[LINK] Tunis Internet Governance Outcomes

[Roger Clarke]

[Back from a week away, I'm having trouble sifting through the 
increasing amount of diatribe on the list in order to find the gems. 
Has anyone posted any analyses of the outcomes of Tunis last week, or 
links to other people's analyses?  The following is just the base 
reference]

http://www.ngocongo.org/ngomeet/WSIS/TunisAgenda.htm
See in particular paras. 67-82

An Internet Governance Forum is to be established.

"The IGF would have no oversight function and would not replace 
existing arrangements, mechanisms, institutions or organisations, but 
would involve them and take advantage of their expertise. It would be 
constituted as a neutral, non-duplicative and non-binding process. It 
would have no involvement in day-to-day or technical operations of 
the Internet."

[Am I being naive, or is this good news?]

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