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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] oppose price regulation change
by hn2esb+9861jwmx2e3kk＠guerrillamail.com April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear Sirs, I oppose the proposal to let the Public Interest Registry (PIR) change the pricing of .org domain names. Thank you for considering my comment. Very truly yours, Samuel Gray Walhalla, SC ---- Sent using Guerrillamail.com Block or report abuse: https://www.guerrillamail.com//abuse/?a=Qk55CAgOV6dYhxyzvWwafBHQTMbdg49dxrY…

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

April 25, 2019

I’m writing in opposition to the proposal by ICANN to remove caps on .org top level domains. This serves no purpose other than unbridled greed, and will yield no outcome other than increased prices paid by non-profit organizations who maintain an online presence. -- Chris Brewer Director, Product Strategy & Innovation Direct: (513) 402-1001 [signature_2135266743]<https://securonet.com/?s=email> securonet.com<http://securonet.com/?s=email> 250 East Fifth Street Suite 1500 Cincinnati, OH 45202

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment on proposed renewal of .org registry agreement
by Lindquist, Chris April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

As a technology director at a nonprofit organization that maintains multiple .org domains, I must oppose the proposed changes to the agreement. Allowing for unlimited price increases could put many nonprofit organizations in jeopardy of losing their domains, as such costs are often labeled as "overhead" by government and non-government funders in the nonprofit sector, which dramatically limits the pools of funds available to the organizations for payment. Every extra dollar these organizations have to come up with just the retain their domains must come out of the same limited budgets that keep the lights, heat, and phones on. I would urge ICANN to reconsider its proposal. Christopher Lindquist Senior Director, Digital The Bridgespan Group ___________________NOTICE____________________________ This electronic mail transmission, including any attachments, contains confidential information of The Bridgespan Group ("Bridgespan") and/or its clients. It is intended only for the person(s) named, and the information in such e-mail shall only be used by the person(s) named for the purpose intended and for no other purpose. Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by any other persons, or by the person(s) named but for purposes other than the intended purpose, is strictly prohibited. If you received this transmission in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and then destroy this e-mail. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Bridgespan shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by Bridgespan. When addressed to Bridgespan clients, any information contained in this e-mail shall be subject to the terms and conditions in the applicable client contract.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] NO HIGHER FEES!
by Peter Sotos April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I DO NOT agree to this change!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Price Increase is Unacceptable for .org Domains
by M Danish Bilal April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello, This is Danish, running a non-profit organization at .org domain. I fund organization through my own budget and there are millions of organization which are self supporting their expenditures. This price increase will discourage such social entrepreneurs that even you guys don't care about us. Few years back when started this organization, I hardly had money to buy this domain but I did and now this organization has become a grown tree. If I consider the new social entrepreneurs in developing world trying to help their people, this price increase will put a barrier in their way financially and psychologically. Please do not increase .org price, I highly discourage this act. If there is some serious financial problem then you guys should look into some other domains for compensate this loss. I write with the hope that my comment will count. Thanks, Danish

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org fee cap
by David Beatty April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To Whom It May Concern, Our non-profit organization owns landmarkgenesee.org. Why would .org domains in particular be singled out for this? It is questionable that organizations who’s primary focus is service (not profit) to community should have to pay more money. Please do not eliminate the fee caps.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Unrestricted Price increase to .org
by Douglas L. Janssen April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I object to the unlimited price increase allowed in you renewal agreement with PIR for the .ORG domain. Anytime something of value is controlled in a non-competitive environment it is important to have price controls firmly in place. The companies that work under PIR work in a highly competitive market as I can contract with Go Daddy, NameCheap, Domainnames and a host of others to provide my .org domain services. Thus there is natural free market constraints on their price structure. However, they cannot obtain their .org domain names and management from any competing companies, thus the strong potential for abusive price structures similar to what we see in the pharmaceutical industry. Therefore I would like to see this part of the agreement eliminated or modified. I understand that PIR may need more funds to operate. That should be handled by a set price adjustment and the annual increase could be adjusted if necessary. However, to allow a "product or service of value" controlled by only one entity to be subject to unrestricted price increases is not wise or good public policy. Thank you for considering this comment in your decision. [Douglas Janssen Signature]

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Higher fees
by whatinthehellisthatabout April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Gentlemen and/or gentlewomen,These fees being proposed above a normal 10% amount are not acceptable.Please do not fall prey to "greed" as this has been one of the areas where previously successful societies have failed due to greed. Look at Roman times as one of the greatest civilizations of the past. Germany in the early 1920's was driven first by greed then by evil.So don't be fooled by smooth talking persons and justification from those that would enslave their own people for a few more pieces of gold!Thank you.Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comments objecting to the .org renewal
by Geoffery X Lane April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern: 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. : : Geoffrey X Lane : : Always Show Up : : : : 250 889 2496 : : geoffreyxlane.com : :

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposed to the changes proposed in the .org agreement renewal
by Piper McCorkle April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN, I am a domain name 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. ICANN should be looking out for the .org registrants, in particular the non-profits. There is no "public benefit" justification to these changes. It is just a handout to business at the expense of registrants’ rights and protections. Where are the protections for the millions of domain registrants that this could effect in a negative way? These changes would give way too much power to the registry. This is not acceptable for a "public benefit" organization that exists to represent many stakeholders. Sent from my iPhone

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