Charging for IDs will kill innovation. I use IDs to float ideas which
may or may not bear fruition. I would not work on these if I had to pay.
I also work on things at the IETF than my employer does not sponsor.
These things will get thrown out as well.
Since we have started slaughtering the sacred cows (free {ids,mailing
lists, rfcs ...}), I might as well suggest few more.
* Make remote participants share the costs. i.e. charge for live
audio/video feeds. I believe this is fairer than charging for ids, rfcs
or mailing lists. People who want to participate, but are unable to
travel can get these for a lower meeting fee (25% maybe).
* Get some kind of corporate sponsorships for supporting free documents
(kind of like IEEE get 802)
* Cut back on the food and beverages
I would be unhappy with some of these things, but at least they still
retain the openness of the IETF and are reasonably fair.
Cheers
Suresh
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