I would like to express protest at the proposed amendment 3 to the .com registry agreement. I have learned that these changes have occurred without consultation or feedback from the ICANN community and internet users. 

It is my concern that the proposed amendments are directly harmful to individuals and small businesses who rely on an accessible and affordable .com registry agreement. As an operator of numerous small, non-profit websites focused on hobby and social communities, this change, and the resulting increase in registration fees by up to 70% over the next ten years, will undoubtedly impact my ability to provide these services and websites to the internet community -- this makes small .com websites considerably more inaccessible to non-business users, who gain nothing from the proposal!

Best regards, 

Jonathan Randles