And now Robert Meyer Burnett is alluding to what sounds like a terrific recent development for the season 2 set:
https://twitter.com/BurnettRM/status/243108521783201792
Incidentally, sorry to just jump in with announcements when I'm virtually new to the board. Hope that's not a faux pas. I've been reading the TNG-R threads for a while and hope to contribute more often.
It's been great reading comments from others who are as psyched as I am about this project. I'm consistently surprised by how ambivalent the Trek fans I know IRL are about this!