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

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

April 25, 2019

Gentlemen Increasing .org domains beyond the 10% annual limit is criminal. If you approve rate increases beyond this limit, I will be dumping l of my .org domains and you may eat them. Sincerely, RM Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .ORG wholesale prices
by Chris Mullin April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not let Public Interest Registry (PIR) increase the wholesale price of .org domains by more than 10% a year. This would impact many non-profit organizations who rely on an internet presence. Thanks Chris Mullin

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Uncapped Price Increases
by tmcn＠tmcn.org April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To Whom It May Concern, Texas Midwest Community Network is a small, grassroots non-profit who works diligently on behalf of 52 rural communities in West Central Texas. Our efforts provide community and economic development resources and training, legislative awareness and the publication of an annual tourism guide to encourage visits to our member communities. All this said, any increase to our administrative bottom line prohibits us from providing much needed education and programing to our membership. Please consider the continuance of cost savings to .org organizations working on behalf of those that need our services the most. Kindest regards, Kathy Kathy Keane, Executive Director Texas Midwest Community Network 3702 Loop 322 Abilene, TX 79602 325-795-8626 Office 325-869-0112 Cell www.tmcn.org <http://www.tmcn.org/> Your Regional Resource Connection! "Communities Working Together to Accomplish What One Community Cannot Do Alone" This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individuals(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged, confidential, and may constitute attorney work product or be exempt from disclosure under one or more of the following sections of the Texas Public Information Act: SECS. 552.101, 552.103 or 552.107. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, notify us immediately by telephone and (i) destroy this message if a facsimile or (ii) delete this message immediately if this is an electronic communication. Thank you.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Submitting comments opposed to the proposed .org registry agreement
by Kingsquare.nl - Robin Speekenbrink April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Thank you for the opportunity to submit a comment. I am a .org registrant and a not-for-profit or non-profit organization. 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! Regards, Robin

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Nonprofit agency with very small budget
by Melissa Heldwein April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Greetings, Here in New York state, we have some of the most plentiful services for individuals with developmental disabilities. However, that support stops for folks who have disabilities that do not impact them so severely that they cannot function in society to some degree. Agency I work for provide support to individuals with developmental disabilities who are pursuing a higher education. Called to transition services, these Services Across the Nation are generally for profit and very expensive, leaving them unaffordable too many people. The agency that I work for is a not-for-profit and we are exclusively grant-funded at this time. We depend on our website for marketing of our services and ways for the public to communicate with us. Increasing costs on our. Org website would result in major financial hardship for our agency. Please respect those that do the work for little money that others would not do and stop trying to prey on those with small budgets to feed the pockets of big companies. Thank you, Melissa Heldwein, MS Accessible Academics Transition Coordinator (716) 909.6909

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

April 25, 2019

lervMAHkits99 Dear ICANN, I am a .org registrant involved with a number of not-for-profit or non-profit organizations. 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. ICANN should NOT remove price protections for .org domain owners, so many of which are non-profits, and open the door to their being overcharged for their domain names. Thank you. Cyndi Cyndi Craven (404) 271-4590

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org renewal
by icann＠dillan.org April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I do not support price increases of .org TLDs. I do not support uncapped prices for price increases.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please don't do it! Can't afford it!
by Sangres Art Guild April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Folks, Are you kidding? WHY on earth would you even consider lifting a public safeguard? …allowing the Public Interest Registry (PIR) to set whatever price they want for a .org domain. That’s just wrong-headed. We’re a small non-profit art guild in a small community, staffed by volunteers. We don’t have money to pay staff, nor even for the rent! We have a gracious landlord, a wonderful supporter of the arts that gives us space to show our artwork to the community. In return, that helps us provide much-needed commercial support for the community in general, based on arts tourism. We need an efficient web site to do that. Having to pay more for our web site registration, in addition to the hosting of it, would add yet another unbearable cost. To date, we could depend on the cost of our web site. Why would you want to make that so much less certain? As for the reasons you state to do so: “Pricing for Domain Name Registrations…: …This change will not only allow the .org renewal agreement to better conform with the base registry agreement, but also takes into consideration the maturation of the domain name market and the goal of treating the Registry Operator equitably…” HOG WASH!!! Makes me wonder who is paying you under the table to lift the public safeguard…. I STRONGLY encourage you to keep the current contract in place – PLEASE! Don’t let PIR profit off the backs of the little guy! Isn’t there enough of that obscene profiteering in our modern society already? HOLD THE LINE! PLEASE! Sincerely, Curt Gillespie Sangres Art Guild Westcliffe, Colorado

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Web freedom is important for all of us
by allan stewart April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hi, How's everyone doing today? I'm aware there is a proposal to remove the price caps on org, biz and info domains. If this results in private accumulation and speculation of domains, this could reduce the freedom of the Internet, increase the concentration of power into fewer hands and, therefore, minimise freedom of speech and the ability of the world to share vital information on websites that are not profit driven. If ICANN has a good explanation for how a cap removal could exceed the benefits of the current regime, please share it with the rest of us so that we may have a say in the future of our common Web. Would this decision prevent fake news, for example? Is it to remove the Web of dormant and unsuccessful Web content? Too many ecosystems are being lost, and thus we are threatening stable existence of life on the planet. People need access to domain names so that this kind of information can be organically spread and solutions can be formed. This is a process that should be transparent and participatory. I was lucky to have heard about this alongside my busy schedule. But I need to be more informed, as do millions more, before a rational decision can be made on whether or not the cap should be removed and domain prices are exposed to the markets. I hope to receive some feedback from ICANN. Regards, Allan Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36>

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org pricing
by Russ Gershon April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I have been using a .org domain for many years. It is associated with a jazz/Latin/African music project which has worked to make music that connects people from these cultures. The project is not a big money maker. Higher .org pricing would be a problem for us. Thanks, Russ Gershon Either-Orchestra.org

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