[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not adopt Amendment 3

[David Black]

Ladies and Gentlemen: 
Amendment 3 is inappropriate and unacceptable for an organization chartered to serve the public. 

At best, a payment on the part of Verisign to ICANN that then results in the increase of .COM registration fees creates the appearance of a conflict of interest.  The relationship between a for-profit entity (Verisign) and non-profit (ICANN) must be transparent, and this certainly isn't. 

Over time, implementation of the proposal would effectively shut out the small businesses relying on a reasonably-priced registration system. 

Do not adopt this proposal. 

Regards, 
David Black 

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