- comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20@icann.org

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I Disagree with the Amendment
by Tashiv Sewpersad Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Greetings, The proposed changes could have serious implications in developing countries like mine. I am an emerging Computer Scientist from South Africa and the Rand to Dollar exchange already makes domains very pricey. Allowing for .com domains to potentially increase by 70% in cost in the next ten years will make them less accessible and this is against the spirit of the internet. Kind regards, Tashiv

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Not a good idea
by Oh My Good Guide . Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please change your mind. It's really unfair and it will only increase the prices with no real difference of the service

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com domain names should be public infrastructure
by Halil Kaskavalci Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry – it has no business dictating the price. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Shamiul Alam Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am opposed to the price increase plan for .COM domains. Best Regards, *Shamiul Alam* Lalmonirhat, BD

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Roman Kuzmin Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

It makes me feel sad. Looks like using a monopoly to set arbitrary price for a good, required by all

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop the arbitrariness
by Miodrag Ninkovic Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Do NOT allow .com (or any) domains to become privilege of the rich. Miodrag

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increases for .com domains
by Ted Pennings Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, I am writing to lobby against amendment 3 and the opportunity for .com price increases. I'm a front-end software engineer who relies on the affordability of .com domains every day. The internet relies on access to information and the ability to publish new information. We shouldn't hamper new ideas and new businesses with higher fees. Thank you, Ted Portland, OR

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment 3 will hurt startups
by Alyx Baldwin Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To Whom it May Concern: Please do not pass Amendment 3 to the .COM registry agreement, as any additional costs will be passed on to registry customers. This includes startups that do not or unable to take institutional funding, so every cost increase makes it increasingly difficult to continue operating, especially in early stages. Please don't hinder startup innovation by passing Amendment 3. Sincerely, Alyx Baldwin

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Reaction
by COSTE,Pascal Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

If the .COM price increases, I'll change to .FR That's easy. Pascal Coste. pascal.coste(a)outlook.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] My voice
by deannagamez＠gmail.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern: I am in disagreement with these changes and feel they are unfair and can cause a huge affect on very small and minor business causing a financial burden down the road with expenses. There is no disclosure of what these increase in fees are for, why they are necessary nor how that money will be spent. Thank you for your time. Deanna Rios Professional Organizer, Organized By Deanna Mobile: (714) 482-3635 Email: deanna(a)organizedbydeanna.com Website: www.organizedbydeanna.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Harri Halonen Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, Please reconsider your deal with Verisign as .com is much more than a domain for commercial ventures, it has a global defacto status as a place to go and it is used as a domain for all kinds of community and personal projects. I don't agree that the price increase guides registering to other domains. It only hurts the smalltime people trying to brand themselves equally to the bigtime people. Thank you, Harri Halonen

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not increase fees
by inquiry＠attyrichellejuanbe.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com increased price
by David Lesprit Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I totally oppose to the raising of .com prices. Some online entrepreneurs like us work with 40-50+ domain names using .com. Raising significantly the prices over the next years as this amendment allows will severly damage our operating costs. The .com domain names MUST remain acessible. This amendment is gonna damage a lot of online business. David Lesprit IT Digital Marketing [image: Amedia Group] *Amedia Management Ltd* 33 Canton Road Hong Kong | Tsimshatsui - Kowloon website <http://www.fiduciaire-suisse.com/> | email <david(a)amedia.com> Global presence in 13 countries Member of: [image: Member of: The Swiss Institute of Internal Auditors, The International Bar Association, The International Fiscal Association] This message and all attachments are for the exclusive benefit of the intended recipients and are confidential. If you receive this message in error, please destroy it and immediately avoid the sender. Any use of this message that does not comply with its intended purpose, any diffusion or any publication, total or partial, is prohibited, except expressly authorized. Internet does not allow to maintain the integrity of this message, Amedia group and its affiliates decline any responsibility for this message, in the event that it has been modified.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increase for .com domains
by Adrian Suciu Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, My name is Adrian Suciu and I have rented a .com domain from an authorized registrar. I have just found out that prices for this type of domain will increase for the next 8-10 years with a annual fee. I represent a small business and for us, as a small company every money spent can have a significant impact on the our budget (which is not the biggest considering that we are doing all with the money we earned). So, in order to support growing companies like the one I represent, I kindly request you to reconsider these prices increases. Looking forward to hearing from you, Adrian Suciu

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop this price increase
by Erving Velez Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern, This price increase and the way it was conducted it’s an outrage! How much money do you greedy people need? If you truly care about a free internet then you would stop this increase and apologize. -Erving Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Justin - Web Consulting Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I’ve been in the internet world of design and marketing for over 10 years. This community employs and provides significant value to society. Domain names, websites, and the democratization of info and tech are essential to continue moving society forward. An open and financially friendly environment helps allow everyone a shot at having an online presence and contributing to humanity and the world wide web. Your proposed amendment and price increases threaten this community and the very fabric that the internet represents and provides for all of humanity. I urge you to strongly consider and not make this decision purely on profit. We all contribute, and raising prices will only create a greater barrier to entry to the very doorway to knowledge and information for our free world. Regards, Justin Johnson

