Source: www.domainnews.com ICANN is extending the New gTLDs Applicant Guidebook public comment deadline until December 15. The new deadline applies to the English posting only. For the remaining languages the deadline is still January 7. (The extension is in line with recent community discussion that time during ICANN meetings (i.e., the recent Cairo meeting) should not toll comment periods.) ICANN urges the Internet community to continue providing feedback. This consultative process is key to assist ICANN to further improve the New gTLDs program.Since the posting on 23 October 2008 of the Draft Applicant Guidebook for New Generic Top-Level Domains (http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-23oct08-en.htm) , ICANN has been receiving valuable comments from the Internet community. Several of the comments and questions have been focused on the proposed gTLD base agreement.
