<div>Thanks Sam, I am friendly to this amendment. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Given time constraints, I am going to make this edit now and forward the revised comment to the NCSG-Discuss list for further member input and to the NCSG Finance Committee for review and potential endorsement.<br></div><div><br></div><div>If any members or observers of the Finance Committee have any concerns regarding this edit or the comment text, it is not too late to flag these concerns, however I would then be forwarding your concerns to the Policy Committee list so that the Policy Committee can be both aware of them and can consider addressing them.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes, Ayden Férdeline <br></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block"><div class="protonmail_signature_block-proton protonmail_signature_block-empty"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐<br></div><div> On Wednesday, 24 July 2019 11:10, Sam Lanfranco <sam@lanfranco.net> wrote:<br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="protonmail_quote" type="cite"><p>Ayden, et. al., <br></p><p>I would make one modification. We do not say why we do not
consider a worst-case scenario likely to occur, and we see a high
funding scenario as unlikely. I would simply stop the sentence at
...scenario seems unlikely. and drop why we believe that. It is
suggested in the first sentence, and there is no gain from going
on the books with the "if there are....".<br></p><p>Sam <br></p><div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/23/2019 10:15 PM, Ayden Férdeline
wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi all,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Following our call today, I have updated the <a rel="nofollow" title="https://docs.google.com/document/d/15MRe6L9AkkS1e0y5LBzcLRxMfQt5Shi0RH7jIBKq8To/edit" target="_blank" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/15MRe6L9AkkS1e0y5LBzcLRxMfQt5Shi0RH7jIBKq8To/edit">proposed financial assumptions comment</a>.
Below is the one change that I have made. Please advise ASAP if
this new language is acceptable, or if you have any questions or
concerns. Thanks.<br></div><div><br></div><div>-- Ayden<br></div><div><br></div><div>New text:<br></div><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt">We encourage ICANN org to update
its projections to reflect a more realistic scenario,
which is that the entire DNS marketplace will begin to
contract, as has been the case for new gTLDs,
particularly as price caps are removed from legacy
gTLDs, resulting in an unstable pricing environment in
which existings registrants may be unable or unwilling
to renew a domain name. Based on the evidence presented
we do not consider a worst-case scenario likely to occur
within 2021-2025, but equally, a high funding scenario
seems unlikely if there are fewer and fewer domain
registrations.</span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><div>Old text:<br></div><div><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34)">We
encourage ICANN org to update its projections to reflect
a more realistic scenario, which is that the entire DNS
marketplace continues to contract, particularly as we
see evidence that the number of registries is in
decline. Based on the evidence presented we do not
consider a worst-case scenario likely to occur within
2021-2025, but equally, a high funding scenario seems
unlikely if there are fewer and fewer accredited
registrars and registry operators.</span></span></span></span><br></p><div><br></div><div><br></div><pre wrap>_______________________________________________
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