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

[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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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do Not Allow Price Increases for .org Domain Registration
by Karambir Singh Khalsa, CEO April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello, As CEO of a small nonprofit, allowing uncontrolled price increases of my .org domain could put me out of business. Please do not allow profit-taking at the expense of the nonprofit industry. -- Regards, Karambir Singh Karambir Singh Khalsa, MA CEO Gong Tones, Inc. 530 Showers Drive STE 7 #366 Mountain View, CA 94040 tel: (303) 217-1874 email: info(a)gongtones.org <mailto:info@gongtones.org> web: https://gongtones.org <http://www.gongtones.org> donate: PayPal Giving <https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/3392702> "Connecting individuals to self through sound & vibration!"

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed repeal of price caps on .org TLDs
by P Grim April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

As the owner of multiple .org TLDs, I am opposed to the removal of price caps. The TLD .org has traditionally been used for non-profits, and if price restrictions have not had a negative impact on the industry until now I can see no benefit of doing so at this time. Nor have any benefits been demonstrated to my knowledge. Keep .org affordable. Keep the price cap in place. Thank you.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please don't give free license to .org renewal
by Tim Scharks April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hi there, please don't allow the price of .org domains to increase more than 10% per year, that's plenty and unsustainable over the long term anyway.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please reconsider removal of price regulations
by Mark Price April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] maintain price caps for .org domains
by Sara Cooper April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Regarding the Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) strongly urges ICANN to maintain the price caps for .org domains. The price caps are vital to nonprofit organizations like CFA that use websites to provide services, education, and resources to their constituencies. In CFA's case, we maintain dozens of .org domains associated with consumer protection initiatives and efforts to help low and moderate income people to successfully save and pay down debt. Please do not constrain or eliminate the ability of nonprofit organizations to afford .org domains. Thank you. Sara Cooper Consumer Federation of America

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] ORG Comment
by Isaac Aura April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not add the prices. Some organizations especially in third world countries are on a tight budget. Thank you. Best regards, Isaac.

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

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern: 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 %2��bottom up, multi-stakeholder model%2��. 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! Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposition to .org price increases
by Berg, Devin April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I operate a non-profit organization that uses several .org domains. Substantial price increases to .org domain registrations would make it difficult for non-profits like mine to continue operations. Please reverse this decision. Devin Berg Ph.D. Associate Professor Program Director Mechanical Engineering 330 Fryklund Hall School of Engineering University of Wisconsin - Stout 715/232-1133 Editor, tjoe.org Director, engrxiv.org

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