Marilyn, In spite of much critism from Kieren and others on .nxt blog and twitter it looks to looks to me like the ICANN communications plan has started out to be more balanced and in line with BC position. I want to make clear that ICANN is an organization that is not advocating new gTLDs for anyone, said Beckstrom. Our role is merely facilitation to implement the policy and the programs approved by our community, so we are here to educate not to advocate. <http://www.icann.org/en/news/releases/release-12sep11-en.pdf> http://www.icann.org/en/news/releases/release-12sep11-en.pdf Perhaps helped by your breakfast with Barbara and my phone call with Scott. Scott Pinzon told me it was likely to be in two phases now to Dec 11 mostly directed applicants, Jan 12 onwards directed to users. best Chris Chaplow Managing Director Andalucia.com S.L. Avenida del Carmen 9 Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo 1ª Planta, Oficina 30 Estepona, 29680 Malaga, Spain Tel: + (34) 952 897 865 Fax: + (34) 952 897 874 E-mail: <mailto:chris@andalucia.com> chris@andalucia.com Web: <http://www.andalucia.com/> www.andalucia.com Information about Andalucia, Spain.