Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

dont forget the ICM guys are spending money on this, and concentrating on this is keeping them from any other projects probably

surely, this could be a goldmine for them for the rest of their lives, but if ICANN oficially rejects this proposal now, then they might finally cut their losses and move on with their lifes

keep in mind, they started the whole thing already 6-7 years ago... back then it was rejected quite fast... so they put the idea to rest and came back 3 years ago... where ICANN initially approved the agrement in 2005..... then there were negotiations for a year... then finally ICANN voted against this agreement in 2006, but ICM have sent in their "Reconsideration request" and noww its back on the agenda.... But should ICANN vote down the new agreement again (or even better - oficially reject it ), then they would realize that perhaps its better to concentrate on something else... instead of paying $50k (which is probably a small amount to them, but still.. ) in a year to ICANN again in order than ICANN takes a look at their new proposal again... and the new proposal could not be much different than the current one, because the main reasons why ICANN declined them till now (and hopfully will decline it again) are connected with far bigger issues than the details of the proposed contracts