as you’re disbursing the retro PGF grants? Or has that role shifted to Shane?

What are the exact terms of Shane’s appointment as temporary director? At what point does that appointment expire? Can you please publish the decision empowering him, if there is one?

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