Hello, As a small business owner, I write in opposition to the Proposed Amendment 3 to the .com Registry Agreement. The very rapid price increases that are at the core of this proposal will, if enacted, be harmful to small businesses like my own. Harming small businesses so that a large and powerful company like Verisign can collect 7% per year price increases can hardly be deemed in the public interest. Moreover, the Proposed Amendment 3 provides ICANN with $20 million. Whether this large sum is called a down payment on the monies Verisign will earn through the 7% fee hikes, or whether it is called a kickback, there is no mechanism for small business owners like myself to know that this money is being spent appropriately. Appropriately means for the benefit of small businesses and other Internet users who are not large corporates -- i.e., verifiable, transparent and appropriately documented expenditures on infrastructure, software and other aspects of the technical underpinnings of the domain name system that small users rely upon. ICANN is supposed to be a nonprofit entity, but it does not appear to be acting like one. It is 100% behind hiking prices aggressively and cutting corporate deals without adequate public input to the detriment of all small entities like my company. This hardly seems aligned with a charitable purpose, and I doubt it squares with the organization's elaborate "accountability" studies. Please do not proceed with this Proposed Amendment 3 to the .com registry agreement. It is not in the public interest, it will harm small businesses, and it does not reflect well on ICANN as a nonprofit organization. Sincerely, Tim Tucker -- Timothy Tucker, M.AmSAT Member, Alexander Technique Now, LLC tim@alexandertechniquenow.com www.alexandertechniquenow.com