<div dir="ltr"><p>Dear Sir or Madam,</p>
<p>My understanding is that price increases for the .org domains have been capped at 10% in the
past. This compares to US inflation of less than 3% over the past five
years and no expectation of a significant increase. Prices were also capped.</p>
<p>Given that this is a matter of technology in a public service
context, the expectation would be that prices go down, not up, given the
underlying technology cost base should be going down.</p>
<p>Public Interest Registry (PIR) did spend about 6% of revenues on
salaries, which are expected to rise about in line with inflation,
however, that might not justify even a 10% increase in prices.</p>
<p>PIR is a non-profit and also appears to be in good financial health
based on past and most recent Form 990 filings available to review
on the Internet.</p>
<p>Consequently, it does not appear to be necessary to make any modifications to existing, apparently generous, pricing mechanisms.</p>
<p>As a domain name registrant, I request that ICANN maintains the current caps on prices and price increases on .org domains. In addition, ICANN should similarly maintain stable conditions on all legacy domains.</p><p>Sincerely,</p><p>Tamas HoferĀ </p></div>