<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=""><div class="">I understand the desire to normalize the way that all TLD contracts are structured and that there may be pressure from the registries to do so. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">However, this is simply not fair to domain registrants. Every .org domain owner bought into the deal with a guaranteed stability and for them, this would be changing the rules mid-game. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I don’t have the numbers on how many .org domain name owners are small, scrappy, hard-working, and often struggling, local community based non-profits working for the public good. But I’d bet that it is huge chunk of them. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">By changing the rules, you would be taking money from our local communities and jeopardizing these organization's ability to continue operating all to give the money to a private company who is doing just fine—literally stealing from the poor to give to the rich.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I beg you not to do that. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">
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