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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_GoBack"></a>This proposal is nothing short of outrageous!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Public Interest Registry (PIR) - the Registry Operator for the .org top-level domain (TLD) - is currently allowed to operate a regulated monopoly. ICANN’s “Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement” will effectively create an unregulated monopoly and hand PIR carte blanche authority to charge whatever prices they choose thereby severely disadvantaging all owners of .ORG website.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Internet domain registration fees are already at astronomical levels and continue to rise. The current PIR “regulated monopoly” arrangement allows for fees to rise by 10%/annum - this is already extremely high. Since when are the costs of doing business increasing by 10% every year?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If ICANN wants to change the existing arrangement then they should allow for other registry companies to offer .ORG domains, thereby removing the uncapped monopoly and allowing market forces to determine appropriate domain registration fees.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=515 style='width:386.25pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=515 valign=top style='width:386.25pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>Greg Pote</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'><br>Chairman, APSCA</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:7.5pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>Shanghai, China<br>o: +86 21 31200321<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>m: +86 186 02199700<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="http://www.apsca.org/"><span style='color:blue'>www.apsca.org</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/2109399/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/company/2109399/"><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img 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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060'>Digital Payments South Asia<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060'>29-30 August 2019, Mumbai<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#7030A0'>Evolving the Payments Ecosystem to Displace Cash<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060'>For Banks, Mobile Wallets, Payments Services Providers & Solutions Providers<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060'>Transport Payments Asia Pacific</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060'>18-19 September 2019, Manila</span><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#7030A0'>Open Payments for Integrating Transport and Retail Services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060'>For Transport Authorities & Operators, Transport Ticketing Schemes, Banks and Solutions Providers<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060'>Next-Generation Cards<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060'>15-16 October 2019, Novotel Singapore Clarke Quay<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#7030A0'>New Solutions for Payments, Identity & Authentication<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060'>For Payment Card Issuers, Governments, Schemes & Card Industry Experts<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.apsca.org/event/APSCA_2019_Events_Program.pdf"><span style='color:blue'>https://www.apsca.org/event/APSCA_2019_Events_Program.pdf</span></a> 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