To Whom It May Concern, I urge ICANN to rescind its bid to increase rates on .com domains. Users like myself, a professor at a public university, depend on .com domain sites in order to disseminate our work to audiences. A true democracy depends on an informed electorate, and the results from research funded by American taxpayers are of value to the public good. Public universities struggling to meet the demands of a growing population cannot foot the bill for this effort alone. Corporations in positions of preserving and disseminating public knowledge have a responsibility to operate through due process; in this case ICANN’s clients and partners were not consulted adequately. Thank you. Regards, Flagg Professor of Religious Studies University of California, Davis One Shields Ave Davis, CA 95616 tel: +27 66-073-3315 +01-530-574-3758 “Terrorist Violence and the Enrollment of Psychology in Predicting Muslim Extremism,” Critical Studies on Terrorism (2018) <https://langlit.ucdavis.edu/sites/default/files/profiles/files/miller_articl...> The Audacious Ascetic: What the bin Laden Tapes Reveal about Al-Qa`ida <https://www.amazon.com/Audacious-Ascetic-Laden-Reveal-Al-Qaida/dp/0190264365> The Moral Resonance of Arab Media: Audiocassette Poetry and Culture in Yemen <https://www.amazon.com/Moral-Resonance-Arab-Media-Audiocassette/dp/093288532...> http://religiongradgroup.ucdavis.edu/people/profile/239 <https://religiongradgroup.ucdavis.edu/people/profile/239>
