<div><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px">George wrote:</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px">“I think the proper word isn't "scared" but "inform".” </span><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"></div><div dir="auto">Having read what NameCheap wrote, I think the proper word isn’t “inform” but “scare.” Also “misinform.”</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Putting up a poll asking whether ICANN staff should be “sacked” for putting forward the removal of price caps, with the choices being “Yes, all of them,” “Yes, some of them” or “no” also contributes to the overheated, scare-mongering atmosphere around this issue. </div><div dir="auto"><div><a href="https://twitter.com/georgekirikos/status/1121125126597038080?s=21">https://twitter.com/georgekirikos/status/1121125126597038080?s=21</a></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As does tweeting that iCANN staffers should start reading books about how to handle getting fired.</div><div dir="auto"><div><a href="https://twitter.com/georgekirikos/status/1121547212813586432?s=21">https://twitter.com/georgekirikos/status/1121547212813586432?s=21</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">There’s a way to have a reasoned discussion about continuing price caps in the legacy TLDS, and the pro’s and con’s of price caps, but this isn’t it.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Finally, this concern about protecting small non-profits from paying big bucks for domain names would seem a lot more genuine if it included support for price caps in the resale market (i.e., the secondary market or aftermarket).</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best regards,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Greg</div><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 6:56 AM Jacqueline Morris <<a href="mailto:jam@jacquelinemorris.com">jam@jacquelinemorris.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Maureen, well said. </div><div dir="auto">I would love to hear from the PIR Board as to their take on this. </div><div dir="auto"></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Jacqueline <br><div dir="auto"><br></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 25, 2019, 3:48 PM Maureen Hilyard <<a href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com" target="_blank">maureen.hilyard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I am against any price changes being allowed for legacy domains and I know that the DotAsia Board hasn't authorised any price hikes and we don't have a cap. The recent suggestions of price caps have provided focus on these so that there is a little bit of scaremongering (or "raising awareness" as George prefers to call it) going on I suspect.<div><br></div><div> .org is used by NGOs who would be sorely affected if the cost of the domain rose significantly. Interestingly Im on the PIR Advisory Committee and we haven't been notified by the PIR Board of the implications are of a price cap for .org or what their intentions are.</div><div><br></div><div>Maureen</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 6:17 AM Marita Moll <<a href="mailto:mmoll@ca.inter.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">mmoll@ca.inter.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Further to our
discussions this week re: renewal of .org registry with removal
of price cap -- it appears that there is a well organized
campaign going on out there to scare people about potential rate
hikes. That probably accounts for all those opposition letters
we saw posted on the site that George Kirikos was referring to.
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">See blog below:</font></p>
<a href="https://www.namecheap.com/blog/keep-domain-prices-in-check/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Service_DomPriceIncrease_20190425" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.namecheap.com/blog/keep-domain-prices-in-check/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Service_DomPriceIncrease_20190425</a>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Marita<br>
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