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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Angshuman Paul April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

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!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org price caps
by Laura Holmes April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

Do not remove .org price caps! It will lead to the increase in .org prices, causing hardship for thousands of non profits already operating on tight budgets! Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please protect nonprofits
by Kairsten Fay April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

Desr ICANN, My life has personally benefitted greatly from nonprofits, including those who do not have extra tens of thousands of dollars to spend on renewing their domain. Please continue to support the price cap on .org domains and protect smaller nonprofits. Best, Kairsten

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .ORG Price Cap Provisions
by Brian Romanchuk April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

I would like to voice my disapproval of the removal of price cap provisions of the registry agreement. I am not a business or organization, I am a sole person that registered a .org domain for personal use for my family’s email and website (.ORG was the only thing available at the time with my chosen name). 15 years later, our lives are wrapped up with this domain. Lifting the price cap may put this in jeopardy. I ask that you please reconsider changing the price cap structure for legacy domains like .org. Thank you, Brian

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Raising cost of .org registration
by Susan Kayser April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

Dear Sirs, Please do not raise the cost of registering .org domains. Many of these are for small non-profit organizations which need to have a public face on the internet but cannot afford high fees. The proposed removal of the present limitation will be a minor issue for large groups but hurt the smaller ones, such as those I am involved in. At worst, limit the amount of fee increase! Sincerely, Susan Kayser Secretary of the Illinois Mycological Association Secretary of the Suburban Chicago Apple User group Sent from Susan's iPad

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by vivek.l loganathan April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

I am a domain name registrant. 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?

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by DomainGenic April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

I am a domain name registrant. 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? Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] I oppose removal of the 10% increment cap
by Jossey Ogbuanoh April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

Dear Sirs: I oppose your proposition to remove the existing 10% increment cap on .org domain pricing for a yo-yo pricing scheme. Laisez Faire economics have long been rested as inimical to general human progress but rather, only promote the “me, myself and I” profiteering motive. Remember that you hold the management of the internet TLD system in trust on behalf of 7 billion human beings, not only the 360 million in the USA. Thank you. Sincerely, Jossey Ogbuanoh. Publisher, Ginja Media. https://ginja.me --- Jossey Ogbuanoh

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] open pricing
by Missy Roxborough April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

Hello I hope this email finds you and yours well. I think that it is a very bad idea. It's totally unnecessary commercially, the providers are already making a lot of money and the vast majority of non-profits register as .org, it's very unfair on them Looking forward to hearing back from you all my best to you Missy Missy Roxborough website: www.go2missy.com email: go2missy(a)gmail.com Talk with Missy: +44 7487 620144 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/missyroxborough/

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Not ok to remove cap
by Lori Labrie April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

I am speaking out about the removal of price caps. The gap continues to widen as we continue to play monopoly with peoples lives. Lori Labrie Sent from my iPhone

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