Dear All, The deadline for At-Large comments to be considered by the At-Large new gTLD Review Group (gTLD RG ; https://community.icann.org/x/u7-bAQ) gTLD RG for drafting a formal objection statement on limited public interest or community grounds for RALO's and ALAC's consideration was around November 14 2012. There was a request (http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/newgtldrg/2012-November/000185.html) to create a page for the .nyc application. This page was added to the At-Large new gTLD Applications Dashboard (http://bit.ly/newgtld) at https://community.icann.org/display/newgtldrg/.nyc, and we are awaiting the comment on this gTLD application to be added to this page. The public comment on the "Use of a Drawing for Prioritizing New gTLD Applications" ended on November 9 2012 which (among other things) called for the objection period to be extended to March 13 2013 instead of January 12 2013. A cursory review of the public comments received by ICANN at http://forum.icann.org/lists/drawing-prioritization/ indicate the majority of comments focused on the prioritization draw. I do note this comment on the objection deadline by Coalition for Online Accountability at http://forum.icann.org/lists/drawing-prioritization/pdffwvWBliZtI.pdf but also note ICANN's CEO Fadi Chehade comment in the ICANN Board session with the Registries Stakeholder Group Toronto meeting on Page 8 of the transcript http://toronto45.icann.org/meetings/toronto2012/transcript-board-rysg-redlin... "The date won't slip. It is March 13th. That's it. And how we picked it, we split the difference. People wanted it in June. People wanted it in January. It is the midpoint. Split the difference. It is that simple. Yes, not everyone is happy but this date works. And if we start messing with that date, it will mess all of our initial evaluations releases, guys. So this date is set. Let's live with it....." So it does seem likely that ICANN will soon confirm that the objection period would be extended to March 13 2013 if not later, especially given that the new gTLD Prioritization Draw has been announced (http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/prioritization-draw) Once the objection deadline has been formally announced by ICANN, the gTLD RG will update the timetable for its activities and repeat the call for At-Large comments to be considered by the gTLD RG for drafting a formal objection statement on limited public interest or community grounds for RALO's and ALAC's consideration. Kind Regards, Dev Anand Teelucksingh gTLD RG chair