To: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 20:36:07 -0500
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Your Papers, Please
From: ronkean at juno.com
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 20:05:53 -0500 "Barry L. Newton"
<bnewton at ashcomp.com> writes:

> Interestingly, ronkean at juno.com said:
  The member would be asked to provide the password at the
> >registration table.
>
> That's fine except for those folks who sign up months or years in
> advance
> and *forget* or *lose* their passwords.  This happens to me on
> infrequently
> visited internet sites two or three times a year.
>

It could well happen that many would lose or forget their password.
Perhaps the sign in procedure could just be flexible, so that any of
several means of identification would be acceptable, e.g. providing the
password, showing ID, being vouched for, showing the confirmation letter,
reciting one's mailing address, etc.

Ron Kean

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