The .com, .net, .org, and .gov gTLDs are the four oldest gTLDs underpinning the Internet. The proposed change in Section 2.10 of the .org renewal agreement to eliminate pricing limits for .org domains runs directly counter to how the Internet should and currently operates. According to Wikipedia.org: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.org "The [.org] domain is commonly used by schools, open-source projects, and communities, but also by some for-profit entities." The .org gTLD is managed by the Public Interest Registry (PIR) and supported by Afilias, Inc. Overall, PIR looks to be a reasonably and fiscally responsible 501(c)(3) organization: https://pir.org/about-us/ https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.profile&ein=331025119 In general, I'm seeing a lot of overblown concerns that PIR will dramatically raise rates for all .org registrations. Doing that is not in PIR's continued best interest if they want to keep .org as a viable platform for the types of entities that utilize it. Their .ngo and .ong domains are not astronomically priced at the registrar level, so .org pricing will probably not experience the overdramatic changes cited by various registrars that I'm seeing. However, this proposed change is easily perceived by myself and many others as testing the waters for similarly transitioning .net and then .com to the base pricing model. The Registry for .com and .net is Verisign, Inc., which is a publicly traded company on NASDAQ (VRSN). That alone is what makes this proposal for changing the pricing model for .org a very slippery slope that should not be pursued. Finally, in my opinion, the three main gTLDs should remain untouched. Instead, if a specific gTLD attains a certain level of status (longevity + general reputation + # of domains), its renewal model should transition away from the newer unlimited gTLD base pricing model to the traditional pricing model to allow the gTLD to continue to grow and flourish and reduce the overall risks involved. Most gTLDs will then continue to naturally fall by the wayside due to the costs involved in running a gTLD while a few will attain sufficient stature over a long period of time to become fixtures. -- Thomas Hruska CubicleSoft President Great, time saving software that you will find useful. http://cubiclesoft.com/