The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus is the evolution of a peak body of civil society seeking to be involved in Internet governance, that first came together at the WSIS. Less than a month short of the IGF, voting on the Governance Caucus' charter has just closed, with the following results: The charter was accepted with a vote of:

• 56 votes for
• 3 votes against

Voting style was determined as being open with the opportunity for the coordinators to close a vote, subject to appeal:

• 19 for Secret ballots
• 30 for Open ballots

Regarding the method of selecting the Appeals Team:

• 35 in favor of using a Nomcom
• 9 in favor of voting

Regarding the method of selecting nominees to other bodies:

• 34 in favor of using a nomcom
• 10 in favor of voting

The charter is well worth a read. Although I demur at the suggestion that civil society necessarily constitutes only "progressive" groups and actors - this is too prescriptive - I think that the Caucus has otherwise gotten most everything right, and will be interested to see where it goes from here.

In other news, my presentation for the GigaNet conference has been accepted, so I suppose that I had better start writing it.