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