2. These filings will contain the name of the entity filing for the TLD, the string sought by the application, and a check for an amount to be agreed. The discussion ranged from $50K on the low end to the full application fee of $185K on the high end. No common view on what the sum should be, though everyone identified pros and cons for each end of the spectrum.
Any discussion about whether the fee is refundable if they don't go ahead? If it's non-refundable, I don't see much incentive for potential applicants to show their cards. Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, ex-Mayor "More Wiener schnitzel, please", said Tom, revealingly.