Adam Peake notes that the participation of observers in the drafting groups for WSIS documents is a contentious issue. Of course. This is typical the ITU, UN, intergovernmental nonsense. Remember, the folks running the show think they're being generous by giving the private sector and civil society 45 minutes every other day to speak. How can anyone doubt that the ICANN process, frustrating as it has been at times, is light years ahead of what is happening in Geneva and Tunis?

This is one reason why I am still skeptical about Civil Society's call for a new "forum" in which to discuss Internet governance issues. If the UN or ITU has a hand in creating this new forum, won't it resemble the current forum in which the private sector, civil society and individual Internet users are disenfranchised?