The small unrefundable fee .ORG (PIR) charges eliminated the (bulk of the) problems they faced as a result of tasting on .org domains.   It is hoped that this  $0.22 measure would have similar effect.  It's worth the try, but it probably doesnt go far enough.  The At-Large position should be to support this budgetary measure, and also to investigate other policy options, including removing the AGP option entirely.
<br><br>More important to me is addressing the &quot;tasting&quot; that occurs during the drop period.&nbsp; We should not neglect this dimension of tasting practices.<br><br>The arguments presented from the floor as to why AGP is still necessary and useful seemed terribly weak.&nbsp; They presented abuse scenarios as a basis to maintain AGP... 
i.e. a Registrar being hacked and domains purchased under it&#39;s name... Such scenario should be the basis for invoking criminal legal system, and could be cause for exceptions to process/refund as opposed to an automatic right of the registrar to return a domain.
<br><br>I do agree with Randy that pricing on domains should not be going up.&nbsp; The gentleman from Tucows was very much on the mark.&nbsp;&nbsp; The arguments of inflation etc were specious.&nbsp; Processing power, bandwidth, communications/telecom expenses should all be going down down down.
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