I'm pretty sure there was someone who could step up. Product owners usually over value their involvement and thus never give up the reigns, going down with the ship instead of letting someone else take over.
I don't know. Community members usually undervalue the product owner's involvement as well.
Stewarding a community is a difficult job. You need more than just passion and I imagine finding one and feeling confident that they'll do a good job is quite difficult.
Stewarding a community is a difficult job. You need more than just passion and I imagine finding one and feeling confident that they'll do a good job is quite difficult.