To whom it may concern, I have recently started a non profit and purchased 2 .org domain names. While they were a good price, it is an overhead expense nonetheless. A price increase in anything is never really a good thing for a small business or a non profit as it means we have to pass those expenses on to consumers. In A non profit case, it means more of our donors money goes towards overhead and less towards the work we do. One of the issues that donors have already with non profits is that they don't want to see their hard earned money (which they choose to give) go to overhead. So an increase in domain name prices could potentially lead to less donors being willing to sacrifice funds. Please reconsider the proposals you are suggesting for the sake of the start ups and non profits especially, but also for the consumers and those the non profits serve. Thank you for your time Richard Elkin "Great things are accomplished by a series of small things being brought together." - Vincent Van Gogh