Hi Dan, great to have you back!
Some of the burning issues I think that we need to address as a community in order of priority is;
- create an EOS foundation
- solve free accounts on EOS
- deploy a workers proposal system (one is ready and approved but B1 stopped it…)
- IBC between EOSIO chains
- staking pools
I think as a community we should refine this list more and start attacking each issue. We shouldn’t rely on what PBE next have in their list, instead, we should demand what the next priority is and have them support the development of it. This is why a foundation is the first critical step to be that point of contact for the community.