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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear ICANN,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The changes to the contract with Verisign would likely put .com users like me, a small business owner and a person providing free information on how to stop child abuse in nonprofits, in a place where they must discontinue some if not all of their internet presence. Having a website is really the best platform for my project on child protection but as I am self-funded, I would have to move to another platform if prices were to continue growing for the next 5 years. I already have enough expenses to create the materials to help nonprofits on the website. IF the prices increased, I would have to move to another platform like FB which would not be nearly as good. Additionally the domain name increases might be passed on to me on other products I use which would definitely make it unsustainable for me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The philanthropic person, the general public, AND small business owns would all be seriously hurt by these changes. Please reconsider for your users. This is a bad deal.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Amy Travis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="Amy_S__Travis"><img width=250 height=150 style='width:2.6041in;height:1.5625in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D5E11B.CB36F200" alt="Amy S_ Travis"></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>