I'm concerned about the proposed changes for a three primary reasons: 1. No transparency into use of the $20 million ICANN will receive If ICANN needs $20 million, then share a plan on what the needs are and how it's going to be used. As ICANN is a non-profit organization, information should be shared openly. If this is for hefty raises for ICANN upper management, I strongly recommend that you reconsider. 2. The large price hikes over the next four years Increasing wholesale prices 7% each year will cause .com domain prices to become prohibitive to a large segment of individual and small business domain owners. This should not be a money-grab, and ICANN should ensure that the for-profit companies they work with are not price-gouging customers. This looks exactly like a way to pad Verisign's bottom line numbers, to the tune of upwards of $800 million. Compared to the $20 million ICANN will get, this is a bargain for Verisign. As stewards for TLDs, ICANN should re-evaluate the rate hikes. 3. Allowing Verisign to act as both .com TLD operator and domain registrar. This is clearly a conflict of interest, and allows Verisign to effectively run in a monopoly-like fashion. This shouldn't be allowed. Period. I hope these comments are taken into account, and weighted accordingly.