Hi,
These conversions can really be done by anyone. John has been working on these on behalf of SFR members for a variety of reasons (he has access to the original routes, he is really good at this and has submitted several of his own perm routes and has standardized a method of cue notation that will adhere to submission guidelines and look a lot like what we are used to with SFR brevet cue sheets) .Once submitted, the routes are owned by RUSA so there is no longer any requirement for the person submitting to administer the route after that. If you want to convert a current SFR route to a permanent route check the details on submitting routes to see if you might need to change the start/finish locations to address proof of passage acquisition, and please keep as much as possible to the spirit of the brevet version of the route. Also, it might be best to announce here and/or on the SFR Facebook group page to avoid two or more people trying to submit the same thing to RUSA.
Many if not most of the 200km routes that began as perms under the old structure and then were converted into SFR brevet routes have been added to the new perm program already (Del Puerto Canyon, Freestone Bread Run, Two Rock-Valley Ford (nee Jittery Jaunt).
So far the focus has been on 200km routes, in part based on the assumption that most perm riders aren't doing 400 or 600km routes just yet, and very few are doing 300km routes. Kinda best bang for the buck so to speak.
rob hawks