Stephane H Maes wrote: > I think that if we aim at being an open standard organization, the > highest priority must always be to not disenfranchise any IETF participants. If you really believe that, it follows that meeting fees (and meeting expenses in general) need to be drastically reduced. Otherwise we are disenfranchising those who cannot afford to attend with the current fee structure. It also follows that we need to find another model of funding the Secretariat. For those reasons I think it's hard to defend the notion that not disenfranchising participants is the "highest priority". We're supposed to be an engineering organization. Engineering is supposed to be an exercise in pragmatism. Keith _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf