To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to set forth my dissent for the Contract executed with VeriSign which was announced on January 3, 2020. As 40% of all domain names are .com domains, the promise of up to 70% price increases over the next decade represents a serious strategic attack on the ability of individuals and small organizations to acquire and hold domain assets. I project the effects to include deep reductions in the number of individual and small organizations that hold domains, and concurrently a rise in the consolidation of domain assets among corporate enterprises. This will seriously affect small business growth by 1) shifting the ability to acquire online domain assets to the top echelon of small businesses; and 2) limiting the overall visibility and reach of small business online. Simply put, there are more equitable approaches to achieving the profit goals. With this memo I make the following requests: 1. Renegotiate the VeriSign contract with participation of key domain seller community members and stakeholders. 2. Collect current public opinion data and factor it into the planning process. 3. Devise and implement a globally transparent process for developing domain pricing policy and agreements. Remember that how you see things is ultimately just that... how "you" see things. There are other perspectives and options that can yield dramatically more favorable results over the near and long term. Thanks for all that you do to make domains available. -- Edward Phelps ephelps09@gmail.com