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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:red'>I DO NOT AT ALL LIKE OR AGREE WITH WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND THAT YOU ARE DOING IT SECRETLY BEHIND THE BACKS OF CONSUMERS! PLEASE END THIS!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=copy-161><span style='font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666261'>ICANN, the organization that oversees domain names, announced significant changes to the contract it has with Verisign, Inc. who operate the .COM top-level-domain (TLD).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666261'>ICANN made these changes in secret, without consulting or incorporating feedback from the ICANN community or Internet users. Although ICANN has a history of making similar deals behind closed doors, and also of ignoring unified opposition against such action, we are focused on leading the fight against price increases that will harm our customers (and the Internet as a whole).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666261'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=copy-161><span style='font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666261'>According to this new agreement, Verisign will be allowed to increase the wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains every year for 8 out of the next 10 years, and the increases don’t stop there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=copy-16-lt1><span style='font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666261'>This will mean that<strong><span style='font-family:"Open Sans"'> .COM wholesale domain prices can grow by more than 70% over and above current prices over the next decade</span></strong>. The contract also allows for other price increases, which could drive prices up further, ultimately making .COM domains less accessible and more expensive for everybody.Why is ICANN doing this?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=copy-16-lt1><span style='font-family:"Open Sans";color:#666261'>Alongside these contract changes, <strong><span style='font-family:"Open Sans"'>Verisign agreed to pay ICANN an additional $20 million dollars over five years to support</span></strong> ICANN's domain name system initiatives, without any clarity about how ICANN will spend the money, or who will ensure that the funds are properly spent on domain infrastructure. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/com-amendment-3-2020-01-03-en/mail_form?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Service_DomCPIv3_20200210">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/com-amendment-3-2020-01-03-en/mail_form?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Service_DomCPIv3_20200210</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:lime'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>______________________________<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#00B050'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#00B050'>Did you know that a recent UN study on climate change said that we have 11 years before planetary failure? </span></i></b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#00B050'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#00B050'>Let that sink in! If you or someone you know is/wants to be an impact investor in a one-of-a-kind, <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#00B050'>world-scale solution to reversing climate change, ask me about Planet Cents.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#42F729'>________________________________________</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#42F729'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#244061'>Before us lie two paths — honesty and dishonesty. The shortsighted embark on the dishonest path; the wise on the honest. For the wise know the truth; in helping others we help ourselves; and in hurting others we hurt ourselves. Character overshadows money, and trust rises above fame. Honesty is still the best policy.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#244061'>~ Napoleon Hill<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman CE","serif";color:#333399'>Cheers ~<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><img border=0 width=136 height=200 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D5E196.C66528C0" alt="Leslie13a (3)"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:teal'>Leslie Sheridan</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'>Trailblazer, Rainmaker & Coach</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'>The Added Edge</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:teal'>The Catalyst for Win/Win Consulting in . . .</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:teal'>Human Resources, </span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:teal'>Marketing, Sales & Catalytic Coaching</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman CE","serif";color:#17365D'><a href="http://www.theaddededge.com/"><b><span style='color:#17365D'>www.TheAddedEdge.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D'> </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman CE","serif";color:#17365D'>P.O. Box 726, Clearlake, CA 95422-0726</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'>707.995.1034</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman CE","serif";color:#17365D'><a href="mailto:Leslie@TheAddedEdge.com"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D'>Leslie@TheAddedEdge.com</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'>Linkedin Profile: </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/lesliemsheridan" target="_blank" title="New window will open"><b><span style='color:#17365D'>http://www.linkedin.com/in/lesliemsheridan</span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman CE","serif";color:#17365D'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'>SKYPE: leslie.marie.sheridan</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman CE","serif";color:teal'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman CE","serif";color:teal'>"Come to the edge," she said.</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman CE","serif";color:teal'>They said, "We are afraid."</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman CE","serif";color:teal'>"Come to the edge," she said.</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman CE","serif";color:teal'>They came.</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman CE","serif";color:teal'>She pushed them . . . </span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman CE","serif";color:teal'>And they flew.</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman CE","serif";color:teal'>~Guillaume Apollinaire</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman CE","serif";color:teal'>(with me replacing "he" with "she!")</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman CE","serif";color:teal'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:27.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:#237D0E'>P</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","serif";color:#217E42'> </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:#237D0E'>For the sake of our planet, please don’t print this unless necessary.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>