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<p class="MsoPlainText">To whom it may concern:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">I am a .org registrant and a not-for-profit or non-profit organization.
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<p class="MsoPlainText">ICANN does not seem to recognize the difference between a legacy extension created with the support of the US government, that predates the existence of ICANN and that has millions of existing users and the brand new extensions that
started off with a new set of rules, in particular no price controls, and no existing registrants. They have completely different characteristics, history, and ownership structure. It is not acceptable for ICANN to ignore these differences and to propose that
they be treated the same.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Removing price caps is not fair to .org domain owners. Many of them have websites that they have used for years. If price caps are removed, the cost to renew their domain names may become too expensive, and they could be forced to give
up websites that are important to them.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">The Uniform Rapid Suspension policy is too new and untested to apply on domain names that may be 20 years old or more. With the URS, the domain names could be taken down in a matter of days with little notice.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">ICANN should be doing more to protect owners of .org domain names. Why is ICANN trying to remove price protections for .org domain owners, so many of which are non-profits, so that they can be overcharged for their domain names?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><font color="#00703c"><strong>Charbel Barakat<br>
</strong></font><font color="#595959"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><strong>IT Infrastructure Manager<br>
</strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><font color="#00703c"><strong>SUCAFINA SERVICES SAL<br>
</strong></font><font color="#595959"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt">3rd Floor, 109 Marfaa Bldg, A. Tamari St – off Allenby St, Beirut Central District, Lebanon<br>
<strong>T:</strong> +961 1 992 175 | <strong>M:</strong> +961 3 149 777<br>
<a href="mailto:cbb@sucafina.com"><font color="#595959">cbb@sucafina.com</font></a> |
<strong>Skype:</strong> charbelbarakat<br>
<a href="http://www.sucafina.com"><font color="#00703c"><strong>www.sucafina.com</strong></font></a></span></font></span></span></span></font></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong>Please note that my email has been changed to
</strong></span><a style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" href="mailto:cbb@sucafina.com"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color="#595959"><strong>cbb@sucafina.com</strong></font></a></font></td>
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