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

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

April 25, 2019

I respectfully make the following comments. 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! Signed Jacklyn WAlker

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] PIR and .org prices
by Roderick Horsfall April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Sir or Madam, it strikes me as shocking that you are going to allow PIR to set whatever price it wants. A 10% potential yearly increase was already generous. All this is going to do is open up the possibility of unduly high prices and blatant profiteering over a TLD that is essentially targeted at groups such as non-profit organizations, schools, open-source projects, and community groups. R. Horsfall

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Not cool
by Tibor Udvari April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please don’t increase the prices like this, I don’t know what justifies this. Having a drastic change like this is unacceptable. Since you can not easily change domain names, this is effectively making us a captive audience.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Don't
by Vivian Epiney April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Just don't!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] I oppose price caps on .org TLD
by Bill Wetzel April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am the owner of PogoData.org, a web site that provides property data for New Jersey parcels at no cost and is used by hundreds of visitors a day. If the price cap on .org TLDs is removed the cost of my domain could rise to the point that I will be no longer able to afford it and will have to shut down the site. This will deprive the users of a service on which they have come to depend. Please do not remove the price cap on .org TLD. Thanks, Bill Wetzel -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Wetzel 732-530-1128 615 Little Silver Point Road bill(a)wrwetzel.com Little Silver, NJ 07739 https://wrwetzel.com https://pogodata.org http://www.flickr.com/wrwetzel/ http://wrwetzel.wordpress.com/author/wrwetzel http://about.me/bill.wetzel -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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

April 25, 2019

Since I own a domain as a .org, I highly encourage that price increases to not be implemented. My domain is for a small social type club. We are nothing but sailplane pilots who have a passion for the sport. We use our website to help promote our sport of soaring. Thanks you Glen – treasurecoastsoaringclub.org Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposed to .org domain price increase caps being removed
by Kyle Simpson (getify) April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I own several .org domains and I am opposed to the proposal for the price increase cap (10%) being removed. There is not sufficient competition in the wholesale domain market to prevent run-away pricing increases, so ICANN needs to continue to keep price controls in place to protect us domain owners. --Kyle Simpson

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do Not Approve the .Org Agreement Renewal
by Rihan Arfan 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, Rihan A. --- File Properties Web: https://file.properties [https://file.properties] Email: me(a)file.properties [mailto:me@file.properties]

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] No!
by Faris Khasawneh April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I stand firmly against the price caps removal for .org .info .biz domains I believe renewing the contract with PIR is a step backwards in the wrong direction of modern age open-source accessible information technology tools and utilities, and I strongly oppose such approach I urge you to stay pro-human, pro-society, pro-free world, and pro-right to grow and advance Looking forward to hear you did the right thing, Faris Khasawneh, .org domain owner

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] PRECOS ALTOS EXECESSO DE TERMINACAO DE DOMINIOS
by Som Ambiente®Tecnologia April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Bom dia Nao concordo com os preços altos de dominios, a grande variação de terminacoes de domínio já é o bastante para ter um custo ou gasto excessivo, obrigando a empresa a pagar por varias terminacoes, tornando a manutencao de domínio inviável. Nao tem necessidade de existir tantas terminacoes de domínio, nem mesmo ser praticado preços tao altos com a economia mundial em crise. solicitamos rever os preços urgentes. Atenciosamente somambiente.org somambiente.com som-ambiente.com

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