On Oct 17, 2013, at 4:20 PM, John C Klensin <john-ietf(_at_)jck(_dot_)com>
wrote:
If there isn't a candidate (or, if necessary two) who
is able to satisfactorily lead and manage a WG, that is, at
least IMO, _extremely_ strong evidence that there isn't
sufficient community interest in the WG and its work.
No, it's extremely weak evidence. Being a good working group chair is a very
different problem than being a technology proponent. You might have a hundred
technology proponents for a particular working group, none of whom would do a
really good job as chair. Or you might have five proponents, one of whom
would be a fantastic chair.
Working group chairs are not raw material. They are the result of growing in
the organization, and they are an extremely valuable part of the organization.
Growing more working group chairs should be a serious priority of the IETF,
and our failure to do this well is very much part of the AD overwork problem.