April 2019 - comments-org-renewal-18mar19@icann.org

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Admin Iglesia UCB Trigales April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am a .org registrant (non-profit). Legacy gTLDs are fundamentally different from for-profit new gTLDs and should be treated that way. Legacy TLDs are what the internet was built on. They are essentially a public trust. They are very different than new gTLDs which were created, bought and paid for by private parties. Registrants of these legacy extensions should be entitled to price predictability & stability. Advancements in technology should be driving the cost of operating a registry down, yet prices keep going up? Removing price caps is unfair to the millions of domain registrants. They will have no price protections. Every registrant will be at the complete mercy and whims of the registry. This could result in a transfer of funds from millions of non-profits to one non-profit, with no benefits to the domain registrants. ICANN is supposed to represent a "bottom up, consensus-driven multistakeholder model". ICANN should not unilaterally impose URS in legacy TLDs when that issue is precisely what is being examined by the volunteer ICANN Working Group who has been mandated to review this issue. ICANN should be looking out for the .org registrants, in particular the non-profits. There is no "public benefit" justification to these changes. It is just a handout to business at the expense of registrants’ rights and protections. Where are the protections for the millions of domain registrants that this could effect in a negative way? These changes would give way too much power to the registry. This is not acceptable for a "public benefit" organization that exists to represent many stakeholders.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Domains
by Solape Osoba April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hi there, I’m the leader of a non profit organization that uses the domain services of namecheap.com<http://namecheap.com>. I have a .org domain name and I depend on the competitive prices from namecheap.com<http://namecheap.com> so please don’t increases the prices on this. Many thanks, Ms. Solape Osoba outreach4everyone.org<https://www.outreach4everyone.org/> "there is no fear in love."

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Clint Evans April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am a .org registrant. ICANN does not seem to recognize the difference between a legacy extension created with the support of the US government, that predates the existence of ICANN and that has millions of existing users and the brand new extensions that started off with a new set of rules, in particular no price controls, and no existing registrants. They have completely different characteristics, history, and ownership structure. It is not acceptable for ICANN to ignore these differences and to propose that they be treated the same. Removing price caps is not fair to .org domain owners. Many of them have websites that they have used for years. If price caps are removed, the cost to renew their domain names may become too expensive, and they could be forced to give up websites that are important to them. The Uniform Rapid Suspension policy is too new and untested to apply on domain names that may be 20 years old or more. With the URS, the domain names could be taken down in a matter of days with little notice. ICANN should be doing more to protect owners of .org domain names. Why is ICANN trying to remove price protections for .org domain owners, so many of which are non-profits, so that they can be overcharged for their domain names? -- Clint Evans (512) 827-9491 - Featured on Entrepreneur, Forbes, Huffington Post, ReadWrite, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and more - Business.com Expert Contributor - CNN Contributor - #1 Amazon Best-Selling Author

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Price increase
by Karen Barloon April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

As the chair of a non-profit with no paid employees, any cost or increase in cost, is a direct hit to the community we serve. I understand that all things incur costs, but to raise costs beyond a small percentage is a hardship to us non profits. Sent from my iPad

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Against removal of registration price caps on .org domains.
by Hendrix Demers, Mr April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN, As a .org registrant, I am against the removal of the registration price caps on .org domains. I did not see a valid explanation or justification to the removal of price caps for a domain mainly used by non-profit organization. For our open source project, www.openmicroanalysis.org/, I paid myself the registration fee, but if the price become too high I will need to find a sponsor or contributors as we don't make money from this project. Regards, Hendrix Demers

