<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear NCSG / NPOC Members,</font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Earlier in 2019 a couple of conversations on price caps in the proposed renewal of .ORG Registry Agreement came up as a hot topic and there were lots of public comments on the implication of removing a price cap for the dor ORG.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">NPOC through the then Chair (Joan Kerr) submitted an open letter and public comment on NPOC's rejection of removing the price cap. (see the attachment to understand the context for those just catching up on the issue).</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">NameCheap an ICANN registrar took ICANN to the  <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">Independent Review Process (IRP) panel and a verdict/recommendations were made.</span></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The links below are public statements from both ICANN and Namecheap.</font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br><b><a href="https://www.namecheap.com/blog/namecheap-vs-icann-removal-of-price-caps-for-org-and-info-found-improper/" target="_blank">ICANN's Statement</a></b></font></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-receives-final-declaration-in-the-namecheap-independent-review-process-05-01-2023-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-receives-final-declaration-in-the-namecheap-independent-review-process-05-01-2023-en</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)"><br></span></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><a href="https://www.namecheap.com/blog/namecheap-vs-icann-removal-of-price-caps-for-org-and-info-found-improper/" target="_blank">NameCheap's Statement</a></b></font></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.namecheap.com/blog/namecheap-vs-icann-removal-of-price-caps-for-org-and-info-found-improper/" target="_blank">https://www.namecheap.com/blog/namecheap-vs-icann-removal-of-price-caps-for-org-and-info-found-improper/</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(254,254,254)"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">I'm still searching for the IRP panel report but can't find it. So whoever finds it first should kindly share.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Why this email: This is for our general information and to suggest that these issues should be one of the things we should watch out for and engage at the next ICANN meeting as I suspect this issue will always come back to the community for more conversational input.</font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)"><br></span></div><div>  --<br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#000000">Caleb Ogundele</font></b><div><br></div><div><font color="#000000">Email: <a href="mailto:muyiwacaleb@gmail.com" target="_blank">muyiwacaleb@gmail.com</a></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Joan Kerr</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:joankerr@fbsc.org" target="_blank">joankerr@fbsc.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, May 2, 2019 at 8:15 AM<br>Subject: [NPOC-EC] NPOC Public Statement of .org renewal<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:globalsupport@icann.org" target="_blank">globalsupport@icann.org</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:npoc-ec@icann.org" target="_blank">npoc-ec@icann.org</a>>, Maryam Bakoshi <<a href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org" target="_blank">maryam.bakoshi@icann.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Dear Mr. <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Weinstein</span></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">On behalf of the NPOC Executive Committee and members of NPOC, I am submitting the attached statement as our public comment regarding the .org renewal.</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Regards,</div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">

<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">Joan

Kerr, Entrepreneur, Artist, Humanitarian<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">_____________________________________<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">Chair,

Climate Smart Victory Garden Team<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">Chair,

ICANN, Not for Profit Operations Constituency<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">Chair,

IEEE Sustainable Agriculture Working Group</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">Chair, Science for Peace, Climate Smart Victory Gardens</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:13px"><font size="1">Advisor, IEEE Humanitarian Initiatives Committee</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:13px"><font size="1">Advisor, Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network, (CSAYN) Canada</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">UN

WSIS Award Recipient, for Content & Creativity</font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">Durham

Region Recipient, Community Partnership Award<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Founder,

Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities <p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.joankerr.ca/" target="_blank">www.joankerr.ca</a>,

<a href="http://www.fbsc.org/" target="_blank">www.fbsc.org</a></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Skype:

joankerr_fbsc</span><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">1-416-907-0783</span></p>

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