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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] negotiation of contract renewal
by Riedhart, John/SJC April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it ma concern, Besides .org belonging to many schools, university's, government organizations, science, philanthropic sites there are many small business associated with the .org. A non-caped price increase or any price increase will affect us all as we try to survive in this tumultuous economic environment making it more difficult to continue providing free services, paid services and marketing over the internet. PLEASE MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO, DO NOT RAISE FEES. Thank You, John Riedhart ________________________________ NOTICE - This communication may contain confidential and privileged information that is for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any viewing, copying or distribution of, or reliance on this message by unintended recipients is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer.

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

April 25, 2019

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.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposed to the provisions of the .org agreement
by nancy＠brightwings.com April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN, 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. Please do not change the registry pricing policy. Thank you. Sincerely, Nancy Boyd

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed changes to domain price caps
by Simon West April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear icann As a charity registered with a dot org domain name, it worries me a great deal that you intend removing the 10% limit on price increases. This could impose a significant extra cost on organisations which need every penny they can get to use for good purposes. If we were easily able to shop around, that would be different because market forces would determine the price. Once registered, we are absolutely tied in to a domain, so we have no choice if you allow PIR unlimited increases. Please don't do this. Kind regards -- *Simon West FRSA* *Managing Director* <https://www.wordforest.org/> Please join Give As You Live and help us raise money at zero cost to yourself! <https://www.giveasyoulive.com/refer/R9UvZgs1jHFKlO3FZoT2rA7anUq9NNQ-3D> -- The Word Forest Organisation <https://www.wordforest.org/> is registered with the Charity Commission in England, Charity No. 1172497 <https://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/Searc…>Address: Flat 1, Malvern House, 14 Broad Street, Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3QE Phone: 01297 533111

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed price increases
by Loose Drag April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please don’t increase domain registration prices. Domain names are the last bastion of entrepreneurship. If acquiring a domain name becomes an expensive proposition, who knows what good, new, life-changing idea may never see the light of day? Give good value for services rendered, and don’t become a usurper “because you can”. The entrepreneur needs, demands, an affordable entry into business. A domain name is that good start. Keep it accessible to the common person, please. Cordially, Rex Anderson

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Domains price cap removal
by Atanas Godzoski April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I just like to say that, for us, people in low and middle developed countries, every increase of the domain price, no matter how small/big it will be, will have high negative impact to our online business, income, our fight for better life here ...

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Don’t remove .org price caps
by Beth Gram April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Understand that these organizations that need the ability to do business online and if more of their operating budget is spent on domain registration less of it is spent helping people through their programming. This is a moment to do your part supporting these organizations not skimming off the top. Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please do not remove .org price caps
by Geoff Phillips April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

This sounds like a terrible idea. The cost to wholesale registries has not unexpectedly increased, thus the cost should be protected from unreasonable price increases. This applies doubly for organizations with .org addresses – including mine. I believe this will greatly stifle communications in the non-profit sector. Please do not allow this change to go through. Geoffrey Phillips I.T. Systems Administrator gphillips(a)fellowshiponline.com www.fellowshiponline.com<http://www.fellowshiponline.com/> [id:69BD2446-1A91-42C2-887C-8B15DD2B5D80] >>>import this

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do not remove price caps on .org domains
by John Ritterbush April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I volunteer for a local arts group that provides classes and training on learning to create art, tools, and other things out of metal and stone. They have no budget and put it all back into programming. The cost to maintain a very basic website for them is cheap and I pay out of my own pocket for them because I believe in what they do. A few years ago the previous person managing the site lost the rights to our domain and I had to negotiate with some scab of a human that just squats on domains for money. I again paid out of pocket to get this domain back from them. This is only to say that the world is full of people looking to just take advantage of everyone so we need to make sure organizations that actually do good can do so without paying so many extra fees to remain active and discoverable on the web. By removing the price caps on .org domains it creates a world where I have to start assessing the value of paying for that out of pocket. When that price goes up, it gets harder and harder for them to maintain the SEO and value built around that domain if it costs significant amounts to renew each year. Please do not remove the caps on .org domains. Many nonprofit orgs will suffer because of this reckless choice. Thank you, John Ritterbush

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do not remove price caps on .org
by rich felker April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

There is no reason to allow registrars to charge exorbitant fees for any domain; allowing it for one of the main traditional TLDs that many individuals and small organizations rely on would be grossly irresponsible. Do not remove the price caps on .org.

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