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM registrations
by Brian Gagne Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Small business owners can't afford another increase, I know I can't.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price raise
by J Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am opposed to this price range, this will only hurt both consumers and small businesses. Small businesses already have the difficulty of starting up but this just adds insult to injury. It may also make .com domains less desirable as a whole due to the influx in prices.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Keep .com domains affordable
by Briony Cullin Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The internet should be affordable and accessible for all.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Increase of .COM Prices
by admin＠myruaa.com admin＠myruaa.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increase hurts small businesses
by Sunny Chancellor Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Price increases like this can only hurt a small people/business like mine. I see no value increase only cost increase. This will lead to more commodification and less diversity in the domain space. Please reconsider giving complete monopoly control to a single entity such as this. -- *Sunny Chancellor* Artist / Designer ______________ sunny(a)chancellor.net cell:707.357.6595

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com
by Marcus Christiansen Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I’d prefer if you didn’t, thanks. Marcus Christiansen, signed.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposing ICANN's decision on price increase
by goutham ravella Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, As a small business owner I am strongly opposing the ICANNs decision about the periodical price increase every year. This will be a big blow to who want to start an online business and making them to think twice and thus discouraging and pacifying the new startups too. Regards, Goutham Ravella, MIGO India Consultancy Pvt LTD, India.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No Hike in .com domain
by tjtechi Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, Please do not increase the .com domain name price. This will affect a lot of businesses and functionalities of our financial infrastructures. BR, regards

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Increment in prices of Domains will not help
by Daniel Okoto Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Price increment for .com domain will course clients including myself to close our sites and may result to native webapps where we will use other domain extensions or even IP addresses. This will affect other users and general lead to over price of services to people I develop for. Please reconsider the idea of increasing the price for .com domain extension. Thank you. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I am against the price increase
by Atmadeep Das Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I do not support this move for increasing price without consenting with the internet users. Please think of the mass user. Thank you Atmadeep

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Azeem Hassan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This increment of prices is not acceptable Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop this
by Santi López Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This attempts against the will of the bast majority of internet users and attacks the organizations and people that represent most of internet users and favours a few privileged and greedy people. STOP THIS!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com TLD changes with Verisign
by Kurt Ness Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN,As a very small web design agency owner, price increases will lead to increased Costs for my clients and myself. As the internet expands to more people and more have websites, any changes with the verisign contract will mean all businesses online will have to spend even more on website costs. Removing price caps, and allowing Verisign to increase costs up to 7% each year for 8 years over the next 10 years will lead to drastically increased costs for domain names of .com. I will also say that Verisign nor any other TLD operator should be allowed to be a registrar, or own or have any stake in any registrar. That will only increase costs to consumers. Anyone with a website on cPanel/WHM just had massive price increases as a new pricing model was released. This drives up already expensive web hosting costs, and any changes with .com TLDs will only put more strains on small businesses and individual people with website. I highly encourage you to not change anything with the Verisign contract. Thank you,Kurt NessOwner, Kurt Ness Support, LLCSent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Clement Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop gambling
by Axel Facius Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I grew up in times where the internet was just a newborn baby. It was invented by scientists to be used by the public. Over the years, companies were using this public resource to make incredible profits. This is great and totally ok as long as it doesn’t limit the open and public nature of this resource as such. However, I’m deeply concerned that your planned changes have substantially negative impact on the freedom, democracy and the whole principles and philosophy. Price increases and reduced concurrency will reduce the freedom and strongly affect who can still afford to use this public good. Stop gambling with this and leave the internet a free place as much as possible. Axel Founder and lead scientist at thinkQ2.com — Axel Facius thinkQ2

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] not agree with amendment
by Evaldas Miliauskas Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

your changes to allow price increases for domains will lead to making ICANN obsolete, even though you gonna profit in short-term long term people will move away from domains eventually to a different naming alternative. So if you want the organization still be relevant I would suggest to not proceed with the amendment. -- Thanks, Evaldas Miliauskas StackTome Co-Founder [image: View my LinkedIn profile from The Linked In Man] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/evaldas-miliauskas-6269b5132/>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increases .COM domains
by John Chisholm Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I write to express disgust at the agreement signed between ICANN and Verisign to allow annual prices increases for the registration of .COM domain names. Verisign already holds a near monopoly on the sale of high-level domain names to registrars and I do not believe that ICANN should be operating to conduct back-door-deals with Verisign to further line its coffers. If price increases are necessary for reasons other than pure profit, put these reasons out there before providing contractual guarantees to Verisign and let them stand the test of public scrutiny. Further, the whole domain registration process is farcical and unfair to many users. It is now almost impossible to find a .COM name that is not already registered, a great many issued to parties that have no intention of ever using them that only want to make others to pay exorbitant fees to obtain them. I believe that ICANN should enforce the release of high-level domain names that have not been actively used by a registrant within a specified number of years – 3, 4, or 5 years. I believe that a great many of these sleeping domain names must be registered by the registrars, themselves, or their proxies, as this would result in significant financial loss if they were to be paying the same fees as third parties. Faithfully yours, John Chisholm, PhD

