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 PRESENTATIONS REGARDING SECRETARIAT INFORMATION SERVICES FOR MEMBERS 
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Good morning. 
We know that many of you use both the public website and the members website.  
And we recognize that going to two sites is not a convenient solution. 
So we are working on a project to merge the two websites into a one-stop shop to make your lives easier.  
We are taking the content of the members site and integrating it directly into www.wto.org so that 
you can benefit from the structure you already know.   
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Of course that content is restricted and should not be viewable by the public.  
To view it you will need to log on. Then you will see an enhanced version of the site which includes 
restricted material. 
When we launch the merged site you will see a log in field in the banner. Your username/password will be the same as the one you already have for DOL. 
 
 
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Once you’re logged in you’ll see restricted material integrated directly into the site.  
For example, in the menus you will see some additional items on practical information for 
delegates. The restricted content is identified visually with a padlock. The padlock is open because 
you have logged in and have access. 
 
 
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Sometimes the entire page is restricted.  
Sometimes it’s just a part of the page, or even just  a link. For example, this is a public page about 
the AB repertory. This is a publication which cannot be freely downloaded by the public, but it is available free for delegates. So the link appears here with a padlock PROVIDED YOU’VE LOGGED 
IN. If you are not logged in those links will not appear. 
 
 
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Logging into wto.org will automatically also log you on to DOL. That means if you use any of the 
DOL scripts on wto.org they will retrieve for you also restricted documents without you having to 
manually log in to DOL. You can see that I’m logged in at the top here, an d restricted documents, identified with an “R” 
can be downloaded. 
  
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As part of the launch of the merged site we are adding some new features and we’re focusing on 
making information about meetings as user-friendly as possible. 
  
On the home page there will be a mini-calenda r showing the meetings for the current week.  
This shows open ended meetings of WTO bodies, and also some other types of events such as 
book launches and press conferences.  
  
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There’s also an interactive meetings calendar.  
 
 
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The calendar is customizable, meaning you can display all meetings or apply a filter to display only 
meetings of those bodies of interest to you.  
 
 
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Another new feature is what we’re calling “meetings lightboxes”. If you click any of the meetings in 
the calendar you get a lightbox like this. 
There are 3 tabs 
The first shows key information about the meeting itself, venue, and the airgram with links to the documents if they’re mentioned explicitly. 
The second tab shows documents associated with the meeting. In some cases it provides 
additional sorting. The third tab gives additional information about the body, such as chair, Secretary (including 
contact details), rules of procedure. 
 
 
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We plan to launch the merged site during the summer break in August.  
At that time we will add a popup to members.wto.org saying the site is no longer updated.  
We will actually keep it running for at least a few months, but it will no longer be updated. 
Eventually the members website as a separate enti ty will be decommissioned, and replaced by the 
merged site. 
  
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We don’t view the launch as the end of this process.  
Afterwards we expect to continue improving the site and adding new features over time to the 
extent that resources allow. 
For example we plan to provide a lot more detail on accessions, grouping together items which were previously hard to find or unavailable.  
 
 
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After the summer break, once you’ve had time to use the new features we will be doing a survey 
to get your input on how well the merged site is  working for you, and any seeking your views for 
possible future improvements. Please note that this is not a commitment to implement any specific 
feature. It is simply an attempt to better understand you needs. Any potential improvements will 
then be considered by the IT Steering Committee and will compete for resources along with all the 
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