[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement

[Richard Buckmaster]

I am opposed to the Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement 
between ICANN and Verisign Inc.

I currently hold registrations for three (3) .COM domain names; 
homebuilt-lan.com (since 1998), rlbuckmaster.com (since 2010), and 
jobhuntgps.com (since 2015). Over the past 20 years I have held 
registrations for numerous other .COM domain names. Therefore, I have a 
deep vested interest in any changes to pricing related to .COM domain 
name registration.

I am opposed specifically because there can be no valid justification to 
allow .COM domain registration prices to increase annually at more than 
twice the forecast global inflation rate. This is especially true when 
the cost of technology required to support TLD name services has 
decreased rapidly over the last 10 years.

It is claimed that ICANN and Verisign Inc. negotiated these changes 
without input from other parties. This is a direct violation of the 
ICANN charter to operate with transparency and in the public interest.

If the Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement between ICANN 
and Verisign Inc. is adopted as is, I will contact my U.S. Congressman 
and U.S. Senators requesting they open an investigation to determine if 
ICANN has violated its charter to operate in the public interest when 
secretly negotiating with Verisign Inc. Specifically, if any payments 
promised by Verisign Inc to ICANN in exchange for the Proposed Amendment 
3 are a violation of the ICANN charter and/or U.S. law.

Respectfully,

Richard L. Buckmaster