I'm an individual with a modest income who generally pays his own way to attend IETF meetings. I agree that the costs are too high. However, I'd be opposed to a scheme that charged corporations more, because then they'd expect their word to carry more weight. IMHO the only way to make sure that individuals continue to be able to contribute usefully to IETF is to treat all participants of IETF the same - regardless of who pays for the attendance. And as much as the meeting costs annoy me, I haven't thought of a better way to fund IETF. But I'd be curious to know whether holding meetings in other venues (say university campuses during break periods) might allow us to lower meeting fees. Keith p.s. I also think that periodic, timely disclosure of IETF finances via the web site would be entirely appropriate.