It might be worth the effort to actually tell people (when they register to attend meetings) that they are expected to sign up for a userid/password to work with the IETF organization. and if our various countries cared… >From Sarah Parkes at ITU, when I was factchecking an article. July 2012 "worth pointing out that all Member States are free to publish *any documents* they see fit as part of their national consultation process." Emphasis in the original //bill On 12November2013Tuesday, at 13:11, Warren Kumari wrote: > > On Nov 12, 2013, at 12:37 AM, joel jaeggli <joelja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> nomcom13@xxxxxxxx not working for you? >> > > From the main datatracker page (https://datatracker.ietf.org/) there is also a "New Account" link (top left) where you can: > • Sign in > • Request an account > • Request a password reset > • Change your datatracker preferences for this browser > > Perhaps one of these would be helpful? > > W > >> joel >> >> On Nov 11, 2013, at 9:28 PM, manning bill <bmanning@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> the ITU is more open than the IETF when it comes to access… which is really sad. >>> please send me my userid/password asap so i can download documents and comment on requested inputs to the noncom. >>> >>> >>> /bill >>> >>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/accounts/login/?next=/nomcom/2013/feedback/ >>> >>> Authentication required! >>> >>> This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the URL "/accounts/login/". You either supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser doesn't understand how to supply the credentials required. >>> >>> In case you are allowed to request the document, please check your user-id and password and try again. >>> >>> If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster. >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > What our ancestors would really be thinking, if they were alive today, is: "Why is it so dark in here?" > > -- (Terry Pratchett, Pyramids) > >