<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><pre>Ladies and Gentlemen:
<br>Amendment 3 is inappropriate and unacceptable for an organization chartered to serve the public.<br><br>At best, a payment on the part of Verisign to ICANN that then results in the increase of .COM registration fees creates the appearance of a conflict of interest. The relationship between a for-profit entity (Verisign) and non-profit (ICANN) must be transparent, and this certainly isn't.<br><br>Over time, implementation of the proposal would effectively shut out the small businesses relying on a reasonably-priced registration system.<br><br>Do not adopt this proposal.<br><br>Regards,<br>David Black<br><br></pre></div></div></div></body></html>