Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Having a non-WG-Chair as shepherd is particularly useful if one, or
> even both, chairs are authors of the draft in question. In that case it
> avoids a tricky conflict of interest. In other cases it simply spreads
> the workload, if a WG has many documents reaching maturity at the same
> time.
My view is that the most valuable thing is that it exposes more people to the
process. They become possible WG chair candidates, if not in that WG, then
perhaps another.
I would really like to find a way to raise the profile of the shepherd, and
make it something that people aspire to.
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Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@xxxxxxxxxxxx> . o O ( IPv6 IøT consulting )
Sandelman Software Works Inc, Ottawa and Worldwide
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