Instead of trying to fix the current model (meeting fees subsidize aThis would be anathema to the IETF; it would impose a much higher barrier to implementers, and make it expensive for third parties to determine whether or not a given implementation is compliant. Both of these would have the effect of lowering the quality of implementations.
publishing arm), it might make sense to consider having the publishing
arm be self-funded.
Of course, it might be the only way; but we should look *hard* for alternatives.
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