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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comments on .org Registry Agreement
by Tad Delude April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

Allowing unlimited price increases for domain name registry is insane, even if capped at a maximum of 10% per year. Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36>

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposed to price-cap removal on .org domains
by Nathan Gibson April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

Hello, As one of the editors of a non-profit website dedicated to preserving cultural heritage, I am opposed to the change in ICANN regulations removing the price cap on .org domain registrations. This change could seriously limit the ability of websites like ours to provide information at a recognizable domain. Thus, the change could make the mission of non-profits like ours significantly harder to achieve. Thanks for your consideration. Best regards, Nathan Gibson Nathan P. Gibson, Ph.D. <https://www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/personen/wiss_ma/gibson/index.html> Principal Investigator, Communities of Knowledge <https://usaybia.net/>/Wissensgemeinschaften <https://usaybia.net/de/> (usaybia.net <https://usaybia.net/>) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten nathan.gibson(a)lmu.de <mailto:nathan.gibson@lmu.de> Associated Projects: Syriaca.org <http://syriaca.org/>, Biblia Arabica <https://biblia-arabica.com/>

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Ur stupid
by Change ＠ GreenCommunity.org April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

Scammer association trying to get more moola from us registrants just because the economy is bad u fkn faggits.If u raise renewals u stupid af. They already make enough money every 365 off of doing nothing but saying we still own our domains.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Henry Bogdan April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

I am a .org registrant (non-profit). 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? Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by James Walker April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

Please drop the proposal. If not, then there should be a balancing counter-proposal that recommends reducing renewal costs. That would be right and proper, if the existing proposal were not struck off. The press has quoted ICANN as saying it is not, or should not, be involved in pricing. Clearly ICANN -is- involved in pricing by virtue of it overseeing a system that has deliberate scarcity. In addition, given that economies of scale do not appear to be passed sufficiently to the end customer, then an investigation into the operation and business behaviour of both ICANN and Public Interest Registry is called for.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Business Constituency (BC) comment on Proposed Renewal of Registry Agreement for .ORG
by Steve DelBianco April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

Attached is the comment of ICANN’s Business Constituency (BC), regarding the Proposed Renewal of Registry Agreements for .INFO and .ORG This comment was drafted by Steve DelBianco, Mark Datysgeld, and Andrew Mack. It was approved in accord with our Charter. -- Steve DelBianco Vice Chair for Policy Coordination ICANN Business Constituency (BC)

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed .org rule changes
by Chris Gernand April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

First, I am grateful that after having difficulty submitting my comments, I received a prompt and quickly accessible link for submission from ICAAN. However, as clearly a non-tech user of electronic communications, I wish to express my concern for the proposed rule change allowing removal of price cap provisions for registration of ".org" domain names. While there are many non-profit organizations with large budgets whose operations will not be seriously hampered by a financial hit to keep their electronic communications operating smoothly, there are countless small non-profit organizations operating on shoe-string budgets. Organizations like Lux Cantorum Chicago struggle with increasing costs to meet regulatory requirements to maintain or enhance their non-profit status. The prospect of facing serious cost increases to keep our legitimacy seems unnecessary and counter intuitive to the purposes of non-profit status. I strongly advocate to maintain current restrictions on the renewal price cap for domain name registrations using the legacy ".org" designation. -- Christopher J. Gernand, Board President, Lux Cantorum Chicago

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Yehuda Deutsch April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

Hi, I am a SysAdmin and DevOps engineer for several non-profit organizations who are registrants of .org domains, and I am myself a registrant of some .org domains for community not-for-profit projects. I think that removing the cap on .org domain prices is a bad idea. Yes, I am aware that domain-squatters are a large benefactor of keeping the cap, but so are the organizations I support. Please reconsider this while considering the intended target users of this TLD who are those that don't always have free funds for price increases. Thanks, Yehuda ------------------------------ *Yehuda Deutsch | IT Developer*

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Jonathan Blake April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

I run or participate in a number of very small non-profit organizations that use the .org TLD. The current protection from exorbitant domain name price increases is important for these organizations with small budgets. If the price is raised beyond the ability of their budgets to bear, this will erode the ability of these organizations to participate fully in the Internet, ceding the ground to larger players. Thank you for your consideration, Jonathan Blake

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] (no subject)
by Samantha Giacobozzi April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

We're a small nonprofit - removing the price cap could make it so we could no longer afford to pay to keep our website domain and that's our primary mechanism for doing our work. Please don't raise the cap. *Samantha Giacobozzi* Executive Director Break Away | *activating citizens through alternative breaks* 404.919.7482 www.alternativebreaks.org [image: https://www.facebook.com/alternativebreaks/] <https://www.facebook.com/alternativebreaks/> <https://twitter.com/activecitizenhq> <https://www.instagram.com/activecitizenhq/> *Register **now** for Break Away's Alternative Break Citizenship schools (ABCs) <https://alternativebreaks.org/events/alternative-break-citizenship-schools-…>:* *June 2 - 7 | Integration, Access, and the Experience of New Americans **– Atlanta, GA* *June 23 - 28 | Collaborative Approaches to Greening a Growing City* *– *Grand Rapids, MI * *July 20 - 26 | Respecting and Restoring Ecosystems in our National Lands *– *Grand Canyon National Park* *August 4 - 9 | Access and Inclusion in Education Reform** – Memphis, TN* **Staff Track Available*

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