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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>I am writing to protest the changes to ICANN’s contract with Verisign, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>It’s my understanding that, along with a significant increase ($20 million over five years) in payment from Verisign to ICANN, the contract allows ongoing increases to the wholesale price for .COM domains.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>It’s also my understanding that the payment increase comes without any restrictions or guidelines for how the money will be used by ICANN.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>As a small business owner relying on my website domain, I vehemently protest this agreement. It will unfairly penalize small businesses who are often operating on a tight budget and need their websites in order to stay afloat – and who will take the biggest hit, proportionate to their revenue and budget, to these price increases.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>~ Grace<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#0D1940'>Grace Judson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>~ helping new managers become good leaders ~<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'><a href="http://www.gracejudson.com/"><span style='color:blue'>www.gracejudson.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>760.521.5720</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'>Measure your leadership communication skills – <i><a href="https://www.gracejudson.com/leadership-communication-quiz/"><span style='color:blue'>click here to take the brief assessment</span></a></i></span><i><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>