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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Pricing change
by Matt Campbell April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear Sirs/Mesdames: Any change to the pricing structure for domains would place anyone seeking to communicate via web site or do business by same at the extortionate mercy of the registrar. This would be devastating and drive up the price of all manner of things online and seriously hinder competition. Please leave the pricing structure as it is. Thank you. Matt Campbell Windcrest, TX

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org domains
by Cyril Graze April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am writing to express my disagreement with the proposal to remove the 10% annual increase cap on .org domains. The internet is humanity's most important freedom of expression mechanism. It is important to maintain costs as barriers to entry as low as possible. While domain renewal costs may seem insignificant in the West, it can be a substantial sum for some in other regions.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment on proposed changes to the .org registry agreement
by Gary Tylee 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! Kind Regards, Gary Tylee Managing Director T: 01425 821005 <tel:01425+821005> (New Forest) 01202 830519 <tel:01202+830519> (Bournemouth) M: 07712 121285 <tel:07712+121285> E: gary(a)graphicsbite.co.uk <mailto:gary@graphicsbite.co.uk> W: www.graphicsbite.co.uk <https://www.graphicsbite.co.uk/> Need A Quote? Click Here <https://www.graphicsbite.co.uk/quote/>! See How Graphics Bite Started Here <https://www.graphicsbite.co.uk/about/>! You Can Now Find Us On Checkatrade! Click Here <https://www.checkatrade.com/GraphicsBite/>! Want To Read What Our Clients Say About Us? Click Here <https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/graphicsbite.co.uk>! Disclaimer: This email and its attachments may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Graphics Bite Ltd. If you are not the intended recipient of this email and its attachments, you must take no action based upon them, nor must you copy or show them to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this e-mail in error.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] We oppose the .org pricing change
by Callahan, Todd P April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Being a nonprofit is challenging enough. We do a lot with a little and pour as much effort and money as we can into the communities we serve. Creating an open market for the .org domain extension would likely take resources from our communities just for some profit-driven entity to profit. It’s ridiculous this is even a proposal. There’s an element of pride having a .org instead of a .com. It shouldn’t cost extra. Help us keep our energy focused where it should be. Don’t change a thing. Todd Callahan

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .ORG fees
by Paul Blom April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am involved with several non-profit organizations with websites using the .org url for our domain. Many of the organizations are TINY non-profits doing MIGHTY work. Some of them certainly could afford increased rates, but most of them CANNOT. Please consider this fact in our deliberations. I'd be happy to provide testimony in some capacity as I feel very strongly that non-profits should get a break related to this, whereas corporations (like my own private company), can afford to pay higher rates. Thanks! Paul R. Blom Right at Home, Owner & CEO 2626 East 82nd Street, Suite 150 | Bloomington, MN 55425 Direct: 952-767-6626 P: 952.854.6122 | F: 952.854.6162 Website: RAH-tc.net<http://www.rightathome.net/twincities/> Blog: CaregivingCompanion.com<http://caregivingcompanion.com/> [Right at home logohirez (smaller)] [facebook_32[1]] <http://www.facebook.com/rightathometwincities> [twitter_32[1]] <http://twitter.com/RightAtHomeTC> [linkedin_32[1]] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/right-at-home-twin-cities-&-south-suburbs> [youtube_32[1]] <http://www.youtube.com/caregivingcompanion> [TW 2017 Resized to 150 (002)] IMPORTANT: This email transmission contains confidential information including some or all of which may be protected health information as defined by the federal Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. This transmission is intended for the exclusive use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient (or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this email transmission to the intended recipient), you are hereby notified that any disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of this information is strictly prohibited and may be the subject to legal restriction or sanction. Please notify the sender by telephone (number listed above) to arrange the return or destruction of the information and all copies.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] I oppose the removal of org domain price cap
by J Xavier April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

With abundance of other for-profit domains out there, there is no need to increase/remove the price caps for org domains which are primarily used by non-profit organizations.Why are you playing into the hands of greed commercial entities?Please stop increasing the prices for org domains. thanks! Joeh3o.orghumans helping humans

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment on proposed changes to the .org registry agreement
by Sean Williams April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Thank you for the opportunity to submit a comment. I am a .org registrant. I've read about a lot of bad decisions under the UDRP. The URS seems even worse. I heard the URS is very new and is being reviewed now to see if it is working properly. It is too soon to include an untested policy on .org domains where for a few hundred dollars anyone could try to shut down someone else's website. Telling the .org registry that it can charge any price it wants for renewing a domain name is a terrible idea. Why would you allow them to set a crazy high price? They could 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 very unfair to long time .org domain owners who may see their prices raised sky high for no reason. You let the new domain extensions charge any price they want, but that hasn't gone so well. Lots of people got burned when the new registries offered low rates for the first year, and then after people registered the domain names and some built web sites on them, some of the prices were raised through the roof. .Org has been working just fine for decades where the prices maybe go up a little bit each year. Allowing huge price increases from one year to the next could ruin .org for everybody. I think you should pay a little more attention to what is good for the owners of .org domain names. The registries are doing fine. They don't need your help as they are already making plenty of money.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do NOT Allow Unlimited Price Increases
by Lori Broger-Mackey April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do NOT allow the contract renewal with Public Interest Registry (PIR) to included unlimited price increases. Ten percent each year should cover increased costs, without allowing for price gouging to internet site operators. This would affect both large and small operators across the country and around the world. Thanks for your consideration. Lori B. High School Library Website Operator

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

April 25, 2019

PLEASE KEEP THE INTERNET AFFORDABLE FOR SMALL, NON-COMMERCIAL SITES! I run a website for a small non-profit, OregonAviationWatch.org <http://oregonaviationwatch.org/>. We are funded entirely by small donations and we do not accept advertising. Please keep the cost of a website affordable be retaining the cap on price increases. Thank you, David Barnes Manning, Oregon dave(a)psg.com <mailto:dave@psg.com>

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org use in Developing countries -- removing cap would cause undue burden
by Vincent Dawans April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am writing to share my concern regarding the removal of price caps on the .org domain. As an international development practitioner, I know first hand that many social organizations in the developing world use the .org domain. In some developing countries, country level domains can be unreliable in their management or difficult to obtain, and for years local NGO's have been advised to use .org domain names to benefit from the good governance and price stability their provide. Remove this cap would but an undue burden on organizations that are already functioning on restricted budgets in difficult situations. Sincerely, Vincent Dawans Virtue Ventures LLC

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