I just went back and reread the section to see if I'd missed something, and... kind of, I guess? They acknowledge that it is hard to join, but they don't seem to fully get why - that the problem is their system of scheduling meetings instead of discussing things asynchronously, not the ISO in itself. Without that realization, I would be surprised if a post-ISO C++ committee didn't just keep doing the same thing as before, because face to face meetings are the only way to be productive, right?

The "look at this pretty place I got to go to" picture immediately after that section does nothing to help this impression.