Peter, good point. I re-read your proposal before actually
sending an announcement to squeak-dev, and realized that the candidate
list should stay up during the sign-up period. In the actual
announcement I said that new candidates could come forward during the
sign-up period.
Here's my post to squeak-dev:
http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2006-February/100549.html