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Christopher DeLuca April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am a domain name registrant. Legacy gTLDs are fundamentally different from for-profit new gTLDs and should be treated that way. Legacy TLDs are what the internet was built on. They are essentially a public trust. They are very different than new gTLDs which were created, bought and paid for by private parties. Registrants of these legacy extensions should be entitled to price predictability & stability. Advancements in technology should be driving the cost of operating a registry down, yet prices keep going up? Removing price caps is unfair to the millions of domain registrants. They will have no price protections. Every registrant will be at the complete mercy and whims of the registry. This could result in a transfer of funds from millions of non-profits to one non-profit, with no benefits to the domain registrants. ICANN is supposed to represent a "bottom up, consensus-driven multistakeholder model". ICANN should not unilaterally impose URS in legacy TLDs when that issue is precisely what is being examined by the volunteer ICANN Working Group who has been mandated to review this issue. ICANN should be looking out for the .org registrants, in particular the non-profits. There is no "public benefit" justification to these changes. It is just a handout to business at the expense of registrants’ rights and protections. Where are the protections for the millions of domain registrants that this could effect in a negative way? These changes would give way too much power to the registry. This is not acceptable for a "public benefit" organization that exists to represent many stakeholders. ~ Christopher DeLuca https://www.chrisdeluca.me

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Amarjargal Batnamjil April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear Sir/Madam, I am a .org registrant and a non-profit organization. ICANN staff should not unilaterally impose URS in legacy TLDs when that issue is precisely what is being examined by the volunteer ICANN Working Group who has been mandated to review this issue. ICANN policy making is supposed to be a ‘bottom up, multi-stakeholder model’. I believe that legacy gTLDs are fundamentally different from for-profit new gTLDs. Legacy TLDs are essentially a public trust, unlike new gTLDs which were created, bought and paid for by private interests. Registrants of legacy TLDs are entitled to price stability and predictability, and should not be subject to price increases with no maximums. Unlike new gTLDs, registrants of legacy TLDs registered their names and made their online presence on legacy TLDs on the basis that price caps would continue to exist. Unrestrained price increases on the millions of .org registrants who are not-for-profits or non-profits would be unfair to them. Unchecked price increases have the potential to result in hundreds of millions of dollars being transferred from these organizations to one non-profit, the Internet Society, with .org registrants receiving no benefit in return. ICANN should not allow one non-profit nearly unlimited access to the funds of other non-profits. ICANN appears to be entirely catering to registries by removing price caps. ICANN should stand up for the public interest and registrants! A.Batnamjil

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] (no subject)
by Alister Duncan April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello, I am just generally concerned with this as from my understanding, it subjects us users to extreme price increases which we wont be able to afford. Especially with .org used for non-profit organisations all around the world. Please hear me, please hear everyone. Thank you Best of luck. Regards, Alister.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Brendon McCarthy April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am the .org registrant (non-profit) of yisseoul.org. ICANN does not seem to recognize the difference between a legacy extension created with the support of the US government, that predates the existence of ICANN and that has millions of existing users and the brand new extensions that started off with a new set of rules, in particular no price controls, and no existing registrants. They have completely different characteristics, history, and ownership structure. It is not acceptable for ICANN to ignore these differences and to propose that they be treated the same. Removing price caps is not fair to .org domain owners. Many of them have websites that they have used for years. If price caps are removed, the cost to renew their domain names may become too expensive, and they could be forced to give up websites that are important to them. The Uniform Rapid Suspension policy is too new and untested to apply on domain names that may be 20 years old or more. With the URS, the domain names could be taken down in a matter of days with little notice. ICANN should be doing more to protect owners of .org domain names. Why is ICANN trying to remove price protections for .org domain owners, so many of which are non-profits, so that they can be overcharged for their domain names? *TLDR; Please keep price caps on .org domains.* -- Brendon McCarthy Ι Director of Technology Yongsan International School of Seoul 285 Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Korea 04347 Tel: +82 (2) 797-5104 x235 www.yisseoul.org

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Pricing
by Anthony Wolfenden April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

ICANN should be aware that “market forces” and “free market” are misnomers to let controlling interests charge as much as they can reasonably get away with. Where the Internet has opened up to a free market, the consumer has usually suffered. Letting PIR charge whatever it wants can hardly be described as in the users best interest. Please reconsider this proposal. Kind Regards, Anthony Wolfenden Email:anthony@wolfenden.net Phone:0416 444 444

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