I DO NOT AT ALL LIKE OR AGREE WITH WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND THAT YOU ARE DOING IT SECRETLY BEHIND THE BACKS OF CONSUMERS! PLEASE END THIS! ICANN, the organization that oversees domain names, announced significant changes to the contract it has with Verisign, Inc. who operate the .COM top-level-domain (TLD). ICANN made these changes in secret, without consulting or incorporating feedback from the ICANN community or Internet users. Although ICANN has a history of making similar deals behind closed doors, and also of ignoring unified opposition against such action, we are focused on leading the fight against price increases that will harm our customers (and the Internet as a whole). 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 the increases don't stop there. This will mean that .COM wholesale domain prices can grow by more than 70% over and above current prices over the next decade. The contract also allows for other price increases, which could drive prices up further, ultimately making .COM domains less accessible and more expensive for everybody.Why is ICANN doing this? Alongside these contract changes, Verisign 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. https://www.icann.org/public-comments/com-amendment-3-2020-01-03-en/mail_for m?utm_source=Iterable <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/com-amendment-3-2020-01-03-en/mail_fo rm?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Service_DomCPIv3_202002 10> &utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Service_DomCPIv3_20200210 ______________________________ Did you know that a recent UN study on climate change said that we have 11 years before planetary failure? Let that sink in! If you or someone you know is/wants to be an impact investor in a one-of-a-kind, world-scale solution to reversing climate change, ask me about Planet Cents. ________________________________________ Before us lie two paths - honesty and dishonesty. The shortsighted embark on the dishonest path; the wise on the honest. For the wise know the truth; in helping others we help ourselves; and in hurting others we hurt ourselves. Character overshadows money, and trust rises above fame. Honesty is still the best policy. ~ Napoleon Hill Cheers ~ Leslie13a (3) Leslie Sheridan Trailblazer, Rainmaker & Coach The Added Edge The Catalyst for Win/Win Consulting in . . . Human Resources, Marketing, Sales & Catalytic Coaching <http://www.theaddededge.com/> www.TheAddedEdge.com P.O. Box 726, Clearlake, CA 95422-0726 707.995.1034 <mailto:Leslie@TheAddedEdge.com> Leslie@TheAddedEdge.com Linkedin Profile: <http://www.linkedin.com/in/lesliemsheridan> http://www.linkedin.com/in/lesliemsheridan SKYPE: leslie.marie.sheridan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Come to the edge," she said. They said, "We are afraid." "Come to the edge," she said. They came. She pushed them . . . And they flew. ~Guillaume Apollinaire (with me replacing "he" with "she!") ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ P For the sake of our planet, please don't print this unless necessary.
