I strongly oppose the recent changes made to the ICANN contract with Verisign.

It is terrible for ICANN to make these changes in secret, without consulting or incorporating feedback from the ICANN community or Internet users. I cannot support changes that will make .COM wholesale domain prices grow by more than 70% over and above current prices over the next decade. I also oppose the other price increases the contract allows for. These changes will ultimately make .COM domains less accessible and more expensive for everyone.

It is very shady for Verisign to agree to pay 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.

These changes should be retracted immediately.

Thank you,

Elise Sumulong