Hi folks, According to the ICANN Board resolution that created the IRT: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-06mar09.htm#07 it was tasked to: "produce a final report to be published no later than 24 May 2009" It is now May 27, 2009, and no final report has been made public either on ICANN's website, the comment forum, http://forum.icann.org/lists/irt-draft-report/ or on the IRT wiki: https://st.icann.org/new-gtld-overarching-issues/index.cgi?trademark_protect... Assuming they have missed their deadline, while at the same time they imposed unrealistic deadlines upon companies and individuals not in the IRT to submit comments, I think it's safe to declare the entire process a complete and utter failure. As a consensus does not exist on how to solve these and other overarching issues related to new gTLDs, the entire new gTLD program should be shelved so that the community no longer wastes valuable time and resources on doomed projects. ICANN needs to admit failure and move on, in order to preserve any last scintilla of legitimacy it imagines itself to possess. The community focus should instead be placed upon important matters like DNSSEC and IPv6. The NTIA/DOC/DOJ should give more direct instructions to ICANN in this regard to reiterate its past letters on new gTLDs: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/comments/2008/ICANN_081218.pdf Sincerely, George Kirikos 416-588-0269 http://www.leap.com/