Dear OUR Media friends, I am happy to report that I have completed my PhD in Social Sciences with a thesis entitled "Theory for Civil Society Media: Lessons from the World Summit on the Information Society." The text can be downloaded from: http://homepage.mac.com/ellenycx/remoCSM/FileSharing106.html Password: csm Thank you to all of you who shared your experience and knowledge. I could not have done it without this network. I hope this thesis will be of some use to you and our movement. As I continue to build on it, any comments and feedback is still very welcome. My only regret is that my mentor and advisor of many years, Midori Suzuki ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_Suzuki ) did not live to attend the graduation, though she saw to the completion of the text and its defense even from her sickbed. With her help, I also managed to secure a position as research fellow for 2 years: I will be coordinating a project (including a research consortium) on policy issues & frameworks for our media in Japan and the EU. Will keep you posted. Hope this finds you all well, and see you in Sydney! G a b r i e l e H a d l JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow The University of Tokyo Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies