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

[E. Tamasdan]

To: ICANN,

I, an owner of a .COM domain, am providing feedback to the "Proposed 
Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement" Public Comment period 
against the latest moves of ICANN and Verisign.

I do not support the decision based on:

1. The lack of transparency in ICANN choosing Verisign. I support full 
transparency to the public in such matters.

2. The lack of public bidding for partnering with ICANN. I support 
market competition in finding partners.

3. The new Verisign monopoly powers that will allow it to control all 
domain prices. As an owner of 80% of registrar pricing this is too much 
power. I support weakening Verisign by not giving it more power than it 
already has.

4. The new Verisign powers to increase .COM domains by a 7% per year 
(2020-2023), a three year freeze on price increases, a 7% per year 
(2026-2029), and so on. I support zero price increases.

5. The lack of oversight for $20 million USD from Verising to ICANN. I 
support full public oversight over such matters.

Thanks,

E. Tamasdan