<html><body><span style="font-family:Arial; color:#000; font-size:10pt;"><div>Dear ICANN,</div><div>As a small business owner to say I shocked by the recent news that:</div><div><br></div><div> "<span style="">ICANN, the organization that oversees domain names, announced significant changes to the contract it has with Verisign, Inc. who operate the .COM top-level-domain (TLD).</span></div><div class="m_-9173418299149994170copy-16-lt" style="">ICANN made these changes in secret, without consulting or incorporating feedback from the ICANN community or Internet users. ... <strong style="">.COM domains make up 40% of all registered domain names online</strong>."</div><div class="m_-9173418299149994170copy-16-lt" style=""><br></div><div class="m_-9173418299149994170copy-16-lt" style="">I disagree with this decision and think it is an unethical business practice. </div><div class="m_-9173418299149994170copy-16-lt" style=""><br></div><div class="m_-9173418299149994170copy-16-lt" style="">I understand as a business owner we need to make a profit to stay in business and provide a service, yet when it is done on a global scale as this one, impacts thousands of businesses, and appears to create a monopoly with Verisign, Inc it raises concerns.</div><div class="m_-9173418299149994170copy-16-lt" style=""><br></div><div class="m_-9173418299149994170copy-16-lt" style="">I am asking that you reverse this decision, so you can actually continue to serve more people (i.e. businesses) vs fewer.</div><div class="m_-9173418299149994170copy-16-lt" style=""><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" mce_style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;" mce_style="font-family: terminal, monaco;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" mce_style="font-family: georgia, palatino;"><span style="color: #5f0ba1;" mce_style="color: #5f0ba1;">Nicole Burgess LMFT</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></body></html>