1. First Place Internet, Inc. public comment: Background: Via ICANN's 2007 Reserved Names Working Group, Verisign received permission from ICANN in 2010 to sell its single character label .net domain names. Having achieved this valuable concession, Verisign needs to document and codify it in the Registry Agreement. Failure to do so will be to the significant detriment of Verisign's shareholders and customers. Recommendation: The language of Appendix A of Registry Request Service Ticket ID: X2A2P-4O7C4 (status date 2010-08-12) should be added, with appropriate modification, to the current proposed Registry Agreement for .NET 2. Internet Commerce Association (ICA) solidarity and support from Phil Corwin, ICA Staff Counsel: From: Phil Corwin [mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 9:55 PM To: William Blackwood Subject: RE: Follow-up on CPH Discussion Bill: I just sent a draft .Net comment letter for review by the Board. That draft was based upon an outline I sent them two weeks ago and that they subsequently approved. Therefore it does not have any language along the lines of what you have suggested. However, in my cover email I let the Board know of your request, shared its language, and told them that I had no issue with its objective. The Board should soon be sharing the draft letter with all ICA members and you will have an opportunity to advocate for its inclusion. Two questions about your comment: 1. Do you have a link to/text of Appendix A of Registry Request Service Ticket ID: X2A2P-4O7C4? 2. Why just single character domains? Why not 2-character as well, since the Board approved them for new gTLDs in November 2016? That's all I have for now. I'll be monitoring any email on this from Barcelona. Best regards, Philip Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/Cell Twitter: @VlawDC "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey From: William Blackwood [mailto:wblackwo@tampabay.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 10:50 AM To: Phil Corwin Subject: RE: Follow-up on CPH Discussion Phil, as an ICA member, I would like to provide our unedited comment in its entirety, authored by First Place, and submitted through the ICA channel. On behalf of First Place Internet, Inc., I want to formally provide this public comment: Background: Via ICANN's 2007 Reserved Names Working Group, Verisign received permission from ICANN in 2010 to sell its single character label .net domain names. Having achieved this valuable concession, Verisign needs to document and codify it in the Registry Agreement. Failure to do so will be to the significant detriment of Verisign's shareholders and customers. Recommendation: The language of Appendix A of Registry Request Service Ticket ID: X2A2P-4O7C4 (status date 2010-08-12) should be added, with appropriate modification, to the current proposed Registry Agreement for .NET Thanks, Bill, VP of First Place Internet, Inc., and ICA Silver Member, $5,000 minimum annual ICA contributor for the past 8+ years. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus