ICANN have a blog moderated (authored) by Kieren McCarthy. One of the latest entries is a summation of where ICANN are regarding the new gTLD's that have attracted such a firestorm.

I have posted comments, both constructive & critical, in my ongoing effort to dialogue with ICANN. Many of my comments pertain to ICANN's "process".

I think some of the domainers here will be interested in this flow of discussion on the blog. Here's the link if interested in adding your comments (comments located at bottom of the ICANN post) ...

http://blog.icann.org/2009/05/so-whe...et-extensions/