Connections, and timing (was: IETF chair)

[Keith Moore <[e-mail]>]

On 10/14/20 10:14 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:

> Historically, the people who have the right connections win.

Connections help, and timing helps too.   If you propose something at a 
time when the technology is just about ready, and there's an emerging 
awareness of the problem, and there's enough energy to overcome the 
inertia imposed by the status quo, it's a lot more likely to succeed 
than if you propose the same thing either too soon or too late.    
There's a strong bias against "old" ideas even if their time has now 
come; people would rather consider a new proposal than an old one.

Keith