<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">Having read the Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement, as a Service Provider and IT Specialist I would like to express my deepest concerns and provide strong disagreement regarding this proposal.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">ICANN and Verisign made these changes in secret, without consulting or incorporating feedback from the ICANN community or Internet users which will affect the way business is conducted and prejudice a lot of clients and internet users.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">With non-consensual price increases to services comes consequences such as a decline in usage and growth, negative feedback from market stakeholders which will lead to higher dis-popularity with the TLD .COM domains.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">These have been the main revenue generator in the TLD space making up 40%+ of all internet domains and going through with the proposed amendments can lead to a 50% drop in those numbers should users feel betrayed and manipulated without having been afforded the opportunity to have their voices heard.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">The Way Forward</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">It is ICANN and Verisign's responsibility to ultimately bring all stakeholders to the table in deciding whether or not to go through with the proposed amendment through a voting system as well as agree or disagree on the proposed rates of increase on an annual basis.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394">I, however, am against this proposal bearing in mind that domain registration fees are not really the ultimate cost one incurs in this space but all other subsequent hosting and service fees would render business in this space useless.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4" color="#38761d"><b>Regards,</b></font></div><div><br></div><div><span><br><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="235"><col width="321"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-right:1.5pt solid rgb(0,255,0);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://pachikafu.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:218px;height:201px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/OdgcX6a3fijFHKRRBZwd4s5kqARHVQb_5GXz7D8SQ2tU21j-TOtJBa1ZDFEVS8ZoxgCwbix1JcKZuf9HbxLa2QFPQDFWEfQM_c8_aZq3a5zuQSQW2S2g-AfVy4fSNX3kjjZL6Zwk" width="218" height="201" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></a></p></td><td style="border-left:1.5pt solid rgb(0,255,0);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nathan Shava</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,255,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Chief Technology Officer</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:trans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