Can we move these discussions here:
Toward a roadmap for our API - #20 by jvalboa 
The questions listed by @lin_d_hop there will need answers, which can then lead to a proposal for instance managers. Yes it sounds boring, and maybe even feel like a step back from the API consensus we have reached here, but I suspect half of our instance managers don’t know exactly what an API is, and for most of them it will feel like something invisible they cannot do anything with. We need to come up with clear definitions and help everyone understand why it is important. Kind of onboarding the community in that vision. Thus the team will be empowered to move forward.
Let’s organize a team to work on a proposal? Having a clear strategy on our API will feel really good 