A previous post sums up a good portion of how I feel: "Although "alignment" may be convenient from an administrative perspective, there is no factual or legitimate policy basis for treating the .org registry the same as all others, when it is clearly different and clearly unique, with millions of non-profits and similar organizations who are already established and ones which are yet to be established in the future, all relying upon a distinct domain name space that is geared towards their specific needs. So, other than conveniently "aligning" registry agreements to purportedly treat all registries alike despite their respective and dramatically different mandates, registrant base, and histories, what justification is there for unlimited price increases? There is no evidence whatsoever that the .org registry requires unlimited additional funds to maintain reliable operations. There is no evidence that the .org registry requires unlimited additional funds to finance the goods works of the Internet Society. There is no evidence that the .org registry needs unlimited funds in order to "compete" with other for-profit registries, particularly when the current operator, PIR, is a not-for-profit organization. In short, there is simply no justification for permitting the .org registry operator to raise prices at all, let alone with a sky-is-the-limit approach." Trust has been placed in the organizations in charge of our TLDs. Please do not betray our trust. Nicholas Quartz