On Oct 17, 2013 4:20 PM, "John C Klensin" <john-ietf(_at_)jck(_dot_)com> wrote:
* Many years ago, there were some proposals to limit the number
of WGs to what could be effectively managed without growing the
IESG or turning it into a full-time job.
Fyi for historical perspective: the idea of limiting the number of working
groups arose within hours of the idea of working groups itself.
There has never been an accepted way to decide whose work should be denied
except popularity, and as the IETF 's popularity swelled it became possible
to get enough people to work on almost anything.
It would be great if the IETF had a _strategy_ under which priorities and
action items could be determined.