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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Objection
by Judy Reynolds April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I strongly object to unnecessary cost increases to the .org domain registration. Please keep the reasonable 10% increase or less per year. Judy Reynolds, CRS, CRB, CIPS, ABRM, E-Pro, SRES, SRS Evergreen Realty 235 Worcester Road P.O. Box 1137 Sterling, MA 01564 978-422-8181 Cell: 978-273-9702 Judy(a)EvergreenRealty.com<mailto:Judy@EvergreenRealty.com> www.SomewhereInSterling.com<http://www.somewhereinsterling.com/> [cid:image001.png@01D4FB62.4F395070] Emails sent or received shall neither constitute acceptance of conducting transactions via electronic means nor shall create a binding contract in the absence of a fully signed written agreement.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please do not increase domain fees
by David Beecher April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not increase domain fees. It will put me out of business. -- David Beecher 678-292-8475 (personal cell)

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

April 25, 2019

Hello, I am writing this comment to request that you RETAIN the cap on pricing increases for registering and or renewing .ORG domains. Removing this limit would harm and undercut the Internet as a innovation hub, harming non-profits and startups that are under-financed. What makes the Internet so fantastic for entreprenuership, business, and innovation is its low cost to entry. With Net Neutrality under attack this raising of prices compounds the issue and is part of the problem in the direction the Internet is heading. The current pricing structure does not prevent increases, it only ensures that it does not exceed a reasonable amount! Henry

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Writing to express opposition to the terms of the proposed renewal of the .org registry agreement
by Ben Harris April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I respectfully make the following comments. I am a .org 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. Thanks for your consideration, Ben Harris

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org domain price increases
by Karl Wagenführ April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To Whom it May Concern: The .org top level domain is an important tld for all kinds of charitable and nonprofit groups and organizations; we use it for our Friends of the Library organization supporting our local public library. We are not making money for filthy lucre, but rather to support our library where its funding falls short to support its mission of providing all kinds of public good resources to the community. We can't afford frivolous expenses! The current proposal to increase the price of domains in the .org tld is driven by sheer greed, and nothing else; jealousy at newer tlds that charge ridiculous prices and on paper make ridiculous profits. Well, guess what, the newest tld du jour is not nearly as well known and respected and useful as the .org domain, so those on-paper-potential-profits probably aren't even being realized by the new tdls. But regardless, there is no reason for the .org tld to be made more expensive: there is not a lot of work required to keep a database to administer the .org tld -- all the development costs have long ago been paid, and the system is very automatable, so that if anything, prices to run it should be coming DOWN, not up, as modern computer systems make automation ever easier. Jon Postel was able to administer ALL the tlds for YEARS as a side project from his office. The argument that removing restrictions increases free market forces is spurious, because once you buy a domain, you are locked into a quasi monopoly situation: you cannot change to another competing tld because you have branded to the tld you chose to begin with. jplfriends.org is our branding; we cannot realistically switch to a competing tld jplfriends.xyz, no matter how much cheaper it might be, without losing tons of valuable consideration and good will and branding that we have attached to our current domain name. So to summarize: it doesn't cost more to administer the .org tld, if anything, those costs keep coming down; .org is used overwhelmingly by non-profits and charities, who can ill afford to be extorted for more cash; the argument that removing pricing restrictions will increase free market forces is pure fiction to justify thinly veiled greed. So this move is one of sheer greed and nothing else, directed toward the most unsuited targets for this kind of extortion, charities and nonprofits, and thus should be slapped down. Sincerely, Karl Wagenführ Treasurer, The Friends of the Johnson Public Library

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Changes to ICANN ruling for .org TLDs
by Andrew Robert Burgess April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN As the long time holder of a .org TLD, I am opposed to the proposition that ICANN will allow PIR to set whatever prices it wishes on TLDs, instead of the standard 10% the current ruling states. I, like many others with a .org TLD, use the TLD as an indication that my website is a not-for-profit one, and that I do not make any money from it. In my personal case, I use it as a personal portfolio of my work, but I do not sell anything on the site, or use it to engage in any other kind of financial transaction. This is important to me, as a .com, or a .co.uk address would indicate to my users that I was a company, and I wish to make the non-profit aspect of my website clear. However, my need is far outweighed by other holders of the .org TLD, who include charities, NGOs, and other organisations who depend even more heavily on denoting themselves as not being companies. By allowing the PIR to raise prices to any level they deem suitable, without due explanation or cause for these price raises, smacks of gross profiteering to the detriment of those who cannot afford it. Please consider this when making your judgement. Andrew Robert Burgess http://www.sableindustries.org

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org removal of price cap
by Ruth Brissenden April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN, Most .orgs are not-for-profit businesses. Removing the price cap from the renewal agreement with PIR could have a very negative impact financially on these nonprofits. Nonprofits are businesses with the least available means of absorbing such increased fees that would likely ensue. Please keep the pricing cap in for .orgs. Thank you, Ruth Brissenden

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Nonprofit .org customer
by Joseph Scavone April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I’m very disappointed to hear that you are potentially allowing an uncapped increase in costs for the .org domain. Running a nonprofit forces us to all be fiscally aware of our expenses and any increase without any additional value only aides to burden our organization. I’d appreciate it if you do not pass this current proposition to remove the cap. Sincerely, Joseph Scavone Sent from my iPhone

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

April 25, 2019

I am submitting my comment in regard specifically to the proposed removal of a price cap on .org domain names. It is completely unreasonable and unfair to expect small domain holders particularly (often non-profits or small businesses) to be able to pay unlimited domain name fees to their ISPs, which will have to pass on such increases to us, their customers. Holders of such domains, as mentioned, are often non-profits or small businesses with extremely limited budgets. Please don't allow the Public Interest Registry (PIR) to put unlimited increases on the wholesale price to ISPs of .org domains. No one wins (except PIR!) in such a scenario. And the losers will be both the domain holders and their users who depend on the online information such domains provide. Thank you. Ms. Gurukarm Khalsa webmaster, journeyintotheheartofsikhdharma.org, jhsd.org

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] ORG Price Cap
by Kay Tee April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To Whom It May Concern, Please reconsider removing the price cap. The price cap ensures that organizations are able to afford cost-effective domain names. Please don’t remove the price cap. Thank you.

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