<html><head></head><body>Hi,<div class=""><br class=""/></div><div class="">Yesterday, PIR published an “<a href="https://pir.org/an-open-letter-to-the-org-community/" class="">Open Letter to the .ORG Community</a>”, which addresses several of the issues we have been discussing on this mailing list. I encourage folks to read it.</div><div class=""><br class=""/></div><div class="">At the risk of being wrong, I’m going to go ahead and assume that PIR is being truthful in this letter. In it, they say:</div><div class=""><br class=""/></div><div class=""><i class="">“<span style="caret-color: rgb(171, 216, 237); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The .ORG Community always is considered in every decision we make here at Public Interest Registry. </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(171, 216, 237);" class="">Rest assured, we will not raise prices unreasonably. <b class="">In fact, we currently have no specific plans for any price increases for .ORG.</b>”</span></i></div><div class=""><br class=""/></div><div class="">and…,</div><div class=""><br class=""/></div><div class=""><i class="">“<span style="caret-color: rgb(171, 216, 237); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">We also want to mention that you, our end users, are protected in the registry agreement in case of any sensible future price increases. <b class="">You would receive six-months’ notice of any increase from your registrar (the company where you registered your domain) with the ability to lock in your pricing at the then current rate for the next 10 years without any price fluctuation</b>. Also, keep in mind that .ORG is constrained by the competitive market; we cannot dramatically increase prices for .ORG, as we recognize and understand that both our .ORG end users and our .ORG registrars would turn away from .ORG.”</span></i><br class=""/><div><br class=""/></div><div>PIR stated its reasons (which I personally find to be commendable) for not publishing this letter sooner. Not that it matters any more, but I wonder whether it would have made a difference in our own submission during the public comment period, had we had prior knowledge of their position?</div><div><br class=""/></div><div>In any case, I hope this makes our members who are .org registrants feel a bit easier moving forward.</div><div><br class=""/></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br class=""/></div><div>Amr</div><div><br class=""/><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 1, 2019, at 7:36 PM, Mueller, Milton L <<a href="mailto:milton@GATECH.EDU" class="">milton@GATECH.EDU</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"/><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TrebuchetMS; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Benjamin Akinmoyeje <<a href="mailto:benakin@gmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">benakin@gmail.com</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""/><br class=""/></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">However, I want to ask if we register domain names in perpetuity where will PIR get funds from?<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">They would sell the domains just like you sell a house or a car.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">E.g., you can lease a car for $300/month or you can buy it for $30,000.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">So PIR (or any domain name registry) would be getting more money upfront but it is true their long term revenue stream might be less.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">But they could continue to charge for name resolution service on a monthly or yearly basis</span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""/></div></body></html>