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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do Not Approve the .Org Agreement Renewal
by Ian Allan April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern, I am a .org registrant and run a not-for-profit website to benefit the public at my own expense supported only by donations. 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. Allowing the .org registry to charge any price it wants for renewing a domain name is a grave mistake. Why should you allow them to set a crazy high price? It is apparent that they will try to force the domain owners to pay a very high price each year to renew their domain name, and if the domain owner either won't or can't, then the .org registry could take away their domain name, set a high registration price on it, and then try to find someone else who is willing to pay a high price for it. This is not only very unfair to long time .org domain owners who may see their prices raised sky high for no reason, but is an unethicial and immoral step toward Internet tyranny. The registries are doing fine. They don't need any help as they are already being making plenty of unearned money (providing no appreciable benefit) in what is already a monopoly scheme. 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! Respectfully, ian allan

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org Pricing
by David Bender April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

As the Associate Director of a nonprofit organization, I am keenly aware of the budgetary constraints organizations like ours face. We put the largest portion of our fluctuating income to delivering impactful educational programs for children in Philadelphia Public Schools. Our website is a key portal for allowing us to connect with potential education partners, school teachers, and district administrators. If pricing-increase caps disappear from .org websites, our ability to provide these programs will be imperiled as we cannot budget for arbitrary and unexpected pricing increases. We implore you to maintain the current 10%/year pricing caps on .org domains so that our organization, and tens of thousands more like us, can continue to provide the programming and educational opportunities our communities' children need. Best, David Bender (he/him) Associate Director CENTER / ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN 1218 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-569-3186 x107 www.philadelphiacfa.org<http://www.philadelphiacfa.org>

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Maintain price caps
by Max Einhorn April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Removing price caps would give too much power to the Public Interest Registry. Please maintain the price caps!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org Price Changes
by Dieter Gortz April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I run a website for a family member's non-profit that I pay for out of my pocket. Increasing the prices would mean that the website would simply not exist.

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

April 25, 2019

Please do not allow for the uncapped price increase of .org domains. These domain names are used by positive social impact organizations that operate on very tight budgets and volunteer efforts. These domains in particular are the most sensitive to cost increase. Thank you, -Brian

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] I appose the removal of the Annual Price Increase Cap
by Gary April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I appose the removal of the Annual Price Increase Cap. When money becomes the controlling factor of services like this then the integrity of this service will be lost for all of us. Gary Fredrick Retired, Former CPA Attitude is the mind’s paintbrush, It can color anything…., Adaptation from John C. Maxwell Rom. 14:17 May His Joy fill Your Life! Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] org registry pricing
by Chris Talbott April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN: I run a small non-profit site entirely through my own contributions. Please don’t allow aribitrary increases in the fees for registering domains. Particularly for .org domains, there should be no reason for anything other than cost-based changes. Thank you. =Chris=

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Request
by frank andrew April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello i with due regard, we are ok and use to the normal prices of domain why bringing news about increasing the price of domain remember is not everyone that uses domian for business ok so there any reason at all for increasing the prices of domain thanks...

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org Domains
by Fabian Kern April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hi there, please do not let PIR increase the wholesale price of .org domains by more then 10% a year. This already a lot but without that cap we might be exposed to arbitrary prices by a monopole. CHanging the domain name isn t that easy as we all know. Thanks for taking care Fabian Kern

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Against the changes proposed in the .org agreement renewal
by ROBERT TINKER April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN, I am a domain name registrant. 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!

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