John L said:

My advice would be to stop the new gTLD process until:

b) ICANN develops and implements compliance processes to manage *all* of the requirements in existing registry and registrar contracts, and develops compliance processes for any new or different requirements in new contracts.

I partially agree. I would like to wait until, ICANN actually demonstrates that they have reliably enforced compliance. ICANN has consistently demonstrated that they have Just having rules and process does not mean that it has been enforced. See http://www.icann.org/correspondence/touton-letter-to-beckwith-03sep02.htm . The domain names in questions stayed invalid until they switched to a privacy service provider.