<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi Ayden,<div><br><div>I strongly agree that it is not easy nor practical for .org registrants to simply decide to start using another TLD in the event there is price rises.</div><div><br></div><div>As a nonprofit executive, we have been using .org since our inception (2011) and have produced tons of documents, promotional materials including videos where our website is mentioned. It is another huge investment (financial, etc) if we have to produce new materials should we start using a different TLD as a result of the price raise!</div><div><br></div><div>Thought to share just this other experience on this important discussion.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Arsene <br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On 29 Apr 2019, at 23:56, Ayden Férdeline <<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com">icann@ferdeline.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>I have now been through many of the 3,200 comments submitted on the issue of the .org registry agreement, and thus far have only seen two comments in favor of removing the price cap -- one was from the Business Constituency, and the other from an intellectual property attorney. Meanwhile, legitimate non-profits are continuing to voice concerns objecting to the proposed removal of price caps on .org domains.<br></div><div><br></div><div>In this comment, Briana E. Thibeau, Deputy General Counsel, NPR writes on behalf of NPR, the YMCA, C-SPAN, the National Geographic Society, AARP, The Conservation Fund, Oceana, and National Trust for Historic Preservation:<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/comments-org-renewal-18mar19/2019q2/003179.html">https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/comments-org-renewal-18mar19/2019q2/003179.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><i>"We have come to rely on the certainty and predictability of reasonable domain name registration expenses when allocating our limited resources. ... If the existing price caps are removed, there will be no limits on the prices the Public Interest Registry can charge, and any wholesale cost increases imposed by the registry likely will be passed on to .org registrants ... This will accordingly introduce new budgetary uncertainty to the class of organizations that can least afford such uncertainty. Every additional dollar earmarked for domain name registrations is a dollar that is not available to advance the public interest purpose of nonprofit registrants that use the .org name space. While it is possible the Public Interest Registry may choose not to raise prices, despite the removal of the caps, the .org registry is too important to leave this decision to the registry's discretion."</i><br></div><div><br></div><div>I hope that in our comment on this matter we side with the many non-commercial registrants who are concerned that .org domains could rise in price in the absence of price caps. The availability of alternate TLDs does not benefit any registrant who already has an established web presence on a .org domain name. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,<br></div><div>Ayden Férdeline<br></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>