Please note that I am against the planned changes above. I understand that according to this new agreement, Verisign will be allowed to increase the wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains every year for 8 out of the next 10 years and that alongside these contract changes, Verisign has agreed to pay ICANN an additional $20 million dollars over five years to support ICANN's domain name system initiatives, without any clarity about how ICANN will spend the money, or who will ensure that the funds are properly spent on domain infrastructure.

I am entirely against such an open ended commitment without any apparent checks and balances and urge you to reconsider your plans

Yours

Simon Mustoe – Arthur