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .Com
by Owen Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do not increase the price of .com addresses. This type of behavior appears as pure money grabbing and destroys the reputation and efforts you have established already. Regards Owen

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Julius Johansson Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, Making deals behind closed doors on a subject that affects up to 144 million users is hurtful in these times where an open internet is already under threat. I hope you reconsider this amendment as there is no evidence this deal would lead to investments in the infrastructure nor any positive effects for the end-user. All the best Julius Johansson

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] shame on you!
by admin＠newebizonline.com Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This is completely unethical and not expected from a body like ICANN. Shameful!!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Verisign wholesale fees agreement
by Nik Hole Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Verisign makes high margins from domains. They should not require or be allowed to make wholesale price rises much above inflation. The proposals should definitely be open to multi-party scrutiny. Nicholas Hole

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Please don't change the ICANN policy
by Michael S. Williams Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I'm a small company operator with a dotcom domain name. Our Company is still struggling to take off. The current registrar price may look small and insignificant but it goes a long way to ease a small company owner like me from Africa trying to bootstrap my way to launching of my Company. Your policy so far has been very helpful Please let it remain as it is. Thanks a lot. Michael

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Rate increases
by Tim Montes Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

We are not in favor of the price increases and will not support further increases which will harm our ability to enrich our lives while providing jobs to others. This money grab will only hurt over the long haul and will affect our ability to do business as a whole. Ex: Marketing, pay increases etc. etc. etc. -- Tim Montes Oak Park, CA 91377 3 <(877)%20777-7149>10-971-7494 Office *www.manageditguy.com <http://www.manageditguy.com/>* Let's Connect!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price Proposal
by JC Coleman Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

In my opinion this is too rapid of a price increase. I can understand and agree with the need to increase prices for domain registration, but in my opinion ion this proposal is too much too soon. A slower increase over time would be more acceptable to registrants. This would maintain profitability to registrars while allowing registrants to be more accepting of the increased cost or hav e more time to consider other options. Thank you, ---------------- --J.C. Coleman

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment on .com price increase
by Jimmy Teir Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, It is my firm belief that in 2020 prices of domains should stay put where they are or, if anything, decrease. My sentiments in relation to this center around two thoughts: All IT-related maintenance is becoming more affordable and more automated, requiring less resources to be extracted from end users If people will continue to find reason to use domain names for smaller entities (instead of doing business and private on big platforms) prices need to be competitive That is all I had to say, thank you for your time, Jimmy T.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Disturbing News
by Josef Samuel Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I understand that the prices for .com are going to increase substantially and perpetually because of a closed door deal made between ICANN and Verisign. It seems to me that Verisign is going to have too much control and I cannot support this. We are keeping an eye on this and I am spreading the word to us small guys. We all know what happens when there is taxation without representation. Best, Joe <http://www.josefsamuel.com/> <https://www.instagram.com/joesadventures/> <https://www.facebook.com/josef.samuel> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/josefsamuel/> <https://venmo.com/Josef_Samuel> <https://www.paypal.me/JosefSamuel>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by balogun sylva Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

We don't want the amendment that will increase domain fees, so let the amendment be the one that will reduce domain fee other than that we do not want

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com pricing policy
by Karl Kaiser Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Dear ICANN, As a small business owner I use a few .com domains to protect my company and similar names. However, I am worried that the new pricing structure will make it very expensive to keep my domain names. Please reconsider the new pricing policy. Thanks, Karl

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Keep .com price down
by Miao XUE Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I vote against price increase. Don’t trade public benefits for corporate donations. Sent from iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] YOU FUCKING BASTARDS !!!!
by Edwin Oude Vrielink Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

May Corona get you!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM price increase
by Dan Aldron Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This is a customer-hostile move and I find it appalling. Shady back-room deals to line your own pockets at the expense of the people you're supposed to protecting. Shame on you. Dan

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against .COM Price Increase
by Andrei Negrãu Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am strictly against increasing the price of .COM domains. Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment 3
by Alen Anđelić (aandelic) Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I do not support the increase in the .com prices Misija Tehničkog veleučilišta u Zagrebu je promicanje umijeća inženjerstva, izobrazba vrhunskih inženjera, širenje i primjena inženjerskog znanja te poticanje inovativnosti i izvrsnosti za dobrobit zajednice. The mission of the Zagreb University of Applied Sciences is to promote the art of engineering, educate high-quality engineers, disseminate and apply engineering knowledge and advance innovation and excellence for the benefit of society.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Kayla Lightfoot Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I do not think a price increase for .coms is the best thing to do. Many small business owners have domains for their websites. In order to run our businesses in an affordable way and keeping a .com website we need the price to be affordable. We rely on affordable pricing for things we need. But if it’s not affordable we will be forced to change our domains to keep it affordable. Thank you, Kayla Lightfoot Sent from my iPhone

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