Highly compentent people are rare. And those usually are very busy, especially if at the same time there are layoffs. And if you are compentent and have a plate

Highly compentent people are rare. And those usually are very busy, especially if at the same time there are layoffs. And if you are compentent and have a plate full of exciting things to do in front of you, it is difficult to find the time for such a committee job, however important that on the long term might be.