Dear ICANN,

As you know from your previous generous support, ICANNWiki provides a valuable service and has become an integral part of the community.   Afilias has also supported ICANNWiki for years for this reason and many others have demonstrated support as well.

The complete withdrawal of funding from ICANN so abruptly not only threatens the viability of the project, but rather disrespectfully junks the valuable time and resources that the community has invested over the years. Ultimately the loss of ICANNWiki would be a loss to our overall sense of community.

ICANN should continue to support ICANNWiki at a reasonable level in the next fiscal year.  At a minimum, please consider giving the team time to find other sources of funding.

Sincerely,

Roland LaPlante

Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer Afilias

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