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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Horrible!
by Erika Swartzkopf April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Pls keep domains for nonprofits affordable!! -Erika Swartzkopf Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Contract Renewal Price Provisions
by John Palmer April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

As a non-profit organization board member, removing a cap on price increases would be detrimental to our organization and other non-profits with which I am affiliated. We don’t see an increase in charitable contributions that would be commensurate with a price increase that exceeds inflation. I believe that all ICANN price increase provisions should be capped at an objectively-set inflation rate across the board. There is no foreseeable R&D or innovation justification in this field that would justify excessive price increases, only excessive profits for the domain name registry entities. Thank you. John S. Palmer, Jr. P.O. Box 15219 Lansing, MI 48901-5219 cell 734-260-6950

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Don't allow price gouging for .ORGs
by Haas, Diane April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To eliminate caps on .org - it is really a slap in the face of the general citizen - and their communities on the internet. Most have had their domains for years - and would be reluctant to jump to another domain extension - knowing that their "identity" could then be pirated and damaged. Please protect these people, non-profits, communities and missions. Be HUMAN about this. Don't allow price gouging for .orgs. PLEASE. Diane Haas Web and Graphics Coordinator PA State System of Higher Education Dixon University Center 2986 North Second Street Harrisburg, PA 17110-1201 ________________________________ The information in this email may contain confidential and/or privileged material and is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed. However, please note that the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is a public agency and that this email may be subject to a valid Right-to-Know Law request. If information in this email constitutes a "record" of this agency it will be provided to the public if requested and the content is not exempt under the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law or protected under attorney-client or any other privilege. There should be no expectation of confidentiality or privacy in this or other communications with PASSHE, unless specifically authorized by law. If you receive this message in error, please send a reply email to the sender and delete the material from any and all computers. Unintended transmissions shall not constitute waiver of the attorney-client or any other privilege.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Keep Caps In Place On .org Registrations
by David Byrd April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please keep the price caps in place on registration fees for the .org and similar domains. I strongly believe in the free market setting prices. Unfortunately the designated registry has an officially sanctioned monopoly. The only ethical alternative is to keep the caps in place, or (preferably) award contracts to three competing registries who can issue and renew those domains. David Byrd Small Business and Website Development Consultant

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Feedback on the .org agreement
by Kenward Vaughan April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Thank you for the opportunity to submit a comment. I am a .org registrant. I am not a company, only a family. I hold the .org registration because many important contacts I must maintain (banking, etc) do not recognize the newer extension I own and would preferably use, so I added this domain which has been universally recognized for a long, long time (Internet-wise, that is). I really do not see allowing unbridled control of prices by PIR as being fair for the many, many others like myself who use the legacy .org extension for meaningful purposes outside of making money (which is why uncontrolled prices just are not right for this). ICANN should be doing more to protect owners of .org domain names. Why is ICANN trying to remove price protections for .org domain owners who like myself are non-profits and the like, allowing PIR to overcharge us for our domain names? Removing price caps is not fair to .org domain owners. 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 they have used for years that are important to them. There is a difference between a legacy extension (created with the support of the US government even before the existence of ICANN) which 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. Please do not ignore these differences and propose that they be treated the same. Kenward Vaughan -- In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be _teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have. - Lee Iacocca

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Continue price caps
by Jagath Vijayan Janakiraman April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not remove price caps. Jagath

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org
by Kathryn Caldwell April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

As Director of Indiana Horse Rescue and President of Animal Protection Coalition, Inc. I can only express my fear of rising prices. Not all Organizations make a profit. Many of us are “real nonprofits” doing a service to our communities. We receive zero pay and have no paid employees. How is this fair. We have a .com site, however use the .org to note we are a non profit organization. There has to be some way for you to make money off those with money and not hurt the small organizations just trying to make a difference! Kathryn Caldwell Director Indiana Horse Rescue President Animal Protection Coalition, Inc Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org and other domain price increase limits
by Kyle Zarnoch April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please reconsider eliminating the 10% price increase cap removal, it will lead to predatory practices which would affect millions of people who use the web every day.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Against discontinuing the 10% increase reg
by Karl Kimbler April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hi. I’m writing to express my support for continuing the maximum 10% annual rate increase policy on .org domains. Please help keep my cost of operations bearable by not discontinuing the limited annual price increase policy. Thanks, Karl Kimbler

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] The proposed .org agreement is a bad idea
by Chris＠siasocal.org April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN, I am a .org registrant and a not-for-profit or non-profit organization. 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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