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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org price caps
by Wendy Bardsley April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

As a nonprofit .org with limited funds, the price caps are necessary for survival and planning. It's hard enough to calculate and plan expenses as is. Please please please don't lose this price cap! Many worthy organizations will be affected.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] org-renewalls
by August Wusterhausen April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

stop these price increases -- August Wusterhausen

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Philippe Verreault-Julien April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am a .org registrant (not-for-profit). 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!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] price hike
by Carmel of the Assumption April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am writing in regard to the "Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement". I want to voice my opposition to any increase in the rate increases already included in the ICANN agreement. Unrestricted rate hikes are unacceptable. Please do NOT pass this change. It will hurt all the non-profits who use the internet. Thank you for reconsidering this. Carmel of the Assumption, Inc. 5206 Center Dr. Latrobe, PA 15650

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

April 25, 2019

Please do NOT allow the Public Interest Registry (PIR) to set whatever price it wants!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Request care related to pricing for .org domains
by Tara Hollander April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To Whom It May Concern: I am the Web Manager and Product Manager for the Foundation for Inner Peace, a nonprofit 501c3 with multiple domains registered for the sake of our Foundation’s brand and influence in the industry in which we serve. Increased costs to domains is something we ask you to please limit as much as possible to allow us to continue to do the good work that we do without additional financial constraints. With thanks for your attention to this matter. With gratitude and warmest wishes, Tara Tara Hollander Foundation for Inner Peace Phone: 207.323.5413 Email: tara(a)acim.org <mailto:tara@acim.org>

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do not increase prices
by Steve Lapin April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

This is a terrible idea to allow .org and other web addresses to be increased to whatever the provider wants. Aren’t you supposed to be working for the public good? Have you been infiltrated by right wing Trump supporters? What is wrong with you? Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org Domain pricing
by Kenn Bordas April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

My two cents.... Leave the greed at the door, and move forward without effecting domain expenses. Leave them reasonable, affordable and stable.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Dot org changes bad
by Carl Brodersen April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I oppose changing the agreement. It all but ensures price increases to organizations with non-profit sized budgets. Buyers will be able to hold domains hostage through the renewal process itself. -Madness! Don't shifts costs to end users for the benefit of a few companies. Don't risk a long-standing TLD and its history for the benefit of a few companies. Leave it alone. -Carl

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Web Servant - Gopher State Roundup 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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