[CPWG] renewal of .org registry

[Marita Moll]

I agree there can be a fine line between informing and alarming 
(scaring). This article is pumping the negative -- prices "shooting" up. 
But other thing that bothered me was that there was no mention of the 
fact that .org is really in a different category and serves the public 
interest in the internet world. People might not mind paying a few cents 
more if that goes towards a cause they believe in. That information was 
not part of this article.

So, more alarming than informing, IMHO.

Marita

On 4/25/2019 6:23 PM, George Kirikos wrote:
> I think the proper word isn't "scared" but "inform". Raising awareness
> about this important issue is something ICANN hasn't done, so it's
> left to others to fill the gap.
>
> Do you think it's wrong for registrars like NameCheap to inform their
> own customers about what's going on?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> 416-588-0269
> http://www.leap.com/
>
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 12:17 PM Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net> wrote:
>> Further to our discussions this week re: renewal of .org registry with removal of price cap -- it appears that there is a well organized campaign going on out there to scare people about potential rate hikes. That probably accounts for all those opposition letters we saw posted on the site that George Kirikos was referring to.
>>
>> See blog below:
>>
>> https://www.namecheap.com/blog/keep-domain-prices-in-check/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Service_DomPriceIncrease_20190425
>>
>> Marita
>>
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