Public Comment is a vital part of our multistakeholder model. It provides a mechanism for stakeholders to have their opinions and recommendations formally and publicly documented. It is an opportunity for the ICANN community to effect change and improve policies and operations.
In Summary, we welcome ICANN’s decision to release the document in its entirety, in line with Workstream 2 Recommendations on ICANN Transparency.
We welcome the recommendations in the proposed Agreement, but call for amendments in two sections. First, we oppose the introduction of overbroad powers for Verisign to suspend or block registrants. Second, we urge ICANN to reconsider the abrupt 100% increase in domain prices and recommend that any increase ought to be incremental and predictable to match average annual inflation data.