If your exploratory testing uncovers an area that may be an ideal candidate for automation, what steps would you go about communicating that to the developers/automators to get it done?

If your exploratory testing uncovers an area that may be an ideal candidate for automation, what steps would you go about communicating that to the developers/automators to get it done? 

1. What was it in particular about the exploratory testing that uncovered a good candidate for automation? What makes it an ideal candidate?
2. Was there a particular risk that was addressed during the exploratory testing? Do we need to repeatedly check for this risk? And could automation repeatedly check for this risk? 
3. What new information revealed itself during the exploratory testing that is related to automation?
4. When did the exploratory testing uncover information about existing features and new features? Does time and effort have an influence on what should or shouldn't be automated? 
5. How maintainable would the automation be for this ideal candidate?
6. Who do I want to communicate with? What are their goals and motivations? How lined up are we as a team when it comes to quality?
7. What resistance might I meet about my suggestions? How might I handle any objections?
8. What trade offs are we making to not automate something we discovered during exploratory testing?
9. What ally or buddy can I lightly mention this ideal candidate to? Who can I sense check with first before putting forward a formal case?
10. What timely process can we put in place if this area were to be automated? How can we continue to make sure the automation of this area is valuable?