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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do Not Approve the .Org Agreement Renewal
by Steve Piercy - Website Builder April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern: I am a .org registrant and a not-for-profit or non-profit organization. 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. Why is ICANN trying to remove price protections for .org domain owners, so many of which are non-profits, so that they can be overcharged for their domain names? Thank you for your consideration. Steve Piercy - Website Builder 2165 Tyler Street Eugene, OR 97405 voice: 831-480-0765 voice: 831-359-9525 Cell (emergencies only) web: http://www.stevepiercy.com email: web(a)stevepiercy.com Google: steve.piercy.web(a)gmail.com IRC: stevepiercy / irc.freenode.net twitter: @steve_piercy -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Steve Piercy Website Builder Eugene, OR <web(a)stevepiercy.com> <http://www.stevepiercy.com/>

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Against the changes proposed in the .org agreement renewal
by Chuang DYC 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. Yours sincerely, Dany Chuang Domain Registrant

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org, .biz, and .info Registry Agreements
by msjazz79 April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not remove the cap on pricing of domain names. It will severely cripple in my opinion competition of those who do eCommerce. It also could possibly set up monopolies from people or organizations to hold domains hostage from their respective owners forcing them to either change their domain or pay the exorbitant cost. -- Jasmine Windom

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] against unregulated price increases
by Roberto Caprio April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I don’t see any reason why prices should be allowed to increase more than 10% a year !0% (if applied) would already be a huge and unjustified increment to deliver a service that doesn’t have increasing production costs, in fact technology and systems improvement make it very inexpensive to provide. Should prices be allowed to increase indiscriminately I will not hesitate to abandon the domain. best regards Roberto Caprio roberto(a)caprio.org<mailto:roberto@caprio.org>

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

April 25, 2019

By allowing unlimited price increases on .org renewal fees many websites would literally be on sale to the highest bidder. This could lead to monopolies that allow only a few individuals or companies to own all the .org domains or at least those that would otherwise represent a specific company or group. Also, many .org are non profit and don’t have much money/budget to begin with. Please reconsider this rule. Scott (202)270-8968

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Save .Orgs
by Anthony Hogg April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Removing the cap will eliminate fair access to domains; this proposition is ludicrous. It will affect countless webmasters and companies, negatively, especially non-profits. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] fee increase
by Mayme Snow April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To Whom it May Concern, As a developer who encourages nonprofits to set up their websites, i implore you to please not follow through with this fee increase. It has the potential to devastate my clients who work on slim budgets as it is, and will be a problem moving forward as other clients explore their options to create and maintain a web presence. Many of these sights are crucial sources for public information that helps a lot of different people. Please don't make it even more difficult for these organizations to serve their communities. Thank you for your time and understanding. Sincerely, Mayme Snow

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do not raise fees
by R Walder April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I'm submitting my comments to state that I do not support the increase in any fees. Thank you, Reuven Walder ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>¸. ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please do not allow excess I've price hikes in the wholesale domain market
by Vincent Chun April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not allow excess I've price hikes in the wholesale domain market. You must recognise that you cannot make direct comparisons between generic TLDs and niche, market specific TLDs, by virtue of volume and specialisation.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please don’t place further financial burden on non-profits!
by Cameron Taylor April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern, As I am sure you know, most non-profit organizations operate on an extremely tight budget, often forced to prioritize functional expenses like keeping the lights on, or the website up, over investment in program. Frankly, this can be an incredibly challenging and stressful position to be in. Increased cost for things like domain registration may seem like an insignificant sum of money from the outside, but it is within these razor fine financial edges that most non-profits operate. Every dollar saved on operational costs is a dollar that can go directly toward impacting the respective communities served by individual non-profit organizations. Allowing the rates for domain registration to increase unchecked would not only have huge financial impact on many non-profit organizations, it could also have enormous ramifications for the populations served by those organizations. In the end, the social cost and detrimental impact on programming cannot even be calculated. Please don’t place further burden on the thousands upon thousands of hard-working, magnanimous, compassionate organizations (not to mention the incredibly dedicated and often overwhelmed individual staff) serving millions of people and countless worthy causes by allowing an unchecked increase in operational costs. The communities all work and live in may not be able to afford it. Thank you, Cameron Taylor Head of School Imago Dei Middle School (520) 882-4008 www.imagodeischool.org

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