<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">To the ICANN Staff and Board,
I own an .org domain.</pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">I can understand and relate with the desire to streamline and optimize processes to reduce overhead, the .org gTLD is special in its purpose, and should thus then be treated with the care and thoughtfulness that it deserves.
</pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">I feel that removing fee caps for the .org domain poorly reflects upon ICANN’s mission to provide operational stability to the internet. In removing fee caps, you will remove the stability and dependability of access to millions of current and future non-profit organizations that use the .org gTLD to communicate and spread their community-driven goals.</pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">Please do not remove the cap.</pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">Philippe Balch</pre><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>