Ummmm....most of them are not thinking about applying for a gTLD at 
this stage.  They want to know what is going on.

I'll review the ICANN summary.

Harold

At 01:50 PM 12/2/2008, Milton L Mueller wrote:
>Here's the summary they need:
>
>1. The "evaluation" fee will be $185,000
>2. The flat annual registry fee will also be in tens of thousands of
>dollars
>3. If their name or concept offends anyone they can expect their
>expenses to start multiplying rapidly
>
>An ICANN summary here:
>http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-23oct08-en